(C) Transparency International This story was originally published by Transparency International and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Press [1] [] Date: 2022-06 G7 Leaders’ Summit needs to bring kleptocracy to the centre of debate From 26 to 28 June, the Group of Seven (G7) will meet for the Leaders’ Summit to discuss how they can collaborate to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges. In the lead-up to the… 21 June 2022 Media advisory: G7 Leaders’ Summit press briefing – Tracking illicit Russian wealth Transparency International and Transparency Germany will hold a virtual press briefing ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit on Tuesday, 21 June 2022 at 4:00 CET. The briefing will call attention to… 16 June 2022 Summit of the Americas: Governments must act now to rescue promise of Lima commitment Open letter from the American chapters of Transparency International Dear heads of states and governments, We, Transparency International’s chapters from the Americas, along with its board and secretariat, urge you to take this moment at the 2022 Summit of the… 06 June 2022 Summit of the Americas: Transparency International calls for rescue of Lima anti-corruption commitments 6 June 2022 – As the IX Summit of the Americas begins in Los Angeles, Transparency International and its 19 chapters in the Americas released an open letter urging governments to address the region’s… 06 June 2022 Recent foreign ministry visits to the Pacific: Transparency International calls for strengthening Teieniwa anti-corruption vision As Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Pacific Islands, governments in the region must focus on anti-corruption and the protection of democracy Amidst recent visits from foreign ministers of the United States, New Zealand, Australia and now Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Pacific governments must prioritise their own people and focus on… 02 June 2022 G7 and other leading economies unequipped to go after Russian elites, new report finds A Transparency International study found significant gaps in capabilities to deny safe haven to kleptocrats Despite strong early pledges to sanction and track the illicit wealth of Russian elites following the invasion of Ukraine, the G7 and other leading economies’ rhetoric does not match reality,… 24 May 2022 Transparency International report: Abusers act with impunity while sport organisations fail to stop widespread sextortion Berlin, 23 May 2022: The sport sector is alarmingly vulnerable to sextortion, found a new report released today by Transparency International. Hierarchical structures and deeply-rooted sexism are… 23 May 2022 Guatemala: attorney general’s reappointment threatens anti-corruption efforts and civic space On Monday 16 May, Guatemala’s president re-appointed Attorney General María Consuelo Porras for another four-year term, despite her history of corruption. She has blocked prosecutions of corrupt… 19 May 2022 Transparency International calls for accountability for shooting of Palestinian journalists in Jenin On Wednesday 11 May, two Al Jazeera journalists were shot while reporting on a raid by Israeli forces into the occupied West Bank town of Jenin. Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the… 11 May 2022 G7 urged to do more to protect civic space and enable anti-corruption efforts Ahead of the G7 meeting in June this year, international civil society met this week at the C7 Summit. As the official engagement group of the G7, C7 brings together about 500 civil society… 06 May 2022 Leading whistleblower protection NGOs call for urgent reform after latest UN whistleblower firing The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) terminated the employment contract of whistleblower John O’Brien, who reported corruption in UNDP climate change projects. Government Accountability… 13 April 2022 Leading global anti-corruption organisation moves to strengthen U.S. presence Transparency International, the global movement dedicated to fighting corruption, announced today that their U.S. office will become an independent U.S. national contact. This is an important step on… 12 April 2022 Egypt: European Union’s lift of Mubarak sanctions signals impunity for corrupt actors On Wednesday, the European Court of Justice unfroze the assets of deceased Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, allowing his family access to the funds. Transparency International EU estimates Mubarak… 08 April 2022 International aid organisations must respect humanitarian standards in Ukraine response Transparency International Ukraine calls on donors and humanitarian agencies to ensure their response is based on humanitarian principles and accountable to those in need. The Russian invasion of… 06 April 2022 Controversial Ghana Agyapa deal goes to regional ECOWAS court Anti-corruption civil society is challenging the government’s controversial Gold Royalties Deal, currently on hold, in ECOWAS Court of Justice Today the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice heard a case to determine whether the government of Ghana had violated the rights of its people by proposing to sell the… 31 March 2022 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.transparency.org/en/press Published and (C) by Transparency International Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/transparency/