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G20 needs to boost banking supervision

12 November 2014 in Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Asset recovery, G20, Politics and government, Private sector

Five major banks pay fines for currency manipulation On the eve of the Group of 20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, a group of the world’s biggest banks have agreed to pay US$4.2 billion in fines to UK, US and Swiss authorities to settle charges that they fixed international currency markets over many years. This agreement […]

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G20 whistleblowing laws – are they hitting or missing the mark? A lesson from Australia

22 September 2014 in Asia Pacific, G20, Whistleblowing

Legal protection for whistleblowers living in the world’s biggest economies, the Group of 20, is patchy at best and needs to be strengthened to bolster the fight against corruption. The good news is that G20 leaders meeting in Brisbane in November can help make this happen. Ahead of the Brisbane leaders’ summit, Transparency International Australia […]

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