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17 Sep 19
Anti-corruption efforts in Indonesia could be damaged by a change in the law passed by the parliament in the Southeast Asian country today, activists have claimed.
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9 Sep 19
People pushing thousands of smaller cases through the Supreme Anticorruption Court of Ukraine could hamper work to punish unscrupulous officials, the country’s president has said.
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3 Sep 19
An “atmosphere of impunity” prevails in Latvia’s fire service, according to the country’s State Audit Office.
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27 Aug 19
An international anti-corruption commission is being kicked out of Guatemala, with its supporters blaming the US for being too focused on migration in the region to defend it.
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23 Aug 19
Three years on from the Panama Papers data leak, France has signed an agreement with Panama to try to fight tax evasion.
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22 Aug 19
India’s former finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram was arrested late last night in relation to corruption and money laundering allegations.
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21 Aug 19
Whistleblowers in Ukraine could be paid up to 10% of the value of the corruption they expose, if laws currently being drafted are put into place.
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19 Aug 19
Sudan’s ex-president has admitted to receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a detective has told a court at the start of a corruption trial.
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19 Aug 19
Scammers have increasingly been using the World Bank’s name to give authenticity to ‘advance fee' fraud schemes.
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16 Aug 19
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has won the latest round in his legal battle against an anti-corruption watchdog.
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12 Aug 19
New Zealand and Switzerland have made a deal they hope will make it harder for multinational companies to dodge paying tax.
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12 Aug 19
While some progress has been made on improving international ethical standards across the public finance sector there is still much to do, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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9 Aug 19
A decline in Latvia’s population could pose a barrier to long-term growth for the country, according to the IMF.
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6 Aug 19
Cryptocurrency transactions in Brazil must now be reported to the government’s tax office in a bid by the authorities to hamper gang activity.
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1 Aug 19
A Chinese billionaire allegedly avoided paying $1.8bn in ‘anti-dumping duties’ on aluminium brought into the US.
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29 Jul 19
Iraq has been warned that its fiscal position is expected to deteriorate without policy changes as it continues to face “daunting” challenges.
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26 Jul 19
Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption watchdog has detained a senior government official for the first time since it was launched earlier this month.
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22 Jul 19
South Africa’s leader has been accused by a watchdog of violating ethics rules in a setback to his anti-corruption drive.
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9 Jul 19
Critics of an anti-corruption campaign launched by Pakistan’s leader have said it is damaging the economy as officials fearful of being suspected put projects on hold.
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5 Jul 19
A prominent Iraqi cleric has reportedly called for a “slow coup” to replace senior government officials for a failure to tackle growing corruption.
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2 Jul 19
Latin American and Caribbean countries must bolster their capacity to mobilise public revenues by strengthening tax collection if they are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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2 Jul 19
A flagship policy to create a digital society in India has been praised by the country’s leader for significantly reducing corruption.
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27 Jun 19
A government commission has been launched into a $1.2bn loan borrowed by Papua New Guinea’s previous government after a damning report by a watchdog.
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13 Jun 19
The owner of a US contractor has pleaded guilty to helping defraud the government of $346m in a major ‘rent-a-vet’ scam case.
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11 Jun 19
The world’s leading economies are edging closer towards a consensus on reforming the global tax system to ensure that multinational corporations pay their fair share.