Professor Robert Barrington applies the lens of corruption analysis to the Grenfell Inquiry report, asking whether prosecutions might be possible, and what the Inquiry tells us about the way in which the UK authorities address corruption. Back in July 2017,…
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The unsolved mystery of corruption in Teesside
Robert Barrington, Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice at the Centre for the Study of Corruption, examines the recent Tees Valley Review, finding that despite claiming not to have found any evidence to support allegations of corruption, it is curiously vague about how…
Leadership, Integrity and the Case of Shakib al Hasan
Leadership and issues of integrity were thrust centre stage at the Cricket World Cup on 6 November 2023 when Bangladesh and Sri Lanka locked horns. The CSC’s Dan Hough explains why Bangladeshi skipper Shakib Al Hasan got it all wrong…
Is money laundering a form of strategic corruption?
Professor Robert Barrington looks at the intent behind flows of dark money into the UK – and concludes that the UK is ill-equipped to deal with the threat of strategic corruption. When lots of Russian money flows into London and…
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The Wagner Group and State Capture in the Central African Republic
Frank Vogl (Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, co-founder of Transparency International, Chairman of the Partnership for Transparency Fund) highlights the importance of a new report from The Sentry, a human rights NGO, on the role played by the Wagner Group…
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Corruption and international agencies: who goes to jail?
Philip Trewhitt, formerly an investigator on fraud and corruption at the United Nations, gives an insight into the nature of such work and what lessons can be drawn for dealing with future scandals. One day in the summer of 2004,…
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REVIEW: Invisible Trillions by Raymond Baker
Laurence Cockcroft reviews Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy and the Way to Renew Our Broken System by Raymond Baker, writing that Baker offers a comprehensive overview of the danger that global financial secrecy poses to the…
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Lobbying without values – the crisis at the CBI
Professor Robert Barrington looks at the crisis of values engulfing the UK’s foremost business lobbying group, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), and offers some personal reflections on encountering the CBI’s lobbying techniques. The CBI “meet with senior politicians and…
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Reflections on State Capture
Frank Vogl, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, co-founder of Transparency International, Chairman of the Partnership for Transparency Fund and author of “The Enablers – How The West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption – Endangering our Democracy,” reviews a recent article by…
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Is the Metropolitan Police institutionally corrupt?
Professor Robert Barrington reviews three reports into the Met, and finds that there is confusion around the term corruption – and whether the Met is or is not a corrupt institution. Last week’s Casey Review on London’s Metropolitan Police force…
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