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GRECO’s Evaluation report shows that Poland has fully implemented just 3 of 21 Anti-corruption Rec., highlighting significant gaps in post-employment rules, training, and asset disclosure

August 7, 2025

Poland has fully implemented 3 of 21 GRECO anti-corruption recommendations, with progress on executive guidelines and gift policies, but key gaps remain in post-employment rules, training, and asset declarations…

US ICE exposes a $31M investment fraud, falsely promising foreign investors U.S. residency and diverting funds into political campaigns, while the project never materialised

August 6, 2025

Sherry Xue Li admitted to money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States after running a fictitious development scheme known as the “Thompson Education Center,” which targeted primarily Chinese investors with false promises tied to EB-5 immigration benefits. This guilty plea, secured by Homeland Security Investigations in concert with federal partners, underscores the convergence of investment fraud and illicit campaign-finance activity, and highlights the importance of vigilant cross-border transaction monitoring and investor due diligence…

GRECO’s Evaluation report reveals Romania has fully implemented just 2 of 26 Anti-corruption Rec., leaving major gaps in executive integrity, conflict-of-interest disclosures, and integrity planning

August 5, 2025

Romania has fully implemented 2 of 26 GRECO anti-corruption recommendations for central government and law enforcement, with 22 partially implemented and 2 unimplemented, reflecting only incremental progress. Key measures include Law no. 49/2025 establishing ethics norms for government members and a Presidential Administration code of conduct, but gaps remain in executive integrity checks, conflict-of-interest disclosures, and comprehensive integrity planning for top officials…

GRECO finds Spain has partially implemented 16 of 19 anti-corruption recommendations, but gaps remain in executive training, integrity strategy, transparency, and oversight enforcement

August 1, 2025

Spain has partially implemented 16 of 19 GRECO anti-corruption recommendations for central government and law enforcement, with 3 remaining unimplemented, reflecting moderate progress in strengthening integrity frameworks. Key measures include the Democracy Action Plan and the Open Administration Law, while significant gaps persist in executive training on the Code of Conduct, effective execution of integrity strategies, public access to official documents, and the full empowerment of the Council for Transparency and Good Governance.

GRECO rates Portugal’s anti-corruption reforms for parliamentarians, judges, and prosecutors as largely unsatisfactory, citing gaps in lobbying rules, enforcement, and judicial independence

July 30, 2025

Portugal has satisfactorily implemented only 5 of 15 GRECO recommendations on preventing corruption among parliamentarians, judges, and prosecutors, with 10 still partly implemented, reflecting limited overall progress. While measures such as the Entity for Transparency, MPs’ gift and hospitality guidelines, and the judges’ Code of Conduct and Ethics Council have been introduced, significant gaps remain in lobbying regulation, enforcement of financial declarations, judicial council composition, and Supreme Court judge selection.

Insight Crime reveals how rampant cattle trafficking and fake ear tags are fueling Mexico’s screwworm outbreak and threatening livestock health

July 29, 2025

Report highlights that Mexico’s screwworm outbreak exposes critical gaps in livestock management and border controls, exacerbated by the illegal trafficking of approximately 800,000 undocumented cattle annually. The widespread use of counterfeit ear tags undermines traceability efforts, increasing the risk of disease spread and prompting calls for stronger federal-local coordination and specialised enforcement units.

OECD’s Anti-corruption report on Kazakhstan reveals that confiscation orders are secured in only 2% of cases – urging reforms to strengthen the judiciary and improve asset recovery transparency

July 28, 2025

Confiscation Measures and Sanctions in Corruption Cases in Kazakhstan, highlights the limited use of judicial confiscation and the relatively low value of assets recovered compared to the harm caused. The report recommends aligning Kazakhstan’s confiscation regime with international standards, strengthening institutional capacity, and improving data collection and public reporting to enhance transparency and enforcement effectiveness…

OECD’s Business Integrity report calls on Govts to lead collective action with the private sector – strengthening transparency, fairness, and the global fight against corruption

July 28, 2025

Advancing Business Integrity through Collective Action: A Blueprint for Government Support, underscores the pivotal role of governments in fostering and sustaining collective action initiatives as effective tools to enhance business integrity and combat corruption. It recommends strategic support, capacity building, and robust monitoring mechanisms to ensure private sector engagement and the long-term impact of collaborative anti-corruption efforts…

TI’s Policy paper urges Govts to tackle the estimated 25% of contract value lost to corruption by reforming public procurement with open data, Integrity Pacts, and collective oversight

July 24, 2025

The policy paper “Clean Contracting for Sustainable Development” emphasises that public procurement—key to funding infrastructure and essential services—is particularly vulnerable to corruption, which significantly undermines progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It promotes a “clean contracting” approach built on five pillars—open data, collaborative accountability, strong integrity frameworks, supplier incentives, and multi-stakeholder action—to boost transparency, value-for-money, and sustainable development outcomes…

Basel, with Ukraine’s Anti-corruption agencies, flag 10 key corruption risks in the €500B rebuild and calls for stricter project vetting, digital tools, and oversight to protect donor funds

July 24, 2025

With reconstruction costs estimated to exceed €500 billion, the report underscores the critical importance of a strong and independent anti-corruption framework to protect both state and foreign donor funds. It identifies ten key corruption risks related to project prioritization, public procurement, and construction oversight, offering targeted mitigation measures to enhance transparency and accountability. The report reflects Ukraine’s….

UK SFO charges 6 individuals in £75M pension scam that duped 1,900 investors with fake ‘guaranteed’ returns on storage units, exposing SIPP gaps and prompting a fraud crackdown

July 24, 2025

Between 2011 and 2014, over 1,900 UK investors were allegedly misled into transferring their pensions to acquire leaseholds on storage units, lured by promises of guaranteed rental returns. According to the SFO, the defendants—Toby Whittaker, Stephen Michael Talbot, Stuart Grehan (aka Stuart Chapman-Clark), Terence Wright, Emma Hawkins (aka Emma Grehan), and a sixth unnamed person are accused of making false representations…

OECD’s Phase 4 follow-up report criticises Denmark for ongoing shortcomings in anti-bribery enforcement, whistleblower protection, and corporate compliance, despite modest progress

July 18, 2025

The report acknowledges efforts to enhance guidance for public officials and media monitoring but identifies significant deficiencies in addressing facilitation payment defences and whistleblower protections. It further highlights weaknesses in proactive bribery detection, enforcement, sanctions for false accounting and money laundering…

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