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.
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CPI 2023: Corruption and (in)justice
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The global decline in justice and the rule of law is enabling impunity for corruption around the world.
Why can’t Western governments tell us what they’re actually doing to sanction Russian kleptocrats?
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We are still waiting to hear back from countries about the measures they have taken to locate and seize assets.
CPI 2022 for Western Europe & EU: Undue influence and fragmented anti-corruption measures hurt progress
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While once again the top-scoring region in the CPI, anti-corruption efforts have stalled in most countries for more than a decade.
CPI 2021 for Western Europe & European Union: Trouble ahead for stagnating region
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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…
CPI 2021: Trouble at the top
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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.
Global Corruption Barometer EU: People worried about unchecked abuses of power
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New EU survey reveals almost a third of people think corruption is getting worse in their country. A further 44% think it’s not getting any better.
CPI 2020: Trouble in the top 25 countries
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The top 25 countries on the CPI have their share of corruption challenges
CPI 2020: Western Europe & European Union
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Western Europe and the EU is the highest performing region on the CPI, but is under enormous strain due to COVID-19.
CPI 2020: Trouble at the top – An analysis
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The last year has again shown that no country is immune from corruption.
CPI 2019: Western Europe & European Union
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Fourteen of the top 20 countries in this year’s CPI are from Western Europe and the European Union (EU), including nine countries from the EU alone. Despite being the best…
CPI 2019: Trouble at the top
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Top scoring countries on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) like Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland are not immune to corruption. While the CPI shows these public sectors to be…
Resilient institutions
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Reducing corruption is an important component of the sustainable development agenda, and one that all state parties have an obligation to address. Although corruption is often…
Why corruption matters in the EU elections
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What voters should know as they head to the polls.
Western Europe and EU: stagnating anti-corruption efforts and weakening democratic institutions
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With an average regional score of 66 out of 100, Western Europe and the EU are doing far better than other parts of the globe. However, for a region that prides itself on some of…
The Azerbaijani Laundromat one year on: has justice been served?
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In September last year, a massive leak of bank records from 2012 to 2014 showed that the ruling elite of Azerbaijan ran a $3 billion slush fund and an international money…
