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SERAP Nigeria launches text service to report local government corruption

14 May 2013, by Nwafor Chinyere. On 1 March 2013, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) launched a text service to enable citizens and residents who witness or are victims of local government corruption in Lagos State, Nigeria to…

Challenging Kenya’s elections

14 May 2013, by Seema Shah. On Saturday, March 30, 2013, the Supreme Court of Kenya issued its ruling in the landmark case upholding the outcome of the recent presidential elections. The court rejected arguments that the electoral process had…

Most foreign investment in BRICs isn’t foreign at all — it’s tycoons using tax havens

26 March 2013, by Naomi Rovnick. This post was originally published on the Quartz website. Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China are gathering in South Africa for a summit this week, where they will undoubtedly congratulate themselves on the…

Engaging the Private Sector in Nigeria's Upcoming UNCAC Review

21 March 2013, by Oluajo Babatunde. Corruption remains a major developmental challenge to Nigeria. According to UNODC sources, close to US $400 billion is believed to have been embezzled from the Nigerian central government between 1960 and 1999. The former…

Fighting for the Jan Lokpal: the People’s Movements against Corruption in India

18 March 2013, by Bhawani Shanker Kusum. Conference to encourage women in the fight against corruptionCredit: Bhawani Shanker Kusum Rampant corruption in politics and public administration has been a big issue in India for a long time. There have been…

Tax Havens: Silently Sabotaging the UNCAC and the Stability of Societies

31 January 2013, by Jack D. Smith. Source: iStockphoto Tax havens have become the most destructive financial force in history, quietly robbing vast sums from municipalities, small businesses and ordinary taxpayers. US Senator Carl Levin says that tax havens are…

The Tipping Point: Enough is Enough in Cameroon

22 January 2013, by Stephen Nkem Asek. FITCAM mobilises University students for a corrupt free university match tagged ‘How Corrupt are You’ with the distribution of over 10,000 anti-corruption flyers The impact of civil society activities in Cameroon is getting…

Extracting Corruption: It’s Possible

11 January 2013, by Maureen Kariuki. CC Image courtesy of Julien Harneis on Flickr Botswana’s consistently impressive ratings in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is encouraging for the governments and citizens of other extractive economies in sub- Saharan…

The US Department of Justice Now Uses Anti-Money Laundering and Civil Forfeiture Laws to Seize US Assets of Corrupt Foreign Government Leaders and Their Associates

17 December 2012, by Sandy Sierck. US Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors have long used civil and criminal asset forfeiture remedies to supplement criminal proceedings against drug dealers and mobsters. The concept is simple: US prosecutors seek not only to…

Power to the People: Parliamentarians, Citizens and Anti-Corruption

29 November 2012, by Priya Sood. GOPAC Session at the IACC “When political corruption rises to the level that it persistently undermines fundamental human rights, it should be treated as a Crime Against Humanity,” said Mr. Akaash Maharaj, COO of…

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