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GFI report exposes transparency risks in Colombia’s voluntary carbon credit market as corruption, fraud, and weak governance undermine REDD+ projects

New GFI report examines transparency and integrity in the voluntary carbon credit market, focusing on REDD+ projects in the Colombian Amazon. It identifies corruption risks and offers recommendations to strengthen the scheme, ensuring it effectively supports global climate g

PPLAAF uncovers suspected corruption and fraud in Guinea as whistleblower exposes U.S. investment fund’s bribery, tax evasion, and regulatory circumvention

A whistle blower supported by PPLAAF revealed that the companies allegedly attempted to bypass Guinean regulations and bribed officials following a 2023 barge spill that caused severe pollution. Despite denying the allegations, the companies launched an external investigation while local communities have seen little benefit from mining activities. Guinea holding the world’s largest bauxite reserves, remains plagued by poverty, corruption…

UNODC notes 4% increase in Bolivian cocoa production from 2022 in latest monitoring report

The report highlights ongoing coca cultivation growth, increased eradication efforts, rising coca leaf prices, and significant drug seizures, reflecting both the challenges and responses to coca production in Bolivia.

OECD examines the relationship between transport infrastructure and conflict in North and West Africa over 24 years, in new report

Finds that attacks on infrastructure have surged, particularly due to jihadist insurgencies and rebellions since the late 2000s. Also rising are ambushes, kidnappings, remote attacks, and infrastructure destruction.

Basel Guide on Strategic Corruption explores how states use corruption as a tool for power, influence, and geopolitical advantage

It looks at common features characterising strategic corruption cases, explores what is strategic about it and what this means for governance and security. It highlights the usefulness of “strategic corruption” as an analytical concept, but also urges caution in using it to guide domestic security or foreign policy decisions, or approaches to countering corruption…

GFI highlights illicit financial flows in Ghana’s gold mining sector, driven by corruption, weak regulations, and informal mining

The report recommends stricter monitoring, digital tracking technologies, enhanced border controls, and full transparency in transactions to curb illicit activities. Strengthening regulations and addressing loopholes will help Ghana maximize its gold resources, boost economic growth, and support sustainable development.

ACODE and GFI analyse illicit financial flows in Uganda’s mineral supply chain, fueled by corruption, informal mining, weak regulations, and resource constraints

The report recommends stronger enforcement, improved transparency, better mineral traceability, and enhanced international cooperation to curb illicit financial flows and maximise Uganda’s mining revenue…

OCCRP reports that Billionaire Roman Abramovich’s Company allegedly devised a fake superyacht chartering scheme to evade millions in taxes

A company ultimately owned by the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich set up a fake superyacht-leasing business in Cyprus in an apparent attempt to evade millions of euros in tax, leaked files and correspondence obtained by OCCRP reveal. Between 1999 and 2010, the former Chelsea Football Club owner assembled a fleet of superyachts worth around $1.2 billion, including the world’s longest at the time, Eclipse, which boasted two helipads and a swimming pool that could turn into a dance floor…

BBC: Labour minister has been implicated in an investigation alleging her family embezzled up to £3.9 bn from infrastructure projects in Bangladesh

The UK’s Treasury Economic Secretary is accused of brokering a deal in 2013 that inflated the cost of a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh as part of a wider corruption probe into her aunt former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A source close to Siddiq dismissed the claims as politically motivated and fabricated. Conservative MP Matt Vickers criticized Siddiq’s involvement calling it another blemish on Labour leader Keir Starmer’s…

OECD Report on National Integrity and Transparency System in Peru, suggests strengthening leadership and structuring a system that integrates integrity, transparency, and data protection

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the integrity system in Peru, including the progress made so far and the challenges that remain. It provides concrete recommendations for the establishment of a National Integrity and Transparency System, including defining the legal nature of the system, creating a National Integrity and Transparency Authority as the governing body, and reforming the High-Level Anti-Corruption Commission to improve inter-institutional co-ordination within the new system and relations with non-state actors…

 

OECD calls on New Zealand to strengthen foreign bribery detection and its corporate liability framework for foreign bribery

Recommendations from the latest OECD Working Group report on Bribery in International Business Transactions include: raising awareness, improving corporate liability and penalties, incentivizing self-reporting, and modernizing mutual legal assistance. Positive steps include stronger international co-operation, enhanced whistleblower protections, and improved transparency. New Zealand will report on progress by December 2026.

The Africa Report: In August cleared Ghana’s presidential candidate John Mahama of any corruption involving Airbus

Samuel Adam Mahama, the younger brother of Ghana’s former president John Mahama, greeted The Africa Report at his London home on November 1, bearing a striking resemblance to his sibling. Dressed casually, the 61-year-old politician’s brother appeared welcoming but nervous, aware of the high stakes. With the general election just weeks away, it could pave the way for John Mahama’s return to power in Accra after eight years in opposition…