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SFO publishes strategy for 2024-29

Outlines how the SFO intends to build the necessary capability to effectively fight against serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption.

GRECO makes public its Fifth Round Addendum to the Second Compliance Report on Iceland

GRECO concludes that Iceland has implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactory manner nine of the eighteen recommendations contained in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report. Of the remaining recommendations, eight have been partly implemented and one not been implemented.

GFI examines the impact of the Beneficial Ownership Registry and Law on extractives sector in Tanzania

Report explores how these laws, designed to enhance transparency and accountability by identifying and registering the true owners of companies, affect the operations, governance, and economic outcomes within the extractive sector.

SFO releases Annual Report & Accounts 2023-24

During this period 5 sites were searched and 15 individuals arrested on SFO orders. Additionally, three cases were taken to trial during year, six criminal investigations were opened.

Basel Institute issues New Working Paper and framework for navigating the political context of anti-corruption and asset recovery

The report discusses the political and governance factors that affect the performance of the justice system in relation to anti-corruption and asset recovery. It also provides guidance on assessing these factors systematically – including through a novel Assessment and Monitoring Framework…

Guardian: UK to appoint corruption Tsar to recoup billions from COVID-19 fraud

The Chancellor believes the Treasury can recover £2.6billion lost to waste, fraud, and flawed pandemic contracts. A new Covid corruption commissioner will be appointed this week to work with the Department of Health and Social Care, as well as HMRC, SFO and the NCA Agency, to investigate £7.6 billion in Covid-related fraud…

US SEC announces an award of more than $37 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action

The whistleblower persisted in reporting the misconduct internally, which led the employer to conduct its own investigation and eventually report the results to the Commission. This self-report caused the Commission to open an investigation. Further, without the whistleblower’s ongoing, extensive, and timely assistance, the staff would not have learned the full context and extent of the employer’s misconduct…

GRECO calls on Monaco to supplement and extend its mechanism for fighting corruption in the executive and the police

GRECO recommends that the rules of ethics and the obligation to declare interests and assets be made applicable to the persons who work most closely with ministers, to the Secretary of State for Justice and to the Prince’s advisers. For all of the most senior posts in the executive, these rules need to be supplemented with better assessment of the integrity of appointees, greater transparency of their activity and more monitoring of compliance with the rules, as well as a system of penalties…

Council of EU Barometer reveals that 65% of citizens believe that high-level corruption cases are not sufficiently pursued, and only 30% think that government efforts to combat corruption are effective

Europeans remain doubtful about their national governments’ anti-corruption efforts, with 65% believing high-level corruption cases are inadequately pursued and only 30% finding government measures effective. Additionally, 68% of citizens view corruption as widespread in their Member States…

UNODC publishes Survey Report on Corruption in Nigeria, highlighting the patterns and trends

New report – “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends” – is the third survey of perceptions of corruption among the Nigerian population and provides an analysis of corruption trends and the effectiveness of anti-corruption strategies in the country.

TI issues a Policy Paper on land corruption in West Africa, providing recommendations for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to address this alarming issue

Research by Transparency International shows that nearly four out of five people in low-income countries consider corruption in the land sector a serious problem. Rural and poor women are especially vulnerable to land corruption and are also disproportionately exposed to other forms of corruption, such as sextortion, that are enabled by gender and social norms feeding inequality.

TI Brazil publishes The Wildlife Laundromat – How fraud, corruption and laundering drive wildlife trafficking

The report analyzes 18 cases and operations combating wildlife trafficking in various regions of the country.​​ It has found criminal organizations are using elaborate smuggling techniques, including fraud and corruption. Experts say these tactics are driving the trafficking of millions of live animals, animal parts and wildlife products…

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