New research by the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International EU (TI EU) on the tax affairs of some of Europe’s largest banks from 2015 to 2019 suggests widespread use of tax havens and profit shifting. The findings have been published...
The European Parliament will debate EU golden visas on October 22. Here are five questions we would ask the Justice Commissioner, if we were there. During tomorrow’s plenary session, the Members of the European Parliament “will quiz” the...
Transparency International welcomes the European Commission’s decision to launch infringement procedures against Cyprus and Malta over apparent breaches of Union law. The move follows multiple scandals surrounding the sale of citizenship to...
Transparency International’s EU chapters and local partners call for an open and vibrant public contracting system for the EU The next seven-year European Union (EU) budget – the ‘MFF’ – and COVID-19 recovery funds are at risk of abuse...
Need for legislative solution to golden visa programmes in the EU remains The government of Cyprus has announced that it will abolish its controversial citizenship–by-investment scheme as of 1 November 2020. The decision follows multiple...
The first rule of law report published today by the European Commission echoes Transparency International EU’s concerns over ineffective rule of law and anticorruption measures in place in many EU Member States, and underpins calls for a robust...
International civil society welcomes the recent Memorandum of Understanding signed between Switzerland and Uzbekistan to return USD 131 million of confiscated assets but counsel caution We welcome recent developments by the Swiss government to...
At the end of June, we launched a new feature on EU Integrity Watch, a tab that tracks lobby meetings with Members of the European Parliament. Three months later, we are here with an update, so let’s see what progress has been made. 10,000...
The FinCEN files, released yesterday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and BuzzFeed News, highlight the need for better anti-money laundering measures in the European Union in the form of an independent...
