The EU court case with Malta over golden passports could shut down citizenship-for-sale schemes – or risk widening the bloc’s ...

When public land is quietly handed to private interests, entire communities are displaced, forests fall, and wealth concentrates in the hands of a few. At the heart of this crisis lies one constant: ...

Have you paid a bribe? Has corruption increased in your country? Is your government effectively tackling corruption? You have an opinion and that’s what we want the world to hear. Since its debut in ...

Serbian students bike 1,300 km to Strasbourg for democracy. Transparency International urges the EU to back rule of law and ...

The abuse of high-level power that benefits the few at the expense of the many, and causes serious and widespread harm to individuals and society. It often goes unpunished. See also ‘corruption’, ...

Georgia’s new funding law threatens civil society and democracy. Transparency International urges repeal to protect rule of ...

The National Integrity System (NIS) assessments offer a detailed diagnosis of each country’s institutional strengths and weaknesses in safeguarding integrity and preventing corruption. But real impact ...

No matter how overt and obvious its consequences are for society, corruption is a crime that prefers to remain covert and concealed. It can take root in many areas of a society, whether in government ...

Country NIS assessment reports produced under the CEPI project during 2023-2024.

This National Integrity System (NIS) study is the fifth edition prepared for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). It was first published in 2004 and has undergone several updates since, including a local ...