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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Trump administration withdraws US from Greco anti-corruption monitoring body

Man in a blue suit points forward as people hold their hands out to get his attention
The US was assessed by Greco in 2023, and was found to lack a strategy for tackling corruption, with the president and vice-president largely exempt from conflict-of-interest rules. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption monitoring body, arguing that paying to belong to the multilateral group no longer serves US interests.

The US formally notified the Strasbourg-based organization on Monday that it was leaving the Group of States against Corruption, known as Greco – the latest step in a broader effort by the administration to pull back from international bodies it regards as inefficient, overreaching or out of step with its priorities.

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