The Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel claims it is exposing “one of the biggest money laundering operations in the world” in a new six-part documentary. The first episode of the documentary looks at how Zimbabwe’s abundant store of gold is… Read More ›
A new paper analysing the scope and characteristics of global trade-based money laundering (TBML) has been published. The paper, Trade-Based Money Laundering: A Global Challenge, was co-authored by Global Financial Integrity, Fedesarrollo, Transparency International Kenya and Advocates Coalition for Development and… Read More ›
TRAFFIC, a non-governmental organisation working globally on trade in wild animals and plants, has hosted its first panel at the International Anti-corruption Conference (IACC) to highlight the need for an alliance against environmental crimes. The panel of counter-corruption and financial… Read More ›
Transparency International’s (TI’s) annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals that corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide. Corruption is often most acutely felt in developing countries according to TI but it warns that too often it is forgotten that corruption is… Read More ›
Despite European Union (EU) provisions stressing the importance of granting public access to beneficial ownership information, access to that data may be restricted, even in member countries that have public central registers in place according to a new report published… Read More ›
Transparency International (TI) has published a new report which shows how some of the world’s richest countries fail to enforce laws against foreign bribery. Exporting Corruption examines 47 leading global exporting countries of which 43 are signatories of the Organisation… Read More ›