Transparency International today called on the European Commission to take immediate action after new research showed that EU Member States are failing to fully implement anti-money laundering legislation that calls for the introduction of public...
The following letter was sent on 18 May 2021 to Daniel Freund MEP (rapporteur), Rainer Wieland MEP, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz MEP, Gilles Boyer MEP, Leila Chaibi MEP (shadow rapporteurs): Dear Members, We, the undersigned, are civil society...
The global pandemic has demonstrated that resilient global supply chains that protect both the people and planet will be crucial to companies and economic recovery in the future. From forced labour, to corruption in environmental protection we see...
When former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country following the 2014 Maidan revolution, Ukrainian citizens who stormed his Mezhyhirya mansion discovered a palace of cartoonish opulence with guilded bathrooms, a private zoo, and a...
The recent revelations by the Organised Crime and Corruption Research Project (OCCRP) on the sale of a Cypriot golden passport to Jho Low, a corrupt Malaysian businessman accused of embezzling billions from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB,...
Nearly eight years ago, the world looked on in horror as over 1,130 people tragically lost their lives in the Rana Plaza disaster, a garment factory collapse in Bangladesh. The tragedy highlighted the urgent need for better corporate due diligence...
New revelations – known as OpenLux – released by Le Monde and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) last week show once again how Luxembourg’s culture of secrecy and opaque practices continue to undermine EU efforts...
In the past couple years, scandals involving elected and unelected officials of the European institutions have shed light on the cracks and loopholes in the upholding of the codes of conduct and ethical norms. Issues related to financial...
By Transparency International Secretariat With an average score of 64, the European Union (EU) is among the highest performing regions on the CPI, but is under enormous strain due to COVID-19 and rule of law crises. Western Europe and the EU score...
