Articles

Report on 19 European countries and 3 EU institutions shows undue influence on politics across the region and in Brussels

15 April 2015, Transparency International. This post was originally published on the Transparency International website. Transparency International said today that Europe urgently needs lobbying reform. A new report from the anti-corruption group found that of 19 European countries assessed, only…

One World publishes the second report of the anti-corruption index in Egypt for the period January to March 2015

2 April 2015, by Maged Sorour, One World Foundation. Maged Sorour, Director of One World Foundation, said that the report of the anti-corruption index is the first of its kind, which is issued by One World Foundation in the context…

Limit Pres Jonathan government’s control of $480 million Abacha funds, SERAP tells US government

Abuja, 26 March 2015, SERAP. This post was originally published on the SERAP website. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has proposed to the U.S. Department of Justice “a repatriation arrangement to limit control or management of $480 million forfeited…

Low efficiency in fighting corruption in Kosovo, about 2,000 unsolved cases by the Prosecution and Courts in 2014

Prishtina, 16 March 2015. FOL Movement held a press conference and presented the anti-corruption statistics of Police, Prosecution, Courts and the statistics of the Office of the National Coordinator for Fighting Economic Crimes in 2014. Fidan Kalaja from FOL Movement…

2015: SERAP asks Jonathan, Buhari to endorse international anticorruption court

Abuja, 15 March 2015, SERAP. This post was originally published on the SERAP website. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged “the presidential candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan and All Progressives Congress (APC), General…

US Treasury must close loopholes to stem the flow of proceeds of foreign corruption into the US

11 March 2015, Transparency International USA. This post was originally published on the Transparency International website. Groups call on US Government to regulate the use of anonymous companies to buy property and to require diligence on the sources of money…

Civil Society Urges US Treasury to Combat Money Laundering in Real Estate Sector, Curb Abuse of Anonymous Companies

Washington, DC, 11 March 2015, Global Financial Integrity. This post was originally published on the Global Financial Integrity website. GFI and 16 Other Groups Send Letter to FinCEN Urging Enhanced Customer Due Diligence Requirements for U.S. Banks and Real Estate…

EIB’s new transparency policy allows for more secrecy

11 March 2015, Centre for Law and Democracy. This post was originally published on the Centre for Law and Democracy website. Yesterday the European Investment Bank (EIB) formally adopted a revised transparency policy including controversial exceptions to the disclosure of…

Zimbabwe Peace Project demands the immediate release of Itai Dzamara

Harare, 10 March 2015. Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) is disturbed by the forced disappearance /abduction of Itai Dzamara on Monday March 9, 2015. It is regrettable that enforced disappearance still exists in Zimbabwe. Itai who has led the Occupy Africa…

No room at the witness stand – Kenyan groups raise the question of victims of corruption in the UK courts

23 February 2015, Corruption Watch UK. This post was originally published on the Corruption Watch UK website. It has long been an anti-corruption mantra that corruption is not a victimless crime. As the OECD states in its anti-corruption literature, corruption…