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After a decade of decline, Australia is back on the rise in a global anti-corruption ranking

Just months after Australia legislated to establish the long-anticipated National Anti-Corruption Agency, our standing is back on the rise in Transparency International’s annual Global Corruption Perceptions Index. This is a small but important turn-around following a decade of steady decline.

The Conversation

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

The Guardian - AU

Aussie integrity rises in global rankings

Australia has scored 13th in global anti-corruption rankings, notching up an improvement but still trailing "very clean" Denmark and former winner New Zealand.

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‘No return to the past’: the man leading Ukraine’s fightback against corruption

Ex-public prosecutor Oleksandr Novikov is on a mission to build a culture of integrity in the wartorn country

The Guardian - UK

'Qatargate' scandal casts light on 'untouchable' EU lawmakers

As a corruption scandal rocks the European Parliament, lawmakers and campaign groups say a lack of asset declarations, little reporting on contacts with third countries and barely any sanctions created an environment where rule-breaking could go unpunished or undetected.

Reuters

'Qatargate': 'We need independent oversight,' says MEP Daniel Freund

As the purported bribery scandal known as "Qatargate" rocks the European Parliament, FRANCE 24 speaks to prominent MEP Daniel Freund, who, until 2019, led Transparency International's work on the integrity of the EU institutions. He then took up his mandate as an EU parliamentarian for the Group of the Greens.…

France 24

Forty potential ministerial code breaches never investigated, report reveals

Next ethics adviser, when appointed by Rishi Sunak, will probably face calls to open at least two complex cases

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World's longest-serving president seeks yet another term in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guineans go to the polls on Sunday as President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the world’s longest-serving president, looks for another mandate in a country considered one of the most repressive in the world.

Radio France Internationale

Qatar lavished British MPs with gifts ahead of World Cup

MPs who received gifts later appeared to speak favourably about Qatar in parliamentary debates

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners query UK government’s ability to identify oligarchs’ assets

Transparency International says 33 properties worth £700m may be linked to sanctioned Russians

The Guardian - UK

Transparency International urges EU sanctions on Russian diamonds, miner Alrosa

The European Union should bar Russian diamond imports and blacklist diamond miner Alrosa and its head Sergei Ivanov, Transparency International told Reuters on Monday, as the 27-nation bloc prepares new sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Sri Lanka court allows former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas

Sri Lanka's highest court has allowed former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas until Jan. 15, anti-corruption body Transparency International Sri Lanka said on Friday.

Reuters

Australia urged to intervene as China tries to buy a strategic Solomon Islands port

The purchase would give China control of an island in the Solomons with a port that could be used immediately for large vessels, an airstrip, and large areas of land, the Australian government has been warned.

ABC News

Military history is repeating for Russia under Putin's regime of thieves

In explaining the reasons for Russia’s unexpected military weakness in Ukraine, few have expressed it better than The Economist. The magazine noted “the incurable inadequacy of despotic power” and “the cheating, bribery and peculation” that is “characteristic of the entire administration”.

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The Independent UK

Egypt: Mubarak son says family clear of corruption charges

The son of Egypt’s former president claimed Tuesday that he and family members were innocent of corruption charges made in international courts after the country’s 2011 popular uprising

The Independent UK

Russians accused of corruption or Kremlin links have bought £1.5bn of UK property, campaigners warn

Almost 2,000 UK-registered companies are allegedly linked to money-laundering cases – involving £82bn of funds, Transparency International says

The Guardian - UK

German foreign minister faces criticism after appointing ex-Greenpeace chief

Conservative politicians condemn appointment of Jennifer Morgan but Transparency International calls it ‘unproblematic’

Radio France Internationale

France, Sub-Saharan Africa flounder in the fight against corruption

Over the past 10 years, France's leadership in the fight against corruption has stagnated, according to Transparency International, in its annual global report of 180 countries on the perception of graft. And many African countries are failing in the struggle against endemic clientelism and fraud.

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Reuters

Bosnia risks entering legal and institutional vacuum -corruption watchdog

Bosnia ranks as the third worst country in Europe on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and is at risk of entering a legal and institutional vacuum which could threaten the survival of the state, Transparency International (TI) warned on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Corruption is on the rise and pummeling human rights: New report

Some governments have used the pandemic to allow corruption to flourish, Transparency International warns.

Bangkok Post

Thailand's corruption rating worsens

Thailand fell six places in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, released on Tuesday by Transparency International.

Bangkok Post

Thailand's corruption standing slides

Thailand fell six places in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, released on Tuesday by Transparency International.

The Guardian - UK

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

The Conversation

Australia and Norway were once tied in global anti-corruption rankings. Now, we're heading in opposite directions

In a worrying sign, Australia has plummeted in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index – the world’s most widely cited ranking of how clean or corrupt every country’s public sector is believed to be.

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