TI EU is recruiting a consultant related to the project, which aims to explore the role the EU can play in facilitating responsible asset recovery looking at both the general EU legal and policy framework. It also looks into more targeted...
The investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, tasked with uncovering Russian interference in the 2016 US Presidential elections, exposes the risk of foreign influence in the EU. Involving former European heads of governments, secretive...
Only one thing is certain among the allegations, counter-allegations and rumours that are swirling around EU Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos in recent weeks – the truth will not be known for a very long time. As Transparency...
It’s good to see that others are finally calling the Council of the European Union for what it is: a black box of decision making. Citizens are mostly left in the dark on what positions their national governments are taking, supposedly in their...
Tomorrow, Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign affairs chief, will chair the EU–Azerbaijan Cooperation Council with the Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. The Azerbaijani Laundromat, which was revealed by the OCCRP last...
Yesterday, the European Commission published a new strategy that set out its vision for how the EU will engage with the Western Balkans region in the near-term. This strategy provides a path for the six Western Balkan states to become part of the EU...
Trade agreements are increasingly less about administration of protection, but administration of risk. Risks to consumers, to the environments, risks to good governance. Transparency International have been supportive of the attempts in both TPP and...
Today, February 1st, the new code of conduct for Commissioners comes into force. The new code of conduct is seen as a direct reply by the Commission to the scandals of former Commission President Barroso’s move to Goldman Sachs and former...
Looking at the evaluation of new FATF standards, private sector implementation of anti-money laundering measures is among the areas with lowest effectiveness out of the 11 outcomes assessed, with major improvements needed in virtually all countries....