Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday appointed a close ally of President Petro Poroshenko with no legal background as general prosecutor, a position seen by the West as crucial for Kiev’s… Read more »
Corruption, the trading of favors, embezzlement, and favoritism are not just endemic in Russia, but part of a kleptocratic system of rule through which Vladimir Putin controls the elite, says… Read more »
A “Kleptocracy Tour” of London’s luxury houses bought by shady international tycoons and officials was set up by anti-corruption campaigner Roman Borisovich, who aims to expose dirty money fueling… Read more »
A leading Malaysian civil society group which promotes transparency and free and fair election has won a prestigious international human rights prize. The award coincides with a financial scandal… Read more »
Revelations from the Panama Papers, one of the great financial scandals of our time, have focused mainly on the law firm that carved the offshore shell firms, the major banks that turned… Read more »
The Panama Papers are a glimpse through a keyhole of an orgy of tax evasion, money laundering and kleptocracy – amid the legitimate financial planning – hosted by the world’s… Read more »
A new “alliance of democracy defenders” is imperative to counter the intensifying cooperation among members of a global “autocratic network,” Venezuelan opposition leader and former political prisoner Leopoldo López contends… Read more »
Not only has the West lost faith in its program of spreading democracy and good governance, but China—a paranoid nationalist that is inclined to spot slights and threats around every… Read more »
Bold investigative reporting, energetic civil society campaigns, and ambitious law enforcement actions have blown open the secretive world of global kleptocracy. Thanks to groups such as the International Consortium of… Read more »
Russia and China provide surge capacity to Africa’s kleptocratic networks, says a new report from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 showcased the… Read more »