anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International

In late February, Transparency International (“TI“) published the 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index (“CPI“). This is the 23rd annual edition of the CPI, which ranks countries according to the levels of public sector corruption, as perceived by business people and country experts. The CPI ranking aggregates ...

At 7am on Wednesday 25 April 2018, Transparency International Ireland will launch the first study and ranking of local authorities in Ireland, based on their systems to prevent corruption. The National Integrity Index on Local Authorities marks each local authority against 30 criteria, under the categories of Transparency, ...

G-20 countries are "weak" and have moved "too slowly" in improving transparency over financial secrecy two years after the Panama Papers revealed how wealthy individuals hide their money, an international corruption watchdog said Thursday. Transparency International warned that 10 G-20 nations ...

Transparency International India (Maharashtra Centre), along with Indian Bar Association, is organizing a workshop on Transparency in Judiciary & Governance – Need of the Hour. Transparency International India, with its presence in 200 countries, is a leading global organization against anti-corruption ...

Transparency International also considers that the scope of the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act is too narrow. The NGO wants the law to also apply to certain activities carried out by lawyers, notaries, trustees, real estate agents and dealers of artworks and luxury goods that can easily be used for money ...

Former head of Transparency International talks corruption in the Americas. Americas Now ... Americas Now anchor Elaine Reyes talked to former Global Chair of Transparency International, Jose Ugaz, at the Summit of the Americas in Peru. They discussed what more needs to be done to combat ...

By Lilian Sopera Keneqa – EMTV News, Port Moresby. Transparency International is a worldwide network of national chapters who believe that corruption can be stopped. Yesterday, the Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) held their members meet and greet at Holiday Inn. Visiting the ...

“The stories show how European countries are selling access to the Schengen visa-free travel area, and even EU citizenship, to foreign investors with little scrutiny, transparency or due diligence,” a report published on transparency international report reads. According to the rules of the Maltese investment ...

A recent report published by Transparency International (TI), a global corruption watchdog, shows that corruption worsened in Nigeria in 2017. According to the 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), Nigeria which scored 27 ranked 148 out of the 180 countries assessed in 2017; meaning that it was only ...

“Transparency International works on verifiable data through its numerous agencies in Nigeria. Our country remains 'fantastically corrupt'. Just this morning, I read in The Punch how NDLEA in Enugu abducted a man. He was forced to visit his ATM and 160k extorted from him at gun point. He raised the ...

A recent Transparency International (TI) report which showed that Nigeria did not make any progress in its corruption perception in 2017 appears to have been received differently by top officials of the Buhari administration. While the presidency initially dismissed the report as a “fiction” sponsored by the ...

It is no longer news that Transparency International's recently published rankings for 2017 show that Nigeria has plummeted several places to 146th out of a total of 180 countries. The perception of corruption in Nigeria has apparently worsened under the current administration. As expected, the President's ...

“The only Index the country fell short was in the Economic Intelligence Unit Country Risk Service, on which basis is the sole reason for Nigeria's decline in the overall Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index of 2017. “The Bertelsmann Stiftung's Transformation Index evaluates the quality of ...

“Transparency International only confirmed what I have said before that President Buhari is only hiding under anti-corruption fight to harass his perceived political foes while protecting corrupt people in his government. Transparency International has placed a question mark on the President's claim to ...

India more corrupt than China, better than Pak: Transparency International. PTI ... problem across the region, improvements will only be made if there is strong political will for change and if a comprehensive strategy is adopted, not one based on isolated actions,” a Transparency International report said.

Estonia – by quite some distance – is viewed as being the least corrupt country in emerging Europe, according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, published at the end of February by Transparency International. The Baltic State ranks 21st globally, well ahead of the next emerging European nation, ...

Transparency International on Wednesday published its latest Corruption Perceptions Index, a global ranking of fairness around the world. The ranking of 180 countries is based on the level of public sector corruption in 2017, according to businesspeople, journalists, and civic organisations. Higher-ranked ...