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G8 Summit: A Civil Society-Driven Agenda - Russia Please Take Note
Last week in preparation for the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland, German Chancellor Angela Merkel invited a group of civil society organizations to Berlin to brief her on their concerns, signalling how important our views are in shaping the world leaders' agenda.
Missing the point on facilitation payments
There needs to be full understanding of the damage caused by facilitation payments on companies and societies. This understanding is lacking in the current debate on a revision of the Bribery Act.
G8: It’s time for action on money laundering
The UK Government has announced that transparency and anti-corruption will be key elements at the G8 summit this year. Much needed action on money laundering provides an opportunity to live up to that promise.
Bribery Act under attack from ‘compassion’ and free lunchers
A common approach of those trying to undermine the Bribery Act is to pretend it is an instrument of oppression preventing honest businessmen from doing business. The pretence is advanced by asking questions that are absurd in the hope of evoking absurd answers.
The Bribery Act should not be watered down
According to reports, the UK Government is considering reviewing the Bribery Act, specifically the section on ‘facilitation payments’, otherwise known as bribes. Since the Bribery Bill was introduced in 2009 there have been concerted efforts by a small but vocal minority to water it down or prevent it passing into law.
Corruption In The News
G8 and tax avoidance: Q&A
(Guardian) David Cameron said Britain would use its G8 presidency to crack down on tax avoidance. What progress has been made so far?
Full story: http://bit.ly/10wzl1g
£500m donated by EU to Egypt unaccounted for
(Mail) Around £500million of European taxpayers' money donated to Egypt to fight corruption has disappeared, according to a report by EU auditors.
Full story: http://dailym.ai/19fIw6o
Osborne raises hopes of deal to stop tax evasion
(Independent) Britain secures agreement from 10 of its overseas territories and Crown dependencies to sign up to a new OECD standard on the exchange of tax information
Full story: http://ind.pn/ZZFzUR
G8 leaders agree tax evasion measures
(BBC News) Leaders of the G8 major economies have agreed new measures to clamp down on money launderers, illegal tax evaders and corporate tax avoiders.
Full story: http://bbc.in/16dIQRr
World leaders gather for G8 summit
(BBC News) World leaders have gathered in Northern Ireland for the G8 summit
Full story: http://bbc.in/18RucEh
David Cameron urged to extend tax reporting plan
(Guardian) Aid agencies and Labour members call on prime minister to make details of firms' ownership available to the public
Full story: http://bit.ly/11G50qQ
African leaders want access to information on tax
(Independent) African leaders will warn David Cameron on Monday that his plans for a global crackdown on tax avoidance may be of little value to the world's poorest countries.
Full story: http://ind.pn/1bMQX8K
Tax secrecy to be swept away, says David Cameron
(Guardian) Britain is to "sweep away" tax secrecy by introducing a new central register that will ensure all the true owners of "shadowy" shell companies have to be declared to the tax authorities, David Cameron has announced.
Full story: http://bit.ly/1bEFqrW
Gaddafi’s £650m stash to be handed back to Libya
(Times) (£) South Africa has agreed to return more than £650 million in gold, diamonds and other assets stashed in banks and corporate vaults by the Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi.
Full story: http://thetim.es/11zTA8c
Arrest in police money laundering swoop
(Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle) A 58-YEAR-OLD man from Hammersmith has been arrested on suspicion of facilitating money laundering after currency exchange bureaus across the capital were raided on Tuesday morning.
Full story: http://bit.ly/13NMaAM
Press Releases
G8 progress must translate into effective action
The UK Government’s welcome commitments on rolling back financial secrecy must now turn into concrete action, in particular ensuring that information on the ‘real’ owners of companies is made public, said anti-corruption group Transparency International UK (TI-UK).
G8 summit must shed light on dark corners of world economy
Transparency International calls for the publication of beneficial ownership on public registers.
Defence companies are upping their fight against corruption
New study by Transparency International finds defence companies are investing in ethics and anti-corruption programmes.
Media Advisory - Could Defence Companies become the Role Models for Anti-Corruption Practice?
Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme will release its new report - ‘Raising the Bar’ - detailing good anti-corruption practices in defence companies such as BAE, GE Aviation, Fujitsu, and many more on 10 June at 18:00 GMT.
Transparency International welcomes good governance goal proposed by new United Nations report
United Nations High Level Panel report on post-2015 priorities
Transparency International, the anti-corruption organisation, welcomes the proposal to make transparent and accountable governance a cornerstone in the drive to end world poverty and reduce inequality, as outlined in the report published today by the High Level Panel convened by the United Nations.
