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OECD’s 2025 Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum spotlighted how emerging tech, shifting global standards, and powerful cross-sector alliances are reshaping the future of anti-corruption efforts
The Forum explored how emerging technologies such as AI, data analytics, and digital forensics—can disrupt corruption, strengthen integrity, and enhance enforcement. It underscored the private sector’s pivotal role and highlighted how today’s innovations are reshaping the global fight against corruption…
GRECO’s Compliance report praises Sweden’s transparency efforts but urges stronger conflict-of-interest rules, stricter enforcement, and improved Police oversight with whistleblower training
Report also identifies need for a strategy to address “friendship corruption” and conflicts of interest. It also commends Sweden’s transparency policies and the new law on ministers’ transition to the private sector but calls for more effective mechanisms for monitoring financial declarations, enforcement of rules, and a consolidated code of conduct for the Police Authority, alongside better whistleblower protection training…
UK SFO’s 2025-26 Business plan targets swift, tech-driven investigations, tougher fraud enforcement, stronger global ties and a new focus on whistleblowers and the ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence
Key priorities include using the new “failure to prevent fraud” offence, launching a whistleblower incentivisation scheme, and expanding tech tools like Technology Assisted Review to speed up casework…
TI’s ‘Barriers to Basics’ report reveals how corruption and discrimination deny marginalised groups in Africa of basic services, with bias worsening corruption and exclusion
Transparency International’s Barriers to Basics report reveals how corruption and discrimination combine to block access to essential education and healthcare services in several African countries. Based on lived experiences from the DRC, Ghana, Madagascar, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe, it calls for urgent action to protect rights and dismantle systemic barriers…
OLAF uncovers a massive EU fraud scheme, leading to the conviction of 9 MEPs for embezzlement related to fictitious employment, with over €420K recovered for the EU budget
The investigations revealed serious irregularities and focused on the fictitious employment of individuals falsely listed as parliamentary assistants despite never having worked for the European Parliament. In one instance, for example, the evidence gathered revealed that an assistant had been paid by the European Parliament without ever providing support to the MEP in parliamentary offices as required. Instead, this individual lived near Paris and worked for the political party exclusively…
OECD’s report urges Govts to enhance anti-corruption oversight through unified standards, consistent enforcement, greater transparency, AI integration, and stronger public-private collaboration
Key recommendations include fostering public-private dialogue, utilising data analytics and AI, offering incentives for effective compliance, and providing targeted support to SMEs and investment in compliance training can foster ethical business practices, while ensuring that compliance efforts are continuously reviewed…
Basel’s ‘Anti-Corruption Collective Action: A Typology for a New Era’ introduces a revised framework for tackling corruption and promoting business integrity
Working Paper 56 aims to expand engagement, attract new stakeholders, and reinforce its role as a long-term corruption prevention strategy…
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
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
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…
OECD’s Phase 4 report on Belgium welcomes legal reforms but flags weak foreign bribery enforcement, urging more resources, clearer guidance, and stronger corporate awareness
Report commends legislative improvements like extended statutes of limitations and stronger corporate liability but highlights weak enforcement, with only three convictions since Phase 3. OECD calls for enhanced resources, clearer guidelines, and better corporate awareness to strengthen the effectiveness of foreign bribery investigations and prosecutions…
OECD report notes Spain’s progress on anti-bribery through whistleblower protections and enforcement tools but highlights gaps in prosecution, corporate liability clarity, and private sector awareness
Spain has made notable progress in addressing OECD bribery recommendations, fully implementing 15 and partially implementing 21, including new whistleblower protections and enhanced law enforcement measures. However, challenges remain in foreign bribery enforcement, with low case activity, unresolved corporate liability ambiguities, and insufficient engagement with the private sector…
OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum: 26 -27 Mar 2025 will explore how AI, data analytics, and digital forensics can disrupt corruption, enhance enforcement, and drive transparency
Under the theme Harnessing Innovation to Break New Ground, the Forum will focus on the role that today’s unprecedented innovations can play in transforming the global fight against corruption and inventing new ways to promote integrity and transparency. By showcasing cutting-edge strategies and fostering collaboration across sectors, the Forum aims to break new ground in promoting…