Some governments have leveraged their Corruption Perceptions Index rankings or even stagnant scores to present a misleading image of their governance.

Transparency International consists of more than 100 chapters – locally established, independent organisations – that fight corruption in their respective countries. From small bribes to large-scale ...

Have you paid a bribe? Has corruption increased in your country? Is your government effectively tackling corruption? You have an opinion and that’s what we want the world to hear. Since its debut in ...

From conflicts of interest in awarding government contracts to undue influence by business on politics, from bribes to the use of personal connections when accessing public services, corruption takes ...

In many countries you can pay off police officers to ignore any crime, however horrific and devastating – it’s just a matter of price. In Zimbabwe a nine-year old girl was raped on her way to school ...

Corruption is a scourge that hurts ordinary people every day across the Americas. And when they speak out about it, far too often they face retaliation. Almost two thirds of people that we surveyed ...

There was no global convention aimed at curbing corruption, and no way to measure corruption or its impact at the global scale. In the early 1990s, corruption was a taboo topic. Many companies ...

We define corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. Corruption erodes trust, weakens democracy, hampers economic development and further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social ...

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to experts and businesspeople. The 2022 CPI analyses the ...

A beneficial owner is the real person who ultimately owns, controls or benefits from a company or trust fund and the income it generates. The term is used to contrast with the legal or nominee company ...

Cases of corruption rarely seem to be out of the news in Latin America and the Caribbean. Just in the last few years alone, several high profile cases have sent shockwaves through the region. However, ...

Tax evasion is the illegal non-payment or under-payment of taxes, usually by deliberately making a false declaration or no declaration to tax authorities – such as by declaring less income, profits or ...