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Thousands of citizens support whistleblower protection law in Italy – you can join them!

28 July 2016 in ALAC, Europe and Central Asia, Whistleblowing

No country can fight corruption seriously unless the people who have the courage to speak out are protected. That’s why Transparency International Italy and Riparte il Futuro, an important anti-corruption association, launched our petition on 20 July calling on the Senate to stop stalling and approve whistleblower protection legislation now. A draft law, based on […]

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New whistleblower protection law in France not yet fit for purpose

20 June 2016 in Europe and Central Asia, Whistleblowing

Michel Sapin, the French Minister of Finance, promised to deliver a comprehensive anti-corruption law that included protection for those courageous enough to speak out against corruption and malpractice. The minister set the bar high when he said that the law should “cover all possible situations… and here, I obviously think of situations like the one […]

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Let’s celebrate whistleblowers: a case from Italy

6 May 2016 in Whistleblowing

We first met Andrea Franzoso in 2013, when Transparency International Italy organised a training course on anti-corruption and whistleblowing for Ferrovie Nord Milano, the northern Italian transport company he works for. At that time Andrea was a member of the internal audit unit of Ferrovie Nord Milano. He was immediately enthusiastic about the topic of […]

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Let’s celebrate whistleblowers

29 April 2016 in Access to information, Accountability, Civil society, Whistleblowing

Four medical doctors received Transparency International Sweden’s Whistleblower of the Year (“Årets Visselpipa”) award earlier this month for speaking up against the gross ethical misconduct of a celebrated surgeon whose organ transplants turned out to be fatal. Whistleblowers provide a great service to society. The case of the Swedish doctors is a good example of […]

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Give us our daily scandal

26 March 2015 in Access to information, Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Impunity, Lobbying, Measurement and Research, Politics and government, Whistleblowing

When Transparency International announces the results of the Corruption Perceptions Index in December and Italy performs badly again, there will always be at least one commentator who feigns surprise. How could it happen? Italy has the same score as Bulgaria and Senegal again? The index must be wrong.’ The writer unquestionably accepts the scores for […]

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Youths from Asia Pacific unite in the fight against corruption

23 January 2015 in Access to information, Accountability, Asia Pacific, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Education, Health, Human rights, Impunity, Measurement and Research, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing, Young people

Young people constitute a sizeable portion of the Asian Pacific population and tend to be particularly exposed to bribery and corruption as students, pupils, workers, customers and citizens. But young people can play a pivotal role in the fight against corruption, in Asia Pacific and beyond. While people from the older generation tend to see […]

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Combattre la corruption à Madagascar

16 December 2014 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, ALAC, ALACs in AFME, Civil society, Education, People power, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

Jusqu’aux élections d’octobre-décembre 2013, dont les résultats ont été confirmés par la Cour Electorale Spéciale en Janvier 2014, Madagascar traversait depuis cinq ans une crise politique, pendant laquelle le gouvernement issu d’un coup d’État se révéla incapable de mettre un terme à la corruption rampante. Le pays a perdu quatre points sur l’Indice de perception […]

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Fighting corruption in Madagascar

16 December 2014 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, ALAC, ALACs in AFME, Civil society, Education, People power, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

Before this year’s election, political crisis ruled Madagascar for the last five years as a powerless post-coup government failed to halt rampant corruption. The country dropped four points from 32 in 2012 to 28 in 2014 in our Corruption Perceptions Index. In our interview with Florent Andriamahavonjy, Executive Director of Transparency International – Initiative Madagascar […]

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Middle East and North Africa: a region in turmoil

3 December 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Aid, Anti-corruption Conventions, Anti-corruption movement, Asset recovery, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Defence and Security, Human rights, Impunity, Oil and gas, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector, Whistleblowing

Three out of the bottom 10 countries on Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index are from the Middle East and North Africa. Two of these three are in the midst of gruesome civil wars where lives are being lost daily. Iraq and Libya tell a story of a region in turmoil plagued with geopolitical insecurity, […]

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Corruption in the Americas: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

3 December 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Human rights, Impunity, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector, Sport, Whistleblowing

The 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index does not show significant movement in the scores of the countries in the Americas. For the more cynical among us, this is a good sign as there is always the possibility of worsening. But the reality is that stagnation is not good news. Each year that passes without things improving, […]

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