Corruption Perception Index 2019 The EU is the greatest performance in the world, according to the Corruption Perception Index 2019. The European Union continues to be the best-performing region in

Central and Eastern Europe Beyond Hungary and Poland, the continent’s issues extend to other problematic democracies. Both the United States and the European Union are fighting to preserve democracy and

Overview One of the conclusions reached by the European Commission (EC) in the newly issued enlargement package for the Western Balkans is that the overall pace of fighting corruption has

Introduction In November 2020, the EU agreed on a historic recovery plan of €1.8 trillion in response to the severe social and economic disaster precipitated by COVID-19. Member states that

The European Parliament refused to participate in the research. The European Parliament has refused to engage with Transparency International, one of the world’s most prominent anti-corruption NGOs, on an EU-wide

Scale of corruption The European Commission According to the European Commission, the amount of corruption costs the EU economy at least 120 billion euros (£99 billion) a year. Cecilia Malmstroem,

Cost of corruption The European Union is predicted to lose up to 6.3 percent of its GDP each year due to corruption. While the bloc has instruments to combat it,

What is going on Bulgaria has been rocked by protests against government corruption since August. Daniel Freund, a member of the European Parliament who visited Sofia last week to meet

Corruption scandals  The recent German corruption scandals are about the health of democracy in Germany and the EU as much as they are about money. A series of corruption scandals

Following the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ invitation, Rights in light of the theme report to be given at the Human Rights Council’s forty-fourth session in June

Recent financial scandals have re-emphasized the magnitude of the struggle that remains in the battle against corruption. Global Insight argues for more collaboration, transparency, and global standards. One of Europe’s

European-wide measures to combat corruption are gaining traction.  The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) was founded 20 years ago to combat fraud that affects the EU budget and to investigate corruption

According to Transparency International, much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia is failing to make progress in reducing perceived levels of public sector corruption, posing a threat to regional democracy.

In order to combat corruption, independent, competent, and effective judiciaries are essential.  When evaluating the effectiveness of a court system in dealing with corruption charges, both qualitative and quantitative components

Depending on the components of their performance that are analyzed and the analytical tools employed, judicial institutions can be evaluated using a variety of approaches and criteria. Mohr and Contini