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Abacha’s award: SERAP backs Soyinka, wants FG to disclose spending on centenary celebration

Abuja, 9 March 2014, SERAP. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has backed Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka’s rejection of the centenary award, and said that “any public award to indicted corrupt public officials sends a wrong message and amounts…

Asian Governments, civil society work together on anti-corruption issues in Kuala Lumpur

Vienna, 6 March 2014, UNODC. This post was originally published on the UNODC website. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) together with a coalition of civil society organizations and government representatives, met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 24…

Sanusi's suspension a distraction from finding the missing $20 billion oil money

Abuja, 20 February 2014, SERAP. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the suspension of the Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi “a distraction and can only contribute to shifting the focus of the government from the real issue, which…

US$410.5 Billion in Illegal Money Flowed in or out of Philippines from 1960 to 2011, Finds New GFI Study

Manila / Washington, DC, 4 February 2014, Global Financial Integrity. This post was originally published on the Global Financial Integrity website. Philippine Economy Loses US$132.9 Billion in Illicit Financial Outflows from Crime, Corruption, Tax Evasion over 52-Year Period; US$277.6 Billion…

EU Calls on Spain to Strengthen Transparency Law

Madrid, 3 February 2014, Access Info Europe. This post was originally published on the Access Info Europe website. Access Info Europe today welcomed the European Union’s first anti-corruption report on Spain, which called for measures to strengthen Spain’s transparency law…

Inter-governmental body criticises Ireland’s failure to detect and prevent corruption

Dublin, 18 December 2013, Transparency International Ireland. This post was originally published on the Transparency International Ireland website. OECD calls for reorganisation of law enforcement resources to combat bribery The Irish Government has been criticised by the Organisation for Economic…

Landmark OECD Report Finds Rich Countries Failing to Effectively Tackle Illicit Financial Flows

Washington, DC, 18 December 2013, Global Financial Integrity. This post was originally published on the Global Financial Integrity website. OECD Member Countries Not Compliant with International Standards for Fighting Money Laundering, Tax Evasion, and Corruption Report from Intergovernmental Body Published…

SERAP wants Jonathan to query NNPC over missing $49.8bn of oil money

Abuja, 10 December 2013, SERAP. This post was originally published on the SERAP website. As the world marks the International anti-corruption and human rights day, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to “urgently query…

The time has come to return corruption loot

Panama City, Panama, 29 November 2013. A long list of countries have made statements at a UN conference in Panama claiming lack of cooperation in financial centres and elsewhere in efforts to recover corruptly taken assets. The UNCAC Coalition is…

“They don’t even want to have the discussion” Governments battle over openness at UN anti-corruption meeting

Panama, 29 November 2013. As a UN anti-corruption summit comes to a close today, governments are battling over whether UN anti-corruption meetings should be open to NGO observers. “This was an occasion for all those opposing corruption to come together…

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