Too many European countries are failing to effectively implement and enforce their anti-corruption laws, while several are rapidly backsliding Editorial collage about the rule of law and ...

The Panama Papers exposed how hidden company ownership and corporate service providers helped move and conceal wealth linked to corruption and crime. A decade on, some progress has been made: more ...

Berlin, 10 February 2026 – Corruption is worsening globally, with even established democracies experiencing rising corruption amid a decline in leadership, according to Transparency International’s ...

Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 highlights deep-rooted corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa, where misuse of public funds and weak accountability continue… ...

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025 ranks 182 countries and territories: the global average dropped to 42, and 122 countries score below 50, signalling widespread public sector corruption.

Countries like El Salvador (32) and Ecuador (33) are experiencing a decline in transparency and civic freedoms, with laws limiting NGOs’ access to funding and obstructing their operations, paired with ...

The top scorers were New Zealand (81) and Australia (76), ranking fourth and 12th in the world, respectively. Papua New Guinea (26) is the lowest scoring nation in the region, dropping five points ...

Money fuels politics. But when it flows in the shadows, democracy is the first casualty. Across most of Africa, and much of the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, citizens are expected to ...

Across the EU, watchdogs are told they have a “legitimate interest” in seeing who owns companies. Yet on the ground, Transparency International has faced rejections, delays and avoidable hurdles. Last ...

Despite international standards and collective commitments, the world’s biggest economies and some key financial hubs remain far too open to corrupt people and other criminals laundering and enjoying ...

180 countries. 180 scores. How does your country measure up in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index? It is imperative that urgent action is taken to root out corruption so that meaningful climate ...

Berlin, 11 February 2025 - Global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering, according to the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released today by ...