Our Board of Directors is elected by the Annual Membership Meeting (a body comprising all of Transparency International’s accredited chapters). The Board is responsible for determining our strategy ...

Have you paid a bribe? Has corruption increased in your country? Is your government effectively tackling corruption? You have an opinion and that’s what we want the world to hear. Since its debut in ...

Corruption is a scourge that hurts ordinary people every day across the Americas. And when they speak out about it, far too often they face retaliation. Almost two thirds of people that we surveyed ...

A beneficial owner is the real person who ultimately owns, controls or benefits from a company or trust fund and the income it generates. The term is used to contrast with the legal or nominee company ...

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to experts and businesspeople. The 2022 CPI analyses the ...

From conflicts of interest in awarding government contracts to undue influence by business on politics, from bribes to the use of personal connections when accessing public services, corruption takes ...

We define corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. Corruption erodes trust, weakens democracy, hampers economic development and further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social ...

In many countries you can pay off police officers to ignore any crime, however horrific and devastating – it’s just a matter of price. In Zimbabwe a nine-year old girl was raped on her way to school ...

Ordinary citizens too often stand on the front line against corruption. They face demands for bribes to see a doctor, find a school place for their children, or file a police complaint. And it is ...

In the years leading up to 2030, Transparency International is dedicated to leading the global fight against corruption. Holding Power to Account – A Global Strategy Against Corruption 2021-2030 sets ...

There was no global convention aimed at curbing corruption, and no way to measure corruption or its impact at the global scale. In the early 1990s, corruption was a taboo topic. Many companies ...

Everyday abuse of entrusted power by public officials in their interactions with ordinary citizens, who often are trying to access basic goods or services in places like hospitals, schools, police ...