The latest news and comment on anti-corruption group Transparency International's Corruption index and barometer
March 2024
Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
Green power: young environmentalists look to shake up Panama’s politics
Buoyed by forcing the closure of a vast copper mine, a new generation of eco-conscious candidates are taking on the ‘shameful and corrupt’ status quo in May’s general elections
January 2024
Australia maintains corruption ranking as government urged to do more on whistleblowers
UK perceived as more corrupt, falling to its lowest score on global index
October 2023
More than 80% of Australians believe pork barrelling is a form of corruption
Poll also shows two-thirds believe corruption is common in federal government, as expert raises concerns about trust in democracy
March 2023
Trouble in paradise: corruption in the Caribbean has become normalised
Kenneth Mohammed
The focus is often on rich countries when it comes to corruption initiatives but the situation is so embedded in these islands that it demands greater attention
January 2023
Australia lifts ranking on global anti-corruption index after hitting record low
Improvement attributed to new anti-corruption commission, but Transparency International warns more whistleblower protections are needed
Governments around the world used Covid to erode human rights – report
Transparency International ranking reveals decade of standstill on tackling corruption, with many countries reaching historic lows in 2021
Australia records its worst ever score on anti-corruption index after decline to match Hungary’s
Transparency International says poor performance due largely to failure to establish federal anti-corruption commission
Opinion
Reparations to the Caribbean could break the cycle of corruption – and China’s grip
Kenneth Mohammed
The belt and road initiative is ensnaring vulnerable countries in debt via corrupt infrastructure projects. Slavery reparations from former colonial powers could help turn the tide
December 2021
Opinion
Barbados can be a beacon for the region – if it avoids some of its neighbours’ mistakes
Kenneth Mohammed
MP warns of financial corruption in UK escaping ‘toothless’ enforcers
November 2021
Boris Johnson says the UK is not ‘remotely a corrupt country’. Is it?
Analysis: the reality looks different as the PM defends his government’s reputation over allegations of sleaze
Geoffrey Cox accrued at least £6m from second job while a parliamentarian
Former Tory attorney general also skipped 12 Commons votes on days when he was engaged in paid legal work
Johnson accused of corruption as he tears up system to fight Westminster sleaze
Critics hit out at effort to ‘weaken independent scrutiny’ with Keir Starmer saying Owen Paterson ‘not fit to serve as MP’
July 2021
Rising public anger over Iraq’s healthcare system after ward fire that kills 92
Nasireyah residents demand officials resign as death toll rises from Covid hospital inferno
June 2021
One in five people in parts of EU pay bribes for healthcare, survey finds
Corruption report says third of EU residents used personal connections to access care during Covid crisis
April 2021
How Nigerian ‘corruption’ is a cautionary tale for the UK
Chibundu Onuzo
Britain believes it’s free of corruption. But there’s still the stench of decay
Rafael Behr
March 2021
UK to return £4.2m of Nigerian funds stolen by governor who was jailed
James Ibori and his associates stole the money and a failed appeal cleared the way for asset seizure
February 2021
#Demlootchallenge: Zimbabwean activists sing to protest corruption
Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s song denouncing “looting” in Mnangagwa’s regime has inspired a host of follow up versions
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