TI’s 2026 report, Monitoring Political Finance, highlights how weak political-finance oversight can fuel corruption, undue influence, conflicts of interest and misuse of state resources, particularly during elections

The new compendium examines seven citizen-led approaches to monitoring political finance and disclosure, highlighting how weak oversight can enable corruption, undue influence, misuse of state resources and foreign interference. The publication draws together practical case studies from different jurisdictions and identifies common lessons for strengthening scrutiny of political funding both during and outside election periods…