Will the EU act decisively and raise its anti-corruption standards?
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The European Parliament and Council are expected to enter negotiations on the final version of the new Directive on combatting corruption later this year.
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CPI 2023 for Western Europe & EU: Rule of law and political integrity threats undermine action against corruption
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Leaders are losing public trust as they undermine limits on their power and act without integrity.
EU member states need to enhance their whistleblower protection laws
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New analysis finds that most EU member states lack strong whistleblower protection.
Legitimate interest 2.0: Enabling journalists and activists to follow the money in the European Union
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The EU needs to comply with the Court of Justice ruling on beneficial ownership registers and safeguard the financial system’s integrity at the same time.
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Behind a Wall: Investigating Company and Real Estate Ownership in France
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Despite transparency rules, the vast majority of corporate-owned real estate in France is held anonymously.
Internal Whistleblowing Systems: Best Practice Principles for Public and Private Organisations
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This publication highlights best practice principles of developing effective internal whistleblowing systems to help organisations implement these systems.
Monitoring public contracting: Experience from 18 integrity pacts in the EU
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This publication sets out key facts, figures and achievements from the integrity pacts in the EU between 2016 and 2021.
Integrity pacts in the EU: Suitability, set up and implementation
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Between 2015 and 2021, 15 civil society organisations monitored 46 public contracting procedures in the EU. This experience and learnings now help us to understand how to…
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Why opaque campaign money is a risk to EU Elections
Jorge Valladares
EU court ruling on beneficial ownership registers: One year on, need for harmonised approach is clear
Maíra Martini
Personal data protection has a sole purpose, and shielding corporate structures from sunlight isn’t it
Ádám Földes
Speak up or stay silent? The need for greater whistleblower protection in Hungary
Transparency Int'l
Press releases
+ More2023 Corruption Perceptions Index: Weak checks & balances undermining anti-corruption efforts in Western Europe & EU
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EU reaches deal on anti-money laundering rules, ending uncertainty about how watchdogs will access information on companies’ real owners
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Report: EU member states need to enhance their whistleblower protection laws
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European Commission must uphold corporate transparency in the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive
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Projects
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Ending impunity for grand corruption in the Western Balkans and Turkey
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Assesses and tracks National Integrity Systems—ways to strengthen institutions and anti-corruption policies—in the Western Balkans and Turkey.
Integrity watch 3.0: Generating value from data to manage risks and detect corruption in Europe
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The Integrity Watch Project seeks to provide members of society with a series of online tools for the detection and prevention of political corruption in eight EU Member States.
Civil Society Advancing Beneficial Ownership Transparency
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Transparency International, Tax Justice Network, Transcrime – Università Cattolica and the Government Transparency Institute have teamed up to promote greater use of beneficial…
Speak Up Europe
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Speak Up Europe was a project that aimed to prevent corruption in high-risk areas in the EU by empowering individuals to speak up about misconduct to public, private and civil…
