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GRECO calls on the United States to pursue its efforts to promote the integrity of persons entrusted with top executive functions, and as regards the personnel of the FBI

GRECO publishes detailed Fifth Round evaluation of corruption risks in the executive branch of the USA.

World Bank Debars Multi-Tech Consult (PTY) Ltd. and its Managing Director

The World Bank debarred a Botswana-based civil engineering company and its managing director Wednesday for fraudulent practices connected to projects in Zambia and Tanzania. Multi-Tech Consult (PTY) LTD (MTC) is ineligible to participate in projects…

GRECO publishes Addendum to the Second Compliance Report of 4th Evaluation Round on Serbia

Assesses the implementation of the outstanding recommendations since the adoption of the Second Compliance Reportand provides an overall assessment of Serbia’s level of compliance with these recommendations.

GRECO makes public its fourth Interim Compliance Report of 4th Evaluation Round on Türkiye

GRECO concludes that the level of implementation remains the same as in the previous report. Türkiye has implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactory manner three of the twenty-two recommendations contained in the Fourth Round Evaluation Report.

TI publishes report on political finance in the Western Balkans and Turkey

Analyses political finance regimes in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye. It identifies regulatory and enforcement gaps.

OECD publishes report on dividend tax fraud

Dividend stripping is a type of fraud that is committed through a complex mechanism of trading, selling and repurchasing shares over a certain period to unlawfully avoid payment of dividend taxes, or to claim unjustified tax reimbursements.

TI publishes report on how professionals and businesses operating in the non-financial sector are facilitating illicit financial flows out of Africa

Covers 78 cases across 33 African countries which implicate politically exposed persons in siphoning off proceeds of corruption abroad or parking their wealth offshore.

TI UK shares what’s next in the UK’s fight against dirty money?

The ECCTA mandates Companies House to actively vet and improve the quality of information in the UK corporate register, making it more challenging for criminals to conceal ownership. The Act requires identity verification for individuals with significant control, raising the cost…

US Treasury sanctions former Guatemalan government official for engaging in public corruption

Luis Miguel Martinez Morales (Martinez) has been sanctioned for his role in corruption in Guatemala wherein he engaged in widespread bribery schemes, including schemes related to government contracts.

US DoJ settles with 2 British Reinsurance brokers over Ecuador bribes

Tysers Insurance Brokers Limited and H.W. Wood Limited, two U.K.-based reinsurance brokers, have agreed to resolve investigations by the Justice Department into violations of the FCPA arising from Tysers’ and H.W. Wood’s participation in a corrupt scheme to pay bribes…

Basel Institute of Governance publishes case studies on corruption in waste management and trade

The report explores five case studies (Albania, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Canada–Philippines, US–South America) and proposes a typology of corruption patterns in crimes involving waste management and trade.

UNODC publishes report on gold trafficking in the Sahel

Provides an overview of the key factors driving illicit gold trade as well as typologies.