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UNODC releases a report on ‘Game Over: Exposing the linkages between corruption, serious and organised crime in sport’
It identifies illegal sports betting and match-fixing as major drivers of corruption, contributing to organized crime networks. The report calls for stronger international legal frameworks and cooperation to combat these issues, noting the complex, transnational nature of the problem. It highlights the impact on major sports like soccer, urging better policies…
SFO announces bribery investigation into defence firm, Thales
The Thales Group is headquartered in Paris and its subsidiary Thales UK employs over 7,000 staff in the UK across 16 sites. Investigators from the SFO and French authority Parquet National Financier (PNF) have informed the company of the investigation.
SFO launches an investigation into suspected bribery and corruption at multi-national aviation and defence electronics group Thales
Investigators from the SFO and French authority Parquet National Financier (PNF) have informed the company of the investigation. The SFO and PNF are conducting a joint investigation in their respective jurisdictions…
SEC announces enforcement results for fiscal year 2024
SEC filed 583 total enforcement actions in fiscal year 2024 while obtaining orders for $8.2 billion in financial remedies, the highest amount in SEC history.
OECD issues baseline report of the fifth round of monitoring of anti-corruption reforms in Tajikistan
The report analyses Tajikistan’s efforts to amend its laws and build anti-corruption institutions to prevent and address corruption, and its measures to detect, investigate and prosecute corruption cases identifying areas for improvement and follow up.
TI examines corruption vulnerabilities of Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) in new report
JETPs are designed to ensure that vulnerable communities—such as low-income households and regions reliant on coal mining—are not left behind as a result of the energy transition. This report highlights critical governance risks, including insufficient public participation, limited transparency in decision-making, underdeveloped oversight mechanisms, and weak accountability in managing JETP-related funds.
OECD publishes phase 4 two year follow-up the implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention in Portugal
This report presents the Working Group on Bribery’s summary and conclusions on Portugal’s progress on its implementation of Phase 4 recommendations, its foreign bribery enforcement actions, and developments related to the follow-up issues.
Basel Institute highlights the successful collaboration between Colombia and Guernsey in securing the forfeiture of illicit assets through non-conviction-based measures
Guernsey has confiscated nearly half a million dollars in criminal proceeds on behalf of Colombia, following extensive cooperation between the two authorities. The money was held on trust with a Guernsey financial institution for the benefit of the wife of “Don Efra”, the deceased leader of a notorious drug cartel…
OECD urges Portugal to swiftly implement long-standing foreign bribery recommendations
This report presents the Working Group on Bribery’s summary and conclusions on Portugal’s progress on its implementation of Phase 4
recommendations, its foreign bribery enforcement actions, and developments related to the follow-up issues. It was adopted by the OECD
Working Group on Bribery during its plenary meeting on 8-11 October 2024.
TI-UK explores ‘Should lying by politicians be a criminal offence?’, focusing on defining deception, abuse risks, and parliamentary sovereignty
The article explores whether lying by politicians should be criminalized. Transparency International UK concludes that making deception a criminal offense wouldn’t restore public trust, could worsen dissatisfaction, and might be abused. Instead, it recommends strengthening existing accountability mechanisms, clarifying sanctions, and involving the public to rebuild trust in politics and ensure fair rule enforcement.
TI releases self-assessment framework to support organisations in establishing, implementing and reviewing their internal whistleblowing systems
The framework is aimed at organisations across the public, private and “third” sectors in any jurisdiction, including international organisations.
Independent News: An Argentine tribunal has upheld the corruption verdict against former President Cristina Fernández
An Argentine tribunal upheld former President Cristina Fernández’s six-year prison sentence and lifetime ban from public office for embezzling funds through public works projects. The ruling, which Fernández had appealed, was confirmed by a higher court. Fernández, who denies the charges, can still appeal to the Supreme Court and remain free pending the decision…