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TI’s Mar 2025 OREO Index highlights how weak transparency in real estate markets fuels ML, calling for bans on anonymous ownership, stronger oversight, and better data access

March 26, 2025

OREO Index shows that no country meets ideal standards for preventing money laundering in real estate, with 10 of 24 jurisdictions scoring below 5 out of 10. Key weaknesses include poor access to ownership data and insufficient anti-money laundering safeguards, leaving global property markets wide open to abuse by corrupt actors….

OECD advises companies to evaluate their anti-corruption programmes with data-driven approaches, strong leadership engagement, and a culture of ethics to ensure lasting impact

March 25, 2025

Report highlights that companies must move beyond a reactive, risk-driven approach to anti-corruption compliance by focusing on long-term objectives and corporate values. Effective assessments require clear goals, evidence-based measures like audits and data analytics, and strong leadership engagement, while multidisciplinary teams and peer collaboration can further enhance the effectiveness of compliance programmes…

Basel Institute explores how harnessing blockchain intelligence can disrupt ML and other financial crimes in the crypto space

March 4, 2025

By leveraging blockchain’s transparency, investigators can trace transactions, identify suspicious patterns, and track criminal networks. Tools like blockchain analytics provide law enforcement with powerful insights into illicit financial flows. Collaboration between regulators, financial institutions, and tech experts is crucial for enhancing crypto-related crime detection…

Basel Institute examines strategic corruption in second of a two part series on the tangible yet under-addressed impacts of corruption on security

February 19, 2025

Strategic corruption is the deliberate use of corrupt practices by a state to achieve political and geopolitical objectives. It exploits weak governance, eroding institutions and creating a cycle that further enables corruption – weakening affected states while increasing the power of corrupt actors, posing a global security risk. This report calls for reforms to close legal loopholes, enhance transparency, and improve anti-corruption safeguards while cautioning against oversimplified policy responses.

OECD examines shifting global power dynamics and their impact on fragile contexts in new report, States of Fragility 2025

February 18, 2025

Fragility stems from risk exposure and weak resilience, assessed through six dimensions: economic, environmental, political, security, societal, and human.

The OECD 2025 Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum (March 26-27, Paris) will examine how AI, data analytics, and digital forensics are reshaping anti-corruption efforts and global governance

February 18, 2025

The OECD Integrity Week (24-28 March) will bring together global leaders to discuss key integrity issues, featuring the 2025 OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum focused on leveraging emerging technologies like AI and data analytics to enhance anti-corruption efforts and promote transparency.

TI’s 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index reveals persistently high global corruption, with over two-thirds of countries scoring below 50, and its devastating impact on the climate crisis

February 11, 2025

The findings highlight the significant impact of corruption on climate-vulnerable countries and key international climate conferences. Many nations crucial to climate diplomacy, including hosts of high-profile events like COP, are seeing declining CPI scores, with corruption hindering effective climate action…

Basel Institute reviews the powers and limitations EU Member States must adopt into their legislation to comply with the Asset Recovery and Confiscation Directive

February 10, 2025

The 2024 EU Directive mandates that Member States introduce measures to confiscate “unexplained wealth” linked to crime. Specifically, Article 16 focuses on organised crime but allows Member States to extend this to other offences, including corruption…

OECD outlines an eight-step roadmap for smart traceability in critical mineral supply chains, emphasising risk mitigation, clean energy goals, and the need for clear objectives, collaboration, and adaptable systems

February 5, 2025

OECD highlights traceability as key to securing critical mineral supply chains while managing social, environmental, and governance risks. Integrated into risk-based due diligence, traceability can enhance transparency and support clean energy goals, but it must balance standardisation with supply chain complexities.

Basel Guide on Sexual Corruption explores its nature, prevalence, and persistence, emphasising the need to challenge social norms to combat it

January 31, 2025

Sexual corruption is a hidden form of corruption and abuse that is hard to measure and prosecute, causing significant harm to victims. It disproportionately affects women and marginalised groups, impacting gender equality and minority rights…

Basel Institute article on ‘Money Dirtying’ explores how clean, legitimate money can be transformed into illicit payments, particularly for corruption

November 28, 2024

It distinguishes “money dirtying” from money laundering, as it involves a linear flow to bribe recipients. The article uses the Lava Jato (Car Wash) scandal to illustrate these complex schemes and highlights the role of social network analysis in identifying the key actors involved. Understanding these processes…

The 2024 Basel AML Index brings vital updates to its methodology, reflecting the growing complexity of global financial crime prevention