The most famous index of corruption is the Corruption Perception Index, an annual report by Transparency International which measures public sector corruption and gives each country a score out of 100, with 0 being the worst. Continue reading While the western world focuses on corruption in the ‘global south’, corruption in the West goes unnoticed and ignored
The old adage that the best way to rob a bank is to own it is playing out in courts in both Ukraine and the US. Continue reading ‘Financial crime of the century’ in Ukraine wrecks lives and corrodes livelihoods across borders
Many Latin American elections over the past year have been grievously afflicted by Covid-19 – but the familiar global spectre of the far-right appears to have added to Peru’s misery. Continue reading Disinformation, denials and disillusionment: Welcome to elections in Peru
The Biden administration has made countering kleptocracy one of the pillars of its foreign policy and exposing corruption is something that they are going to dedicate time and resources to, according to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Continue reading Washington goes after foreign corruption with CROOK Act
The far-right stormed into the Catalan parliament for the first time as their populist platform won the votes of poorer neighbourhoods in the traditionally left-wing stronghold. Continue reading Populism and a growing far-right in Europe: How Spanish ultranationalists won their first seats in Catalonia
The far-right is poised to take seats in the Catalan parliament for the first time in an election too unpredictable to call, according to a political scientist. Continue reading Far-right making inroads in Catalonia on promise to fight independence
Jeremy Corbyn has demanded the cessation of arms sales to Saudi Arabia that drive the killing of children and the destruction of an entire country. Continue reading Corbyn demands an end to Saudi arms sales and ‘massive destruction’ of Yemen
A Northern Irish MP has called on Dublin to support an embargo on Saudi Arabia and its ‘brutal and illegal’ war on Yemen if it is serious about becoming a global peace broker. Continue reading Ireland must join Saudi arms embargo to be ‘champion for peace and human rights’, Sinn Féin MP urges
Anonymous shell companies are now banned in the US thanks to provisions in this year’s National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA). Continue reading National Defense Authorisation Act: ‘Historic’ anti-money laundering provisions introduced
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