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February 2008

interview of the month

Ulrich Busch, senior public prosecutor, Germany

Ulrich Busch heads a newly founded department for prosecution of bribery and crimes against competition at the Prosecutor’s Office in Frankfurt, Germany. As a senior prosecutor he has been involved in the investigative proceedings of numerous corruption, business offences and organised crime cases. This month Transparency Watch spoke with him about his work and his experience as the chief prosecutor of the SIEMENS/ENEL international bribery case. >> read more

spotlight story

Under attack: attempts to suppress the media

The end of 2008 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Enshrined in this declaration is the guarantee that freedom of expression is a fundamental human right. The reality of media freedom today though, reveals that in many countries around the world this right is often abused by the very people who are in a position to help safeguard it. >> read more

Anti-Corruption Work Around the World

corruption in the news

Ahead of France’s local elections on 9 March, Transparence-International (France) gave candidates an opportunity to commit themselves to preventing corruption. >> read more

The Legal Advice Centre run by Transparency International Czech Republic (TIC) has dealt with around 1000 cases of alleged corruption since October 2006. >> read more

In January, TI released a report that identifies both in-country and cross-country tools for measuring corruption and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa. >> read more

An internal report by the World Bank discloses serious incidents of fraud and corruption in World Bank-funded health projects in India. >> read more

On 14 February, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and Corner House Research told the British High Court that: “The Serious Fraud Office [SFO] unlawfully ended a graft probe into arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia... >> read more

The former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has had new graft charges filed against her by the country’s anti-corruption commission. >> read more

News from the Anti-Corruption Movement
Reports from Transparency International’s national chapters, members and Secretariat. Click here to read this month's highlights. >> read more

Corruption in Quotes
“I'll just put it bluntly: America doesn't want to spend money on people who steal the money” >> read more