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Greece: Pushing the anti-corruption and open government agenda

26 February 2015, by Antonis Schwarz and Panagiotis Vlachos. With the outcome of the Greek general election on 25 January, in which the radical left party SYRIZA gained just short of an outright majority, the world’s focus has been on…

Progressing access to information: global platforms available to civil society organizations

8 December 2014, by Maureen Kariuki. Access to Information remains a key priority for civil society working towards the realisation of open and participatory governance, and while progress may be slow and in many cases frustrating, innovative global platforms and…

Cross-border bribery in the spotlight

4 December 2014, by Adam Foldes, Transparency International. If someone is interested in how much effort the most developed countries of the world put into investigating and prosecuting companies that bribe abroad, then during the last few months there was…

For the UNCAC to Succeed in Bangladesh, More Political Will Is Needed

Dhaka, 27 November 2014, by Shammi Laila Islam. Seven years after accession to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), Bangladesh has achieved significant progress but there is still a long way to go before the Convention is properly implemented. Like…

Money laundering and asset recovery: the case of Nigeria

27 November 2014, by Auwal Ibrahim Musa, Zero Corruption Coalition. In Nigeria, it is disheartening that despite efforts to tackle money laundering and other financial crimes alarming examples of such crimes are abundant. Statistics released by Nigerian anti-corruption agencies like…

Corruption and transnational organised crime in Latin America and the Caribbean

24 November 2014, by Luciana Torchiaro, Transparency International. The side-event “Organized Crime in Latin America” at the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (CTOC/COP7) provided an excellent opportunity to…

Foreign bribery proceedings and asset recovery under UNCAC: Legal analysis, challenges and prospects

9 September 2014, by Gillian Dell. UNCAC Working Group on Asset Recovery CSO Side Event 11 September 2014, 18:00-19:00, Room C5, 7th Floor Objective: Following up on the asset recovery resolution that was adopted during CoSP 5 in Panama,…

UNCAC Access to Information and Technical Assistance

8 September 2014, by Gillian Dell. Working Group on Prevention CSO Side Event Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 13:30–14:30, Room C5 Objective: To highlight the importance of access to information in fighting corruption and sources of technical assistance Speaker Topic…

Is there an obligation under the UNCAC to share foreign bribery settlement monies with host countries?

5 September 2014, by Maud Perdriel-Vaissiere. Earlier this year a StAR report revealed that in the majority of foreign bribery cases settled abroad, host countries are left out of the bargain: only 3% of the payments imposed on companies over…

Landmark French rulings dismiss Teodorin Nguema Obiang defamation cases

23 July 2014, by Maud Perdriel-Vaissiere. For those of you who have been kept busy with the World Cup in Brazil, you may have missed another important match! The match in question took place in a small Paris courtroom (le…