This article, in The Conversation, highlights the problems that we do see when trying to apply conventional approaches to anti-corruption.

This article from The Hill, highlights the importance of finances in addressing corruption. In the past, when Nelson Mandela first came into power, it was a symbol of hope and freedom South Africa but now it has become a permissive environment for an entire host of corrupt actions.

Slovakia seems to be the next country with corruption problems tied to the national Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA), an official body under the Ministry of Agriculture responsible for distributing payments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which accounts for a third of the European Union budget.

Whistleblowing has been consistently encouraged by most governments worldwide, but in many instances, whistleblowers have found themselves in dreadful circumstances, where they find themselves ostracized, unemployed and in some instances, imprisoned.

It’s always reassuring to see bribery being punished, but cases such as these remind us that there are many forms of bribetaking that can occur, and though we mustn’t judge one form of bribery as worse that another, but this one is on its face appalling.

This week reminds us that corruption trials and enforcement of their rulings, of the most senior government officials in countries can occur, without too much fuss and bother, when there is a strong rule of law.

For the past two weeks there have been ongoing protests in Manila by citizens regarding flood control projects. What this corruption shows that yet again there is a point where people have had enough.

Albania now swears that its procurements will be corruption free because of its new AI minister. If only! Yet, what the Albanian government is doing today is taking AI in a new direction, in the important area of public procurement.

Again, anti-corruption norms are being blown apart.  The New York Times has reported on the case which had been dismissed by the US Department of Justice relating to potential bribery and other crimes by Tom Homan, the US border czar.

It’s only been 9 months since the Trump Administration came into power and  in that time it has normalized corruption.

This article, by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), reported on the very depressing situation in South Sudan.

The New York Times (NYT), has recently provided an in depth review of transactions regarding crypto currencies and computer chips, involving Mr. Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, and Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who manages the Emirati’s sovereign fund.

Thankfully it isn’t often that anti-corruption journalists are jailed but unfortunately just recently in Kyrgyzstan two journalists, who had worked for an anti-corruption group, Kloop, but were working for another anti-corruption group, Temirov Live, group were sentenced to five years in prison.

This article touches upon an area that is rarely discussed, looking at complaint mechanisms and anti-corruption. What is important is not so much the complaint or hotline mechanism, but the ultimate conclusions drawn from the results coming from these mechanisms.

Anti-corruption seems to be more on everyone’s minds, and in the United States, a Texas Senate hopeful candidate, Colin Allred has rolled out his ideas for corruption prevention.  

We usually say that nature abhors a vacuum, but in this case, it seems that a diminished FCPA provides new opportunities for other governments to move forward.  The Law Society Gazette provided insight into the new offence of failure to prevent fraud under the United Kingdom’s Economic and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA).

Communication in highlighting corruption has been dismissed by many as being non-serious. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s article reminds us that when it is done well it is not only important, but essential to highlight what our governments would prefer we didn't see or pay attention to.

This has been a fast moving developing narrative, touching on new approach to concepts of corruption, which was of extreme interest to the Gen Z Nepalese population citizens.

Even as the attacks by Russia have grown and are making life in Ukraine more difficult and challenging, some parliamentarians are trying undercut both the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.

This article highlights a new report regarding the type of corruption which is prevalent in the countries of the South Caucasus’, and this article offers a clear description of the situation on the ground.