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UK Home Office’s Survey on Public Perceptions of Corruption shows growing public concern over corruption, driven by doubts about political integrity, public-sector conduct, and influence of money in politics
The research finds that although most people have limited direct experience of corruption, they believe it is widespread, particularly in areas involving political influence, procurement, lobbying, and the behaviour of senior officials — with trust closely tied to transparency and accountability. It also shows that the public has a varied and sometimes incomplete understanding of what constitutes corruption, highlighting the need for clearer communication, stronger integrity standards and more visible enforcement to restore confidence in public institutions…
GRECO’s 4th Evaluation Report praises Ireland’s strides in anti‑corruption reforms for judges and MPs, yet urges swift adoption of pending ethics and legislative measures to close remaining gaps
The addendum notes that Ireland has advanced on certain institutional and transparency measures — for example, ongoing legislative reform planning and establishment of bodies like the Judicial Appointments Commission — reflecting some steps toward the standards set in the Fourth Evaluation Round. However, GRECO stresses that important recommendations, such as fully implementing financial-disclosure enhancements, ethics oversight for senior officials, and other core integrity safeguards for parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors…
GRECO’s 4th Evaluation Report highlights Liechtenstein’s strong anti-corruption progress including adopting a public Code of Conduct for MPs addressing conflicts of interest, gifts, and integrity
In its Second Compliance Report under the Fourth Evaluation Round on corruption prevention for members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, GRECO notes that Liechtenstein has fully implemented ten recommendations — including adoption of a parliamentary Code of Conduct and annual judicial ethics training — and made measurable progress on several others. However, important gaps persist, such as transparency of the legislative process, more comprehensive financial-interest reporting for MPs, and enhanced judicial…
UK SFO secures conviction of AOG Technics Director for fraudulently selling aircraft engine parts with forged documents, triggering serious global aviation safety risks
Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, director of London-based AOG Technics, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to operating his company for fraudulent purposes by falsifying origin and status documentation for CFM56 aircraft engine parts used on Boeing and Airbus jets. The SFO’s investigation, conducted with Portuguese authorities, revealed that from 2019 to 2023 these forged parts were sold to airlines, maintenance operators and suppliers worldwide, prompting safety alerts and temporary grounding of affected aircraft…
GRECO’s Fifth Evaluation Round Compliance Report reveals Malta’s significant gaps in enforcing core anti-corruption measures for senior officials and law‑enforcement agencies
The 2025 GRECO Addendum finds that Malta has made limited progress on its anti-corruption commitments, with many of the 23 recommendations still only partly or not implemented. Despite steps like a new conflict-of-interest directive, expanded integrity training, and better consultation processes, major gaps remain—particularly around a comprehensive integrity strategy, lobbying transparency…
EPPO warns Slovakia’s draft whistle‑blower legislative amendments would strip protections from many reporters, including past cases, jeopardizing fraud detection and EU financial‑crime safeguards
EPPO concludes that the proposed legislation restricts whistle-blower protection by narrowing coverage to persons directly employed by reporting entities, excludes external actors such as contractors or suppliers, and introduces retroactive changes that would affect ongoing EPPO investigations. The office warns that these changes pose serious risks to the rule of law, reduce the likelihood of detecting and reporting fraud and corruption, and therefore impair the protection of the EU’s financial interests…
Global Witness exposes a coordinated wave of bot-like accounts and deceptive news sites trying to whitewash a sanctioned mining tycoon, undermining sanctions and DRC’s anti-corruption efforts
Global Witness finds that at least 40 social-media accounts created in February 2025, along with multiple Congolese news websites, propagated nearly identical messages claiming that a recent arbitration “exonerated” Gertler — despite the arbitration being a private commercial dispute unrelated to the systemic corruption allegations that led to his 2017 U.S. sanctions. The report warns that this coordinated amplification risks whitewashing a sanctioned actor’s reputation, undermining sanctions integrity…
GRECO Compliance Report finds the UK has bolstered anti-corruption safeguards through stronger independent investigations, enhanced transparency for senior officials, and tighter police vetting
GRECO concludes that eight of its twelve recommendations from the Fifth Round evaluation have been satisfactorily implemented, with a further three partly addressed and only one not yet implemented. The report highlights reforms such as strengthened powers for the adviser on ministers’ interests to investigate breaches of the Ministerial Code, improved transparency and updated declarations of interest for senior officials, and comprehensive integrity and disciplinary reforms across police services…
GI‑TOC’s 2025 Global Organised Crime Index warns organised crime is evolving fast, with cyber and financial crimes rising as state resilience falls, exposing countries to transnational networks
The Index evaluates countries across two composite pillars—criminality (covering illicit markets and criminal-actor influence) and resilience (capturing political, legal, economic and social capacities to withstand organised crime)—using expert scoring, structured indicators and contextual analysis. This framework enables granular cross-country comparison, helping policymakers identify where criminal ecosystems are most entrenched, where governance vulnerabilities are most acute and where targeted reforms could have the greatest impact…
UK SFO’s updated Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programmes integrates the new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence and spotlights 6 scenarios from prosecution decisions to DPA eligibility and monitorships
The updated guidance outlines six scenarios in which SFO may assess a company’s compliance programme — including prosecutions, deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs), monitorships, potential “adequate/ reasonable procedures” defences under anti-fraud and anti-bribery legislation, and as a factor in sentencing decisions. It aims to provide greater transparency for organisations on how compliance-effectiveness will influence prosecutorial and remedial choices, and encourages companies to ensure that their compliance frameworks are well-designed, effectively implemented, documented and capable of evolving to meet enforcement standards…
UK SFO launches its first major cryptocurrency fraud investigation, probing a collapsed scheme called Basis Markets, which reportedly raised about US $28M via NFTs and token sales
The SFO, working with Metropolitan Police and West Yorkshire Police, has arrested two men on suspicion of fraud and money laundering following coordinated raids in London and West Yorkshire targeting Basis Markets, which raised funds through NFT and token sales in late 2021.The investigation seeks to trace the flow of roughly $28 million raised from investors — funds that may have been misrepresented, misused, or diverted — underscoring rising enforcement against unregulated crypto schemes…
OECD’s paper Developing a Data-Driven Corruption Risk Model to Strengthen Integrity outlines Belgium’s initiative to use a Corruption Risk Index and analytics to proactively identify corruption risks
The report introduces a Corruption Risk Index using indicators such as procurement and corporate data, discusses practical challenges like data quality and stakeholder engagement, and highlights key enablers including reliable data sources, institutional buy-in, and iterative analytics. Overall, the initiative aims to shift from reactive, intuition-based auditing to a proactive, evidence-based…