The phenomenon of traffic police abusing their power to extract small bribes from drivers is common in many countries. But how do drivers feel about it and why is it so difficult to tackle? Sussex PhD student Riccardo d’Emidio is exploring…
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Mission creep and a credibility crisis: Is the Financial Action Task Force still fit for purpose?
This year, the Financial Action Task Force – the global standard setter in the fight against financial crime – will celebrate its 30th birthday. Given the constant stream of headlines revealing egregious cases of money laundering around the world, Tom…
Strengthening the rule of law in the Western Balkans: Why should the EU care?
One of the main conditions set by the EU for aspiring members in the Western Balkans is to strengthen the rule of law, but the success of these efforts has so far been relatively limited. Drawing on a new study, Tena…
Tagged with: #corruption, Balkans, EU conditionality, EU Enlargement, rule of law, Western Balkans
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Some thoughts about ethics in public administration
By Thomas Scapin, Researcher at the Institute of Political Studies in Lyon, France In this brief blog post, I would like to share some thoughts[1] about ethics or integrity[2] in public administration. My presentation will fall into two parts. On…
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Whitewashing the UK: The Financial Action Task Force’s evaluation of the UK puts its credibility at stake
When FATF released its evaluation of the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime in December 2018, giving it almost full marks, civil society organisations were dismayed. Sue Hawley explains why.
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First set of students graduate on University of Sussex’s LLM in Corruption, Law and Governance in Doha, Qatar
Prof Dan Hough proudly reports on the first set of students to graduate from the University of Sussex’s LLM in Corruption, Law and Governance in Doha, Qatar The University of Sussex is based in the tranquil settings of the South…
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Three causal narratives about regulation and corruption
By Claire A. Dunlop, Professor of Politics and Public Policy at University of Exeter, UK and Claudio M. Radaelli, Professor of Public Policy at University College London, UK What is the exact causal relationship between corruption in the public sector and regulation? Hundreds…
From moral-philosophical fiction to real political scenario’s: why a particularistic focus on integrity should replace universal views on (anti) corruption.
By Dr Toon Kerkhoff, Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Leiden University, The Netherlands The current failure of anti-corruption Anti-corruption research and policy since the 1980s have mainly departed from a rather universalist approach, which holds that there is a…
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Building Integrity through Nonviolence Practice
By Dr Roberto Baldoli, Fellow of the Center for European Governance, University of Exeter and Claudio M. Radaelli, Professor of Public Policy, University College London Fighting corruption through monetary incentives and sanctions has shown many limitations. Given certain conditions, this approach…
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Corruption Hunters! SCSC alumni team up to recover and return illicit assets in Nigeria
Former Sussex students, Jonathan Benton and David Ugolor, are now actively taking the anti-corruption fight forward in Nigeria. They explain more about their work here. We’re into the third year of President Buhari’s term in office, elections loom. For those…
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