Gauteng cops arrested for corruption
Two Gauteng Community Safety Department officials are due to appear in the Johannesburg Commercial Court on Monday on charges of corruption
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Global anti-money laundering in four charts
As of April 2017, the level of country compliance with the FATF 40 recommendations rests at just 25% across the 30 countries most recently assessed. While this is definitely an improvement since 2011, when full compliance across 160 countries was at 12.3%, taking 27 years since the standards were introduced to get to a 25% compliance level cannot exactly be called rapid progress.
New international centre to combat grand corruption
International agencies have joined forces to tackle grand corruption across borders. Earlier in July the International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre opened its doors, with the aim of clamping down on a crime category that can include bribery of public officials, embezzlement, abuse of power and money laundering of illegal proceeds.
CITES welcomes G20 intent to combat wildlife corruption
In the wake of the recent G20 conference in Hamburg, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) noted that G20 leaders had reaffirmed their commitment to address illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products, particularly through combating corruption. South Africa is a member of the G20 and a party to CITES.
Time for govts to accept that civil society is not the enemy
G20 governments must lead the way in ceasing to treat civil society as the enemy, writes Cathal Gilbert in this op-ed just before the recent G20 meeting. Rather, civil society plays a critical role in securing public buy-in for government policies and helps to ensure that the right programmes get implemented at the local level, and it’s time that governments accept and embrace this.
CW mourns passing of former board member Emma Mashinini
Corruption Watch expresses its sadness at the news of the passing of Emma Mashinini, former Corruption Watch board member and loyal supporter of our work since inception. We are proud to have had her presence in our organisation, and we are grateful for the immense contribution that she made to our work.
Public parly participation: survey reveals good and bad
The Parliamentary Monitoring Group has published a new survey on public participation in Parliament’s consultative processes. The survey revealed that participants are neither entirely satisfied nor dissatisfied with the process as it is, and they feel that Parliament has to work harder to ensure that it garners a plurality and multiplicity of views.
Top cops must be appointed transparently and on merit
On 5 July Corruption Watch and the Institute for Security Studies launched a joint public awareness campaign for transparency and merit-based selection in the upcoming appointments of the South African Police Service national commissioner and the head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations, or Hawks. It is crucial that the current serial crisis of top management in the police is addressed, as this has been identified as the root cause of most of the problems facing the police in South Africa.
CW, ISS launch campaign for police appointments on merit
Today Corruption Watch and the Institute for Security Studies highlighted the need for transparency and public participation in the upcoming appointments of the SAPS national commissioner and the head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (the Hawks). The organisations launched a joint public awareness campaign around these critical appointments, and will advocate for improvements in the way they are made.