Political Corruption
Political corruption or Malpolitics is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain. Forms of corruption vary, but can include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement. Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, though it is not restricted to these activities. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is also considered political corruption.Over time, corruption has been defined differently. For example, in a simple context, while performing work for a government …
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GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 8 November 2024 English
Two of the panels at the conference were composed of high-level police and prosecutorial representatives from the WB6 and were devoted to discussing the integrity and independence of those institutions …
re-allocation of prosecutors in high-level political corruption and organized crime cases. ■ Recruitment … deal with complex cases of financial crime, political corruption and organized crime. This should include … (Law no.43/2021) imposed a threshold for political corruption cases of 50 000 Albanian Lek (€500) before …
U4: U4 Anti-corruption Resources Centre · 4 November 2024 English
Anti-corruption measures in the context of oil 6 Earlier studies on Uganda’s oil situation raise concerns about the country’s structural and institutional preparedness to abate the volatilities of the oil …
chain, (albeit in a broader atmosphere of political corruption), there is a perception that Uganda is committed …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 1 November 2024 English
We study the relationship between tariffs and labor productivity in US manufacturing between 1870 and 1909. Using highly dis-aggregated tariff data, state-industry data for the manufacturing sector, and an instrumental …
others, it would seem that lobbying, outright political corruption and/or economic and political power played …
U4: U4 Anti-corruption Resources Centre · 24 October 2024 English
The country also signed the legislative guide for the UNCAC, the mechanism for the review of implementation of the UNCAC and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) …
economic liberalisation was characterised by political corruption and a lack of transparency, that attempts …
GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 22 October 2024 English
The portrayal of Rio as a broken city, torn apart by the contradictions and conflicts between the favelas, seen as zones of violence and criminality, and the rest of the …
interconnectedness of protection rackets, clientelism, political corruption, extractive practices and the extortion …
Chatham House · 22 October 2024 English
As host of COP29, Azerbaijan must guide the UN negotiations towards agreement on crucial climate finance. But the country’s weak environmental credentials, repressive politics and attachment to fossil fuel revenues …
(undated), ‘Political corruption index’, https://ourworldindata.org/ grapher/political-corruption-index?tab=table …
Policy Exchange · 16 October 2024 English
Prior to that he held a variety of senior positions in the private and public sector, including as a Senior Civil Servant at the Department for Education, as Director of …
exposure to gross financial mismanagement, political corruption, and major social unrest, contributes towards …
Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society · 14 October 2024 English
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infiltration, covert lobbying and foreign-sourced political corruption, TNR has often fallen to the bottom of the …
Nordic Co-operation | Nordic Council & Nordic Council of Ministers · 14 October 2024 English
Consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and other air pollutants must decrease substantially across the Nordics. Such priorities are key to creating healthy cities and reaching environmental targets. This report gathers …
effective in countries with a higher degree of political corruption (Harring, 2014). Policy-speci�ic factors …
ACER: Albanian Centre for Socio-Economic Research · 8 October 2024 English
Mind the Trap: Breaking the Anticorruption Deadlock in the Western Balkans Daniela Mineva, Senior Analyst, Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria 3 October 2024, Tirana This event is organised …
bribery in Montenegro, 40% in Albania • Political corruption remains considerable, perpetuating entrenched … and measurable goals, and do not address political corruption. • Foreign Subversion Ignored: Strategies …
