Transparency Germany, Transparency International’s national chapter, has filed a criminal complaint against the Bundestag member Karin Strenz (Christian Democratic Union of Germany, CDU) and the former Bundestag member Eduard Lintner (Christian Social Union in Bavaria, CSU) in an alleged bribery case orchestrated by the Azerbaijani government. The watchdog has asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office in […]

  Transparency International, the leading civil society organisation fighting corruption worldwide, will release its 24th annual Corruption Perceptions Index on Tuesday 29 January 2019 at 06:01 CET (00:01 EST). Transparency International’s flagship research product, the Corruption Perceptions Index is the leading global indicator of public-sector corruption, offering an annual snapshot of the relative degree of corruption. […]

Transparency International, the leading civil society organisation, fighting corruption worldwide, will release its 22nd annual Corruption Perceptions Index on; Wednesday, 25 January 2017 at 5 am Berlin time (4 am GMT). This year’s index ranks 169 countries/territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The index draws on 13 surveys covering expert assessments and […]

Nearly one in three citizens who tried to access basic public services in the Middle East and North Africa paid a bribe, a Transparency International report said today, showing that governments across the region have failed to hear their citizens’ voices against corruption. According to a public opinion survey by the international anti-corruption group of […]

Recommendations to end UK role as a safe haven for corrupt money The release of the “Panama Papers” has confirmed the UK’s role as a safe haven for corrupt individuals and their stolen wealth. Today, Transparency International UK launches a set of recommendations to end the UK’s role in enabling global corruption and calls on […]

Transparency International UK (TI-UK) have added a new term to the AML vocabulary namely, Reputation Laundering. What is reputation laundering? Reputation laundering is the process of concealing the corrupt actions, past or present, of an individual, government or corporate entity, and presenting their character and behaviour in a positive light. This is done in order […]

A global investigation into the use of secret companies by the rich, powerful and corrupt has shown how a network of lawyers, bankers and others around the world hide illicit wealth. Transparency International calls on the international community to act immediately to adopt transparency laws to outlaw secret companies. The Panama Papers, a massive leak […]

International anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International, yesterday released its latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), reviewing public sector corruption risk in 168 countries. http://www.transparency.org/ Herbert Smith’s 2015 report highlights the same offending countries and points to similar issues, particularly systemic government corruption, failed electoral mandates and public revolts against alleged grand-scale corruption. http://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/insights/guides/global-anti-corruption-guide-2015?wtr=module-global-anti-corruption-guide The latest CPI scores […]