Azerbaijani Laundromat: grand corruption and how to buy influence
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New investigation into a shady financial network that appears to have funnelled money from a US$2.9 billion Azeri slush fund to pay decision-makers and prominent individuals…
Politicians and businesses paid to launder Azerbaijan’s image using slush fund must be sanctioned
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Elections in Angola: time to tackle corruption
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The unofficial results of Angola’s elections are expected on 25 August. This is not cause for celebration unless it brings change. Corruption has for too long enriched a small…
No sustainable development without tackling corruption: the importance of tracking SDG 16
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12 Transparency International Chapters are at the UN in New York City to share their findings measuring national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 16, “Peace, Justice…
On trial for corruption: French prosecutors demand jail term and €30 million fine for Obiang
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The corruption trial of Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, ended in Paris on 6 July with the prosecution calling for a three-year jail…
Corruption Reporting Award: Honouring investigative journalism
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For the third year Transparency International has sponsored the Corruption Reporting Award as part of the One World Media Awards. Check out this year's winner, Stealing Paradise,…
Glass quarter full? The state of global anti-money laundering in four charts
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Out of the hundreds of commitments governments have made to fight corruption and money laundering, one of the easiest to keep track of is to implement the global anti-money…
Who doesn’t know the Cayman Islands is a great place to hide money? The Cayman Islands
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In May, the Cayman Islands government quietly released a report that just about acknowledges the country's deficiencies at thwarting money laundering.
G20 position paper: professional gatekeepers – real estate and luxury goods (2017)
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Two of the sectors that are particularly attractive for the laundering of corrupt proceeds, in particular in cases of Grand Corruption, are the real estate and luxury goods and…
G20 position paper: Anti-money laundering (2017)
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Policy discussions within the confines of a largely closed, expert-driven anti-money laundering (AML) space have not generated sufficiently effective AML policies. No country is…
Protecting climate finance: progress update on the Global Environmental Facility's anti-corruption policies and practices
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In 2014, Transparency International published its Anti-corruption Assessment of the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF’s) Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate…
UNEXPLAINED WEALTH ORDERS “AS SIGNIFICANT IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION AS THE BRIBERY ACT”
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TI Indonesia Condemns the Attack Against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Investigator
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The secret is out: US$2.7 billion of São Paulo property linked to offshore companies
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Our investigation into the real estate market in São Paulo shows how easy it is to hide more than US$2.7 billion worth of property behind shell companies.
São Paulo: Does corruption live next door? Shell companies and the real estate sector in the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere
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This report raises red flags about the lack of transparency in property ownership in São Paulo and identifies how real estate worth billions of dollars is owned through companies…
