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Corruption and security: uncovering the elephant in the room at the Munich Security Conference

7 February 2014 in Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Defence and Security, Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Measurement and Research, Politics and government

Last weekend the City of Munich saw one of its most admired and, for some, most controversial events of the year – the Munich Security Conference. In the beautiful halls of the conference venue (Bayerischer Hof), heavily guarded by police and security personnel, an astonishing density of the world’s leaders and security and policy experts […]

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Filling the gap in defence training on anti-corruption

28 February 2013 in Defence and Security

Anti-corruption training is not adequately addressed in the majority of countries surveyed in TI-DSP’s Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index. TI-DSP has been addressing this gap through Building Integrity courses which have been delivered to over 600 mid to senior defence staff since 2008. Two recent impact analysis of course alumni found this course has had a […]

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Dealing in the dark: Portugal’s sad defence contracts

3 September 2012 in Defence and Security, Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Politics and government, Private sector

On 06 September, Transparency International releases its annual report on enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Right at the time the European Union is consumed with the debate over the debt crisis and politicians across the EU are busy playing the blame game, an interesting case going on in Portugal helps shed some light on […]

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A year in the life of the Egyptian civil society

1 February 2012 in Accountability, Anti-corruption Conventions, People power, Politics and government

By Engi M. El Haddad What a year… what turmoil of emotions … what renewed determination. At first it was elation. At long last we saw it happen. We saw our people stand up for their rights. After decades of being disparaged, harassed and made fun of, Egyptian civil society – small groups working on issues […]

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Bribe Payers Index 2011: What is happening in defence?

9 November 2011 in Defence and Security, Measurement and Research

Mark Pyman , Director of Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme, discusses contradictory research in the defence sector. The new 2011 Bribe Payers Index (BPI) was published last week and throws up some interesting findings. Bribery seems to be prevalent in almost all sectors and there seems to be little improvements overall in controlling it since […]

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