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CPI 2023: Trouble at the top

News • 30 January 2024

Top-scoring countries on the CPI have long fuelled transnational corruption. It's time they embrace change.

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CPI 2023 for Western Europe & EU: Rule of law and political integrity threats undermine action against corruption

News • 30 January 2024

Leaders are losing public trust as they undermine limits on their power and act without integrity.

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Why can’t Western governments tell us what they’re actually doing to sanction Russian kleptocrats?

News • 28 September 2023

We are still waiting to hear back from countries about the measures they have taken to locate and seize assets.

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CPI 2022 for Western Europe & EU: Undue influence and fragmented anti-corruption measures hurt progress

News • 31 January 2023

While once again the top-scoring region in the CPI, anti-corruption efforts have stalled in most countries for more than a decade.

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CPI 2022: Trouble at the top

News • 31 January 2023

While 2022 has seen some progress, advanced economies are still not pulling their weight in the fight against cross-border corruption.

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Russia in the room: G20 Bali summit must denounce kleptocracy

News • 11 November 2022

Unless measures against illicit finance are prioritised, G20 is on track to lose anti-corruption credibility at the Bali summit.

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Exporting Corruption 2022: Top trading countries doing even less than before to stop foreign bribery

News • 11 October 2022

Despite a few breakthroughs, top trading countries are failing to punish bribing companies and compensate victims.

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Reality check: Can the West bring kleptocrats to justice?

News • 25 May 2022

Loopholes and capacity issues undercut multilateral efforts initiated in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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CPI 2021 for Western Europe & European Union: Trouble ahead for stagnating region

News • 25 January 2022

Western Europe and the EU still tops the CPI, but the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened transparency and accountability across the region, leaving no country unscathed and exposing…

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CPI 2021: Trouble at the top

News • 25 January 2022

The 2021 CPI shows that top-scoring countries’ complacency has been detrimental not only to global anti-corruption efforts but also to their own affairs.