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Ending corrupt abuse of EU golden passports & visas

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Those who loot their countries cannot be allowed safe haven in the EU. Golden passport schemes need to be banned, and golden visas must be regulated.

A police agent, framed by two motorcycles, turns his back to the picture as protestors carrying Tunisian flags walk by him.

CPI 2021 for Middle East & North Africa: Systemic corruption endangers democracy and human rights

News • 25 January 2022

The region is struggling to achieve tangible results against corruption – no country has registered a significant improvement on the CPI in the last decade. Private interests…

Protesters in Vienna, Austria demanding Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's resignation, German-language sign reads: "We are really angry, mega angry"

CPI 2021 for Western Europe & European Union: Trouble ahead for stagnating region

News • 25 January 2022

Western Europe and the EU still tops the CPI, but the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened transparency and accountability across the region, leaving no country unscathed and exposing…

Illustration of money flows from a low-income country with high levels of corruption to an advanced economy

CPI 2021: Trouble at the top

News • 25 January 2022

The 2021 CPI shows that top-scoring countries’ complacency has been detrimental not only to global anti-corruption efforts but also to their own affairs.

A man wearing a green mask looks right at the camera during a protest

CPI 2021 for Asia Pacific: Grand corruption and lack of freedoms holding back progress

News • 25 January 2022

Asia has witnessed 10 years of mass movements calling for action against corruption, but much of this public outrage has been co-opted by populist leaders and…

Young activists in Nigeria protesting against the 2019 anti-social media bill; signs read: "what is democracy without freedom of expression" and "corruption is hate action, prosecute hate action"

CPI 2021: Corruption, human rights and democracy

News • 25 January 2022

Corruption enables both human rights abuses and democratic decline. In turn, these factors lead to higher levels of corruption, setting off a vicious cycle.