State capture: New research and reflections on the field
Liz Dávid-Barrett is Professor of Governance and Integrity at the University of Sussex and Programme Director of GI ACE and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption.…
High time to curb bank capture
Michael Hornsby, Impact Manager at the Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC), outlines findings from a recent policy brief co-authored with the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF). The brief examines…
From Loopholes to Launchpads: How IFFs Enable Strategic Adversaries
This blog was written by Tihomira Kostova, Martin Vladimirov, and Ruslan Stefanov from the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD). The authors explore how the grey zone between illegal…
Indulging Kleptocracy: British Service Providers, Postcommunist Elites & the Enabling of Corruption
February 2025 saw the publication by Oxford University Press of Indulging Kleptocracy, a groundbreaking new book by John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec and Tom Mayne. The book examines how lawyers, real…
Can crisis preparedness prevent corruption in emergency responses?
Much attention was devoted to the corruption that dominated emergency responses during the Covid-19 pandemic. My team and I undertook research for Governance & Integrity’s Anti-Corruption Evidence Program on the…
Global Finance and the Enablers of Corruption – Professional intermediaries and the evidence of their role in Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs)
A new report from the Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE) entitled “Global Finance and the Enablers of Corruption” reviews the body of evidence that seeks to demonstrate why and how enablers become involved in IFF schemes, what instruments exist to deter them, and how effective these instruments have been in practice. With ample use of case studies and news reporting, the report illustrates how regulatory frameworks do not operate in a vacuum, but within the context of distinct jurisdictions, and with real-world trade-offs related to privacy, security, and the resources needed for development, implementation and enforcement.
Crosspost: Beneficial ownership transparency and the fight against grand corruption in Nigeria
This is a crosspost from OpenOwnership, in response to Jackie Harvey’s research on beneficial ownership policy and legislation in Nigeria. Beneficial ownership transparency and the fight against grand corruption…
Kleptocracy and the Kazakhstan Crisis
Both Russian-led intervention and calls for Western sanctions demonstrate the transnational and kleptocratic aspects of Kazakhstan’s crisis of January 2022 On 5 January, following three days of protests which…
Can Knowledge of Beneficial Ownership Assist in the Prevention of Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption?
Identification and disclosure of beneficial ownership (BO) has been viewed as the ‘silver bullet’ for the international community in its Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption (AML/ACL) efforts. The intergovernmental body, Financial…