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TI UK warns against reintroducing the UK’s “golden visa” scheme, arguing that previous investor visa routes created significant ML and national security risks with limited economic benefit
TI UK argues that any new investor visa programme would require far stronger safeguards, including robust source-of-wealth checks, effective AML controls and oversight mechanisms, warning that poorly designed schemes could allow illicit funds and high-risk individuals to gain access to the UK…
UKFIU’s podcast ‘Inside the Fight Against Bribery and Corruption’ explores how UK authorities are tackling bribery and corruption through intelligence, investigations, and inter-agency collaboration
In this Episode, experts from the NCA. SFO and CoLP discuss the evolving bribery, corruption and fraud landscape in the UK and internationally. They explore key red flags, the importance of robust due diligence and suspicious activity reporting, and how law enforcement agencies are collaborating with the private sector to detect, investigate and combat financial crime. It opens with an introduction from Baroness Margaret Hodge, the UK Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion…
GRECO’s submission to the EU Anti-Corruption Strategy calls for stronger prevention, implementation of integrity measures and greater alignment with standards to strengthen accountability across Europe
GRECO’s submission calls for a stronger, coordinated EU Anti-Corruption Strategy focused on effective implementation, prevention, integrity frameworks and risk-based approaches. It recommends greater use of GRECO’s monitoring findings, enhanced training and transparency measures, and EU membership in GRECO to strengthen accountability and oversight…
GRECO’s 5th Evaluation Round Compliance Report finds limited progress in Italy’s integrity reforms, with only 1 of 19 Rec. for central Govt and law enforcement fully implemented
The Fifth Round First Compliance Report assesses Italy’s progress on GRECO recommendations covering persons with top executive functions and law enforcement agencies, with summaries reporting that one recommendation was fully implemented, 13 partly implemented and five not implemented. The underlying concerns include Italy’s fragmented integrity framework, conflict-of-interest rules, lobbying transparency…
OECD’s Anti-Fraud Strategies Methodology, provides public sector organisations with a practical framework to strengthen anti-fraud strategies through continuous monitoring, evaluation & improvement
The report provides a practical methodology for evaluating, updating and monitoring anti-fraud strategies, aimed at governments and public institutions working to protect public finances and sustain trust in public spending. It emphasises early monitoring design, measurable indicators, reliable baselines, independent validation, participatory approaches and transparent communication, while warning…
NCA publishes its Prescribed Person Reporting 2025–26 report, revealing that it received 6 qualifying whistleblowing disclosures relating to ML, bribery and corruption, and TF during the reporting period
The prescribed person report covers 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 and records six qualifying whistleblowing disclosures to the NCA across money laundering, bribery and corruption, and terrorist financing. Five disclosures were referred or shared with relevant law enforcement, regulatory or partner bodies, while one was closed after assessment because there was insufficient information to progress…
GRECO’s Second Compliance Report finds that Lithuania has fully implemented 13 of 17 anti-corruption Rec., strengthening integrity across government and law enforcement
The second compliance report finds that Lithuania has satisfactorily implemented or dealt with 13 of GRECO’s 17 recommendations on integrity in central government and law enforcement, including improvements to public consultation rules, guidance for senior officials, gift registration, lobbying transparency, police ethics procedures and integrity checks for senior police and border guard roles. GRECO says further work is still needed to clarify…
BridgeGap consortium flags weak EU corruption control and urges a data-driven Anti-Corruption Directive with measurable enforcement on bribery, transparency, procurement, and accountability
GRECO’s 2025 Annual Report urges government leaders to lead by example on integrity, warning that democratic resilience depends on ethical leadership and effective anti-corruption safeguards
The report assesses anti-corruption measures across Europe and the United States, highlighting progress in embedding integrity frameworks while noting that implementation remains slow in some areas. It reports improved implementation of Fifth Round recommendations on central governments and law enforcement, but calls for further reforms on codes of conduct, lobbying transparency, conflicts of interest, asset declarations, access to information and oversight of integrity standards.
TI and International Federation for Human Rights issue a practical guidance designed to help anti-corruption and human rights practitioners work together more effectively to tackle grand corruption
The practical guide, published on 25 June 2026, is designed for human rights defenders and anti-corruption advocates seeking to document, denounce and litigate cases where corruption and human rights harms intersect. It sets out strategies for placing victims at the centre of proceedings and advocacy, holding corporations, public officials and individuals accountable for corrupt acts, and pursuing state responsibility where grand corruption contributes…
TI’s ‘Connecting the Dots’ report, reveals how stronger, independent FIUs can play a pivotal role in exposing corruption-linked money laundering and tracing illicit financial flows
The report examines how 20 financial intelligence units operate in practice on corruption and corruption-related money laundering, identifying operational, legal, policy and resourcing gaps that affect their ability to turn fragmented financial data into actionable intelligence. It recommends stronger access to information, more operational and usable intelligence, better co-operation and accountability, and safeguards to protect FIUs…
U.S DoJ delivers its largest healthcare fraud takedown to date, charging 455 individuals over more than $6.5B in alleged fraudulent schemes and seizing over $182M in assets
The nationwide action spans 56 federal districts and 45 U.S. states and territories, with charges against 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals and record Medicaid fraud allegations involving 295 defendants and over $518 million in false claims. DOJ highlights the use of advanced data analytics, financial intelligence and international co-operation to target wound care, Medicaid, opioid, telemedicine and transnational fraud schemes…