OPINIONSWhistleblowers are the heart of Corruption Watch’s fight 03 Nov 2020, 10:00 By Melusi NcalaFirst published on News24 Corruption is my beat. I say this reservedly for my role and duty, though seemingly small, is a huge responsibility to me. Why? I am part of a country that is still grappling with vast inequality and indigence. But South Africans are people who live in hope and that, Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Dismantle the secrecy surrounding legal vehicles and their assets 19 Oct 2020, 10:14 Beneficial ownership is back in the news at the moment. Opacity in knowledge of the real person behind a company, trust, or corporation, and who will ultimately benefit from its activities – the beneficial owner – is crucial to combating money laundering, tax abuse, and corruption. Illicit financial flows (IFFs) cost money, resources, and Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS SA falling behind in action against foreign bribery 13 Oct 2020, 6:56 In 2018 Transparency International released a further edition of its Exporting Corruption survey, a progress report which rates countries based on their enforcement against foreign bribery under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. The OECD convention requires signatory countries to criminalise bribery of foreign public officials and introduce related measures. That report highlighted South Africa’s failure to Read more >
PRESS RELEASES Limited progress in SA’s enforcement of int’l anti-bribery legislation 13 Oct 2020, 6:32 There has been limited if any progress in South Africa’s attempts to curb foreign bribery over the past two years. This suggests that it remains relatively easy for South African companies to engage in corruption when conducting business outside the country’s borders, notes Corruption Watch. According to Exporting Corruption 2020: Assessing Enforcement of the OECD Read more >
OPINIONS Africa can clamp down on illicit flows by using AUCPCC effectively 10 Jul 2020, 17:25 By Sabeehah Motala Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are costing Africa $30-billion to $40-billion per year and have eroded African countries’ tax bases, hampering their abilities to respond effectively to Covid-19 emergency needs. Lockdown, states of emergency, and all the accompanying implications mean that developing states are more vulnerable than ever to the possibility of illicit Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Economic crime in SA drops, but more execs guilty than before 19 Jun 2020, 14:02 The 2020 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, released recently by PwC, reveals some surprising facts, and some that are not so surprising. In South Africa, the percentage of economic crime incidents was reported as having decreased from 77% in 2018 to 60% in 2020, marking the first time this figure had declined in the Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS To defeat the coronavirus, stop corruption 14 Apr 2020, 9:19 By Tammy Kupperman ThorpFirst published on the Foreign Policy website As the coronavirus spreads around the world, the rushed global response could create opportunities for graft, including fraud and bribery stemming from critical emergency cash flows and medical supply shortages. If safeguards are not put into place quickly, the scale of this corruption could be Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Coronavirus – assisting the spread of corruption 19 Mar 2020, 9:57 With Corruption Watch staff now working remotely, like millions of others in South Africa and around the world have been forced to do, methods and techniques of doing our jobs have to be adapted to suit the situation. Our parent organisation Transparency International has published a informative article on how to keep up the fight Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Imposter charged with extortion, impersonation 03 Feb 2020, 15:00 By Thato Mahlangu Investigations into bribery allegations at a Pretoria driving licence testing centre led to the arrest of a police imposter who had been taking bribes from motorists. A joint operation by members of the South African Police Service’s (Saps) Gauteng anti-corruption unit and National Traffic Anti-Corruption Unit (NTACU) led to the arrest of Read more >