Robyn A. Lewis[1]Michael Johnston[2] Australia’s island state Tasmania faces another cluster of economic, social and environmental crises. Despite intermittent growth, Tasmania remains Australia’s poorest, least dynamic state. In 2023-24, GSP[3] per capita was A$70,679, 73% of Australia’s per capita GDP…
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The Lammy Summit: global leadership – or niche and unambitious?
Professor Robert Barrington reflects on the UK government’s plans for the upcoming Lammy Summit, drawing on past examples to consider what the initiative might signal about current efforts to address corruption and illicit finance. Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced in May 2024…
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Elite Cartel corruption in Tasmania – the nature of the game
In this second post on Tasmania, Robyn A. Lewis[1] and Professor Michael Johnston[2] examine corruption in Australia’s smallest state through the lens of the Elite Cartel syndrome, highlighting its sources and continued dominance. Our previous post illustrates how Tasmania exemplifies…
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Tasmania – the corruption isle?
Robyn A. Lewis [1] and Professor Michael Johnston[2] examine the concept of Elite Cartels, and how it might be applied to the Australian state of Tasmania. This is the first of a short series of blogs on Tasmania.How corrupt is…
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Crosspost: Academics aren’t usually part of leaked data investigations. That’s starting to change.
Michael Hornsby, Impact Manager at Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC) and David Szakonyi, ACDC co-founder, discuss the value that cross-sectoral collaborations might bring to complex, cross-border investigations into illicit financial flows and kleptocracy using leaked, commercial and public data sets. Picture the…
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Grenfell: who paid the bribes?
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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