By Janine Erasmus Events highlighted in South Africa’s news cycle in the last three months or so have exposed our country’s deep-rooted challenges with corruption, organised crime, and the haunting lack of protection for whistle-blowers who expose criminal activity. From the revelations of alleged criminal syndicate infiltration into our policing system – initially made by Read more >
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CORRUPTION NEWS
Corruption Watch (CW), and other organisations and individuals around the world, have said it time and again – corruption is inextricably linked with the abuse of human rights. Simply put, where human rights are violated, corruption will inevitably be involved. The intersection of human rights and corruption is easy to spot. It is all around Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Image: Flickr/UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs First published on UNCAC Coalition The fourth international conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) is under way in Sevilla, Spain, bringing together heads of state and high-level representatives from all UN member states from 30 June to 3 July. But unlike the previous conference in 2015 – Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is in the news, and not for a good reason. On 10 February 2025, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order directing attorney-general Pam Bondi to pause enforcement of the FCPA until she reviews current policies and guidelines and issues new ones. It is not known how long Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Image: UNOCD Today, 9 December, the world marks International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD). This year’s theme is Uniting with Youth Against Corruption: Shaping Tomorrow’s Integrity, and it will be run as a biennial campaign to highlight the vital role young people play in the fight against corruption. Corruption is intertwined in most of the challenges that Read more >
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Corruption Watch, ahead of the gathering next week in Atlanta, US, of the 10th session of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Conference of the States Parties (COSP), today issued an open letter urging the South African delegation to intensify its anti-corruption efforts. The letter outlines the areas that require urgent intervention and implementation. Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) is held annually on 9 December – this year, activists and policy-makers commemorate a special anniversary. The UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the world’s first and only legally binding anti-corruption instrument, is 20 years old. The anniversary is also the theme for this year’s IACD – UNCAC at 20: Uniting the Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
First published on the UN Office on Drugs and Crime “Corruption threatens our security. It drives organised crime. It corrodes our economy. It crushes opportunities for development. And it traps people in cycles of inequality and poverty,” said UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) executive director Ghada Waly in her message on International Anti-Corruption Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Mainstream, community, and social media bombard us every day with news about the ongoing fight against corruption, this heroic activist, and that innovative intervention which will really make a difference this time – but how far have we really come? A new white paper published this month by the French branch of the International Law Read more >