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This court case could decide the fate of controversial 'golden passport' programs in Europe

A top court could soon put a stop to Europe's most notorious 'golden passport'

Fortune · Mar 19, 2025

Critical minerals corruption risk sparks probity calls

Vast deposits of critical minerals vital for the clean energy transition are in corruption-prone nations, raising the risk of human rights abuses.

AAP · Mar 12, 2025

Thailand’s corruption score slips

Thailand’s score has in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) declined to 34 from 35 the year before, though its global ranking improved one place to 107th, according to Transparency International.

Bangkok Post · Feb 13, 2025

Australia improves on global corruption rankings, but there is still work to be done

Australia has turned the corner on its decade-long slide on Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), once again ranking in the top ten least corrupt countries in the world. The fresh ranking comes just ahead of a federal election, which will determine the future of many key anti-corruption reforms.

The Conversation · Feb 11, 2025

Australia gains in corruption index but threats persist

Oversight and anti-corruption bodies need to be adequately resourced and truly independent if public trust in democracy is to continue, a former ombudsman says.

AAP · Feb 11, 2025

Voter apathy may be tied to growing influence of big political donors – report

Anti-corruption group Transparency International UK is calling for new light to be shed on the influence of big money on British politics.

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

Call for investigation into far-right EU politicians’ flights to Trump gala

Transparency International writes to EU requesting inquiry into potential failure to declare travel and ticket expenses

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024

Botswana’s election shock: analyst reflects on why voters kicked the ruling party out after 58 years

The dramatic loss of power by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had governed Botswana since independence in 1966, will go down in history as one of the biggest electoral upsets in Africa.

The Conversation · Nov 12, 2024

NZ’s white-collar crime gap: just 1% of serious fraud complaints result in prosecution

Despite long being considered one of the least corrupt countries – ranked third in the world by Transparency International – New Zealand is lagging behind when it comes to handling white-collar crime.

The Conversation · Aug 19, 2024

Angered by Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law, young protesters try new tactic

Young demonstrators fight on ahead of October elections in a bid to exhaust the administration behind the measure.

Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2024