By Jean-Pierre Méan Published on Tuesday August 31, 2021     The recent events in Afghanistan brought back to my mind a discussion that I had with a member of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the aftermath of the then successful US intervention in 2001. Far from being encouraged in […] Cet article Lessons to be learned from (not) addressing corruption in Afghanistan est apparu en premier sur Anticorruption experts: Fighting corruption and bribery ..read more

Times of social, political, and economic stress present opportunities for corrupt actors to act corruptly, and the crisis caused by the novel coronavirus will be no exception. Cet article Corruption and Covid 19 est apparu en premier sur Anticorruption experts: Fighting corruption and bribery ..read more

  By Francesco Clementucci Published on Tuesday April 14, 2020   Confiscation of illicit funds represents an essential instrument for deterring and effectively combatting corruption, including the recovery of funds and reparation for victims. Typically, confiscation takes place following a wrongdoer’s conviction or indictment. However, successfully convicting criminals is hard, especially in international cases. Non-conviction […] Cet article Confiscation acquitted: EU law drops criminal charges est apparu en premier sur Anticorruption experts: Fighting corruption and bribery ..read more

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Offshore banking is not in itself illegal, and those named in the “Panama Papers” should not automatically be presumed to have done anything wrong, but history has shown that secrecy attracts those with something to hide.  Cet article The Panama Papers and the emergence of anti-corruption compliance est apparu en premier sur Anticorruption experts: Fighting corruption and bribery ..read more

By Marc Tassé  Published on Tuesday December 3, 2019     Businesses are coming under increased scrutiny, both at home and abroad, to ensure that their domestic and foreign operations comply with anti-corruption and anti-bribery legislation. International trends towards tougher legislation and increased enforcement of anti-corruption laws internationally make non-compliance a real risk that companies […] Cet article Keys to an Effective Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Program est apparu en premier sur Anticorruption experts: Fighting corruption and bribery ..read more

  By Francesco Clementucci* Published on Tuesday November 5, 2019   Integrity principles do circulate and fertilize other actors and sectors. This inter-models fertilization takes place through processes that are entirely domestic to the Italian legal system. The anti-corruption measures established under the “Severino Law” are clearly inspired by the compliance programmes system set under […] Cet article Cross-fertilization of integrity principles est apparu en premier sur Anticorruption experts: Fighting corruption and bribery ..read more

By David SimpsonPublished on Tuesday October 22, 2019     It has been a few years now since the infamous Operation Car Wash scandal broke in Brazil. Despite this, it continues to entangle business leaders, politicians and other stakeholders in a swampy and fetid mess up until present day.  In this video we re-examine one […] Cet article Corruption in Latin America: The Odebrecht scandal in Brazil est apparu en premier sur Anticorruption experts: Fighting corruption and bribery ..read more

By Jean-Pierre Méan Published on Tuesday October 15, 2019     Corruption is a (poisonous) flower that prospers in the dark. Both the act of corruption (in short the granting of an undue advantage in exchange for an improper advantage, the (in)famous quid pro quo) and the fruits of this act are hidden or disguised […] Cet article The Global Corruption Index – A new instrument to apprehend the un-apprehensible est apparu en premier sur Anticorruption experts: Fighting corruption and bribery ..read more

By Jean-Pierre Méan Published on Thursday October 3, 2019   When divisions run deeper and deeper in a society, simple principles tend to be obscured by raging passions. This applies to all realms of life, including, as we can observe today, to whistleblowing. When the going gets tough, the toughs get going and the toughs […] Cet article Whistleblowing in the age of the great divide est apparu en premier sur Anticorruption experts: Fighting corruption and bribery ..read more