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United States Should Follow European Union Transparency Lead, Require Country-by-Country Reporting at Banks

Washington, DC, 28 February 2013, Global Financial Integrity. This post was originally published on the Global Financial Integrity website. GFI Praises European Union for Committing to Require Financial Institutions to Disclose Profits, Taxes, Subsidies, and Staff Numbers on a Country-by-Country…

Opaque structure of horsemeat company shows need for company reform

London, 17 February 2013, Global Witness. The Observer alleged today that one of the key companies involved in the horsemeat scandal was set up such that it hid the names of the people who own and control it. “This illustrates…

The Economist Calls on US, UK, Developed Countries to Clean up their Own Back Yard

Washington, DC, 14 February 2013, Global Financial Integrity. This post was originally published on the Global Financial Integrity website. Cover-Page Editorial and 10-Article “Special Report” Highlight Trillions of Dollars in Dirty Money Flows Facilitated by Delaware, Miami, City of London,…

ZCC Condemns the N23 Billion Police Pension Scam Judgement

1 February 2013, Zero Corruption Coalition. The Zero Corruption Coalition (ZCC) is a coalition of CSOs and individuals committed to the fight against corruption. ZCC was formed in 2001, and it was incorporated in 2007 to work towards a Nigeria…

European Poll Reveals Citizens' Concern about EU Transparency

Brussels / Madrid, 1 February 2013. Vast majority of people want more transparency, ethics and lobbying regulation A majority of people across Europe are concerned about ethics and lobbying in European Union policy-making, and want better regulation of lobbyists, as…

Transparency International says Saudi Arabia’s steps toward anti-corruption treaty a good first move

31 January 2013, Transparency International Secretariat. Transparency International welcomed Saudi Arabia taking the necessary steps at the national level last week to ratify the United Nations Conventions against Corruption (UNCAC) as a first move toward greater transparency and accountability in…

An Open Letter to President Karzai and President Obama

Kabul, 6 January 2013, Afghan Anti-Corruption Network. It is announced that H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and H.E. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America will meet this week in the US and…

SERAP to Jonathan: show leadership and end impunity for corruption

Lagos, 6 January 2013, SERAP. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has told President Goodluck Jonathan that “rooting out high level official corruption, ending impunity of perpetrators, and turning around Nigeria will take more than mere promises and preaching of…

What’s up in the UNCAC review process?

13 December 2012, Gillian Dell. The UNCAC review process entered its third year in July 2012 and continues to assess national UNCAC implementation in the areas of criminal law and enforcement as well as international cooperation. The good news is…

Monitoring the OAS Anti-Corruption Convention implementation – country visit to Argentina

12 December 2012, by Ezequiel Nino, ACIJ. At the end of October a delegation of experts from the Follow-up Mechanism of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption visited Argentina, in the framework of the Fourth Round of review. A few meetings…