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421<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A September 29 memo by <a href="https://senatemajority.com/about-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Senate Majority PAC</a>, a group of long-time American political consultants, shows how Democratic candidates for the House and Senate can connect with voters’ disgust over corruption. While keyed to the U.S. mid-term elections, the advice should be taken to heart by those everywhere seeking to mobilize citizens or voters to fight corruption.</p>
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425<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The memo’s most important point: Tie corruption to an immediate, current concern. Yes, corruption is inherently bad, and everyone should be against it. But what will move far more people than a simple message decrying corruption is one that links it to a current ill. In the United States, that is the growing increase in the costs of food, fuel, and other daily living expenses; hence, the memo suggests several ways candidates can amplify an anticorruption message by showing ways it jacks up prices.</p>
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429<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A second important point, also likely effective in many settings, is to make the fight against corruption a nonpartisan issue. Explain that corruption is systemic issues and commit to take on corruption wherever it is found. An above payback politics message can be especially appealing when so many candidates&#8217; prime reason for seeking office is to wage lawfare on their erstwhile opponents. </p>
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433<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The corruption literature often treats the political will to fight corruption as exogenous, a fancy way of saying it originates outside the body politic.  To be sure, there are a few cases where outsiders have been critical (<a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/202
4331/11/29/learning-from-the-collapse-of-cicig-maccih-and-cicies-what-lessons-for-the-future/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guatemala when CICIG had international suppor</a>t, <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/08/06/new-podcast-episode-featuring-daria-kaleniuk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine today</a>) but by and large the fight against corruption must be home grown (endogenous to use another ten-cent word).  The Senate Majority PAC’s memo suggests some ways it can.</p>
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545<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Reports Donald Trump Jr. is personally profiting from his connection to his father prompted U.S. Senator John Curtis to ask the Senate Judiciary Committee to develop reforms necessary to curb such conduct (<a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/22/republican-senator-seeks-investigation-into-whether-donald-trump-jr-is-profiting-off-ties-to-his-father/#comments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>).</p>
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553<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Current law gives presidents wide-ranging powers to provide financial help to companies critical for national defense. The provision in the reform bill curbs those powers. It would bar any company not only in which the president, vice-president, or a senior defense official has “a significant interest” from receiving assistance but also any company in which a<strong><em> family member  </em></strong>has “a significant interest” from receiving assistance as well. Not a complete solution but a first, and important, step. A sign at least some in Congress are willing to act</p>
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557<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Defense Production Act reform bill awaits a vote of the full House. Good chance for House members to go on record on what they think about family members trading on their relatives&#8217; name.</p>
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658Republican Senator Seeks Investigation into Whether Donald Trump Jr. is Profiting Off Ties to His&nbsp;Father</a></h1>
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669<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.curtis.senate.gov/">Senator John Curtis</a>, a Republican from Utah, wrote the Senate Judiciary Committee September 21 asking it to investigate whether <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#:~:text=Donald%20John%20Trump%20Jr.%20(born,his%20first%20wife%2C%20Ivana%20Trump.">Donald Trump Jr.</a>, eldest child of President Donald Trump, has used his relationship with his father “for private financial benefit.”</p>
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678<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For years, serious questions have been raised about members of presidential families using their names and proximity to the President to advance private business interests.</p>
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687<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“These reports raise legitimate questions about foreign access to members of a sitting president&#8217;s family and whether such relationships can create actual or perceived expectations of favorable treatment,&#8221; he writes.  He then asks the Committee to &#8220;establish the facts, determine whether existing ethics, disclosure, or anti-corruption laws apply, and identify reforms necessary to prevent the presidency from becoming a vehicle for private enrichment by those closest to it.”</p>
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789						<h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/12/imf-report-on-ukraine-asset-declaration-system-wasting-enormous-resources-on-low-value-tasks-spending-little-on-those-that-matter/" rel="bookmark">IMF Report on Ukraine Asset Declaration System: Wasting enormous resources on low value tasks, spending little on those that&nbsp;matter</a></h1>
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800<p class="wp-block-paragraph">No, that is not what the new <a href="https://www.imf.org/en/publications/high-level-summary-technical-assistance-reports/issues/2026/09/09/ukraine-enhancing-the-asset-declaration-system-for-public-officials-579031" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMF report on Ukrainian’s asset declaration system</a> says. International organizations are never that blunt.&nbsp;</p>
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804But reading the careful, thorough assessment of Ukraine’s most important anticorruption program it is clear that is what the authors were thinking given what they found. And what they did say comes awfully close:</p>
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844<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ukraine’s supporters in the international community have long recognized that an asset declaration program is crucial to curbing corruption and made its establishment a condition of continued financial assistance. The IMF report provides a roadmap for making the program effective. The international community should insist the government follow that map with haste.</p>
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953<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>GAB welcomes back Guest Blogger Anton Moiseienko, Associate Professor of Law at the Australian National University.  Professor Moiseienko specializes in financial crime and economic sanctions, with particular expertise in global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) regulation. He is the author of the 2025 volume <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/doing-business-with-criminals/9850D7EA4BD701A1100C9054998EC94C" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doing Business with Criminals</a> considered an indispensable guide to the global AML/CTF system.</em></p>
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957<p class="wp-block-paragraph">How to harness the promise of corruption sanctions while minimizing their unintended consequences is the issue at the heart of a recent report I wrote for the Basel Institute on Governance, a leading Swiss anti-corruption research center, entitled “<a href="https://baselgovernance.org/resources/publications/wp-62/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Corruption Sanctions: What Governments Need to Know</a>.” In this post, I will offer brief reflections based on its analysis.</p>
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961<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Evolution of Corruption Sanctions</strong></p>
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965<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is useful to start by canvassing the history of corruption sanctions. Targeted sanctions are financial and travel restrictions imposed by governments against individuals or companies outside any judicial process. They emerged in the 1990s as a prominent response to various forms of alleged wrongdoing, including terrorist financing, nuclear proliferation and drug trafficking.</p>
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969<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Prior to that, sanctions tended to take the form of comprehensive economic measures against entire countries, such as travel embargoes. By contrast, targeted sanctions enable governments to surgically focus on individuals and companies deemed to be involved in a particular form of malfeasance. Some targeted sanctions programs target affiliates of a rogue government – say Russia, North Korea or Iran – whereas others are “thematic” and therefore address a certain type of wrongdoing regardless of where it takes place in the world.</p>
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973<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Corruption sanctions are a form of thematic sanctions. Their evolution began in the U.S. in the early 2000s. In 2004, President George W. Bush signed into law Proclamation 7750 that authorized confidential visa sanctions against corrupt foreign officials and their family members. From 2008 onwards, this sanctions program has been augmented by the sanctions provisions under section 7031(c) of the annual Consolidated Appropriations Acts, which provide for public visa bans. Finally, Congress adopted the Magnitsky Act in 2012 and the Global Magnitsky Act in 2016. Both grant the President the authority to impose financial and travel sanctions against those suspected of corruption and human rights abuse.</p>
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977<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Other jurisdictions soon followed suit, including Canada, the UK, and Australia – but, curiously enough, not the EU. The EU legislated to introduce a human rights sanctions regime, but it stopped short of enacting a corruption sanctions program, despite the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/ov/speech_22_5493">pledge</a> to do so by the European Commission’s president Ursula von der Leyen. While one might be tempted to criticize the EU’s reticence, the real question is: why should governments consider introducing corruption sanctions, and how can they use them effectively?</p>
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1085<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The new <em><a href="https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-of-research-methods-for-corruption-studies-9781035337705.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Handbook of Research Methods for Corruption Studies</a></em>, edited by corruption guru extraordinaire Michael Johnston, offers a wealth of learning about how to fight corruption. None more important than Alina Mungiu-Pippidi’s chapter analyzing the fundamental question in the fight: how do we know if we are winning?</p>
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1093<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The problem, as Professor Johnston acknowledges in the Handbook’s introduction, is foundational.</p>
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1098<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“After 40 years of debate about corruption, we are still uncertain about what we are talking about. . . cannot measure it directly. [and don’t know if] a single [corruption] score about a whole country really tells us much.”</p>
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1103What Professor Mungiu-Pippidi shows in her chapter is that the foundational problem is behind our inability to measure progress in fighting corruption. That efforts to gauge success have foundered on misguided attempts to propound a universal, all-encompassing definition of corruption which have produced nothing more than vague, imprecise measures riddled with practical and methodological errors. She explains why these should be scrapped and offers in their stead a series of direct, fact-based indicators for evaluating progress tied to a specific, bounded definition.</p>
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1215<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The discovery that Anthropic and OpenAI were able to freely roam cyberspace after escaping their sandbox triggered global alarm bells. If AI programs can break out of the electronic guardrails that prevent their running amok, there is no telling what havoc they might wreak.</p>
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1339<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>GAB welcomes this Guest Post by Sophie Lemaître, a French lawyer, anticorruption advocate, and creator of the first French-language podcast on corruption &amp; tax evasion. Her 2025 book,</em> <em><a href="https://www.ruedelechiquier.net/essais/523-reduire-au-silence.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Réduire au silence</a>, documenting efforts around the world to intimidate journalists and human rights defenders, was awarded the Renaud Van Ruymbeke Prize, which recognizes works dedicated to the fight against corruption.</em></p>
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1343<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In November last year, the French anti-corruption Agency (<em>Agence française anticorruption</em> – AFA) finally published France’s <a href="https://www.agence-francaise-anticorruption.gouv.fr/fr/document/national-multi-year-plan-fight-corruption-2025-2029" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Multi-Year National Plan to Fight Corruption for 2025-2029</a>. The French anti-corruption community had long waited for it: the country had not had any anti-corruption strategy since 2022.</p>
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1347<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The 2025-2029 national plan is the second of its kind. It is 52 pages long in French (48 pages in English) organized around 4 pillars:</p>
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1373<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Priorities I and IV are further divided by objectives, and all four list specific measures to be taken, a total of 36 that include targeting central government, government departments, local authorities, the private sector, and France’s international actions.</p>
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1381<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The strategy sets a clear direction and, at first glance, appears fit for purpose. However, it suffers from several shortcomings. Transparency International France has even published an <a href="https://transparency-france.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Transparency-France_Plan-alternatif_19-mesures-pour-faire-reculer-durablement-la-corruption-en-France.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alternative strategy</a> with 19 measures to rise to the challenge.</p>
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1482						<h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/07/27/when-the-victim-is-a-gatekeeper-what-koreas-cartoon-money-embezzlement-exposed/" rel="bookmark">When the Victim Is a Gatekeeper: What Korea’s Cartoon-Money Embezzlement&nbsp;Exposed</a></h1>
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1485				<span class="sep">Posted on </span><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/07/27/when-the-victim-is-a-gatekeeper-what-koreas-cartoon-money-embezzlement-exposed/" title="4:00 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-07-27T04:00:00-04:00">July 27, 2026</time></a><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> by </span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/author/rickmessick/" title="View all posts by Richard Messick" rel="author">Richard Messick</a></span></span>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->
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1493<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>GAB welcomes this Guest Post by Marta Liduma, a corporate lawyer specializing in cross-border payment processing agreements. She is presently an LLB candidate at the University of Groningen and is writing in her personal capacity.</em></p>
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1497<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This January, a branch manager at a <a href="https://en.sedaily.com/society/2026/06/25/saemaul-geumgo-branch-manager-embezzles-70-million-won" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saemaul Geumgo</a> community credit cooperative in Gyeongju, South Korea, took about 70 million won (roughly US$50,000) from the branch vault. He covered the gap with play money: cartoon 50,000-won notes printed with ducks and bears, ordered online. The branch had two employees. He handled the vault himself, and he bet that nobody would open the bundles. A colleague eventually grew suspicious and reported him up the chain.</p>
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1501<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Photographs of the toy notes went around the world, and the coverage settled into the shape of an odd-news item: clumsy thief, silly props, tidy ending. The tidy ending deserves more scrutiny than the theft. For it shows a serious gap in the Republic of Korea’s anticorruption laws, one that other nations may share.</p>
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1617<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Corruption now threatens one of the oldest and most established democratic nations. In a 2024 poll, two-thirds of Britons said politics is becoming more corrupt (<a href="https://www.survation.com/two-thirds-of-people-think-politics-is-becoming-more-corrupt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>), and in 2025 nearly 9 in 10 expressed concerns about potential corruption among politicians (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-publics-concerns-perceptions-and-understanding-of-corruption/uk-publics-concerns-perceptions-and-understanding-of-corruption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>). Over the past year 16% reported being asked for a bribe, and 11% were asked to facilitate money laundering (<a href="https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/millions-people-uk-are-being-drawn-bribery-and-money-laundering-according-new-study" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>).</p>
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1621<p class="wp-block-paragraph">U.K. anticorruption fighters are taking heed. None more than Robert Barrington. In <em>Corrupted Kingdom, </em>
1621out July 16 (preorder <a href="https://profilebooks.com/work/corrupted-kingdom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>), the former Transparency International U.K. head and Chair of T.I. International’s Council chronicles the ways corruption has begun to infect venerable U.K. institutions: from the Monarchy, where the now deflowered Prince Andrew’s flacked for a Kazakh oligarch in return for £ 3 million to Parliament, where MPs are secretly paid to question Ministers and seats in the House of Lords are on offer for hefty campaign contributions, to Scotland Yard, local governments, businesses small and large.</p>
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1625<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is even seeping into the academy. Currently Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice at Sussex University’s Centre for the Study of Corruption, Barrington argues that the growing willingness of universities to accept dark money compromises their independence and their integrity.</p>
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1629<p class="wp-block-paragraph">British and non-British readers will both find much to recommend in the pages of <em>Corrupted Kingdom</em>.</p>
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1633<p class="wp-block-paragraph">British readers are likely to be most interested in the reforms Barrington advances, from beefing up “dull sounding” but important accountability institutions such as the Auditor General for Wales and the Northern Ireland Audit Office to teasing out whether the U.K. should create a formal, institutional structure, even an independent anticorruption agency, to replace the current arrangement, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-anti-corruption-champion-and-nca-funding-as-campaign-against-corruption-steps-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a patronage position in the PM’s office</a> whose occupant has no official status and whose advice is easily, and often, ignored.</p>
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1637<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Citizens of other liberal democracies will find (reassuringly or depressingly) that theirs is not the only country where abuses stemming from large donations to political parties orchestrated by lobbyists is a front-page problem. Americans may take some solace from learning that Boris Johnson’s short-lived reign as PM approached Trumpian-levels of corruption.</p>
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1831<li id="menu-item-4165" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4165"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/christopher-crawford/">Christopher Crawford</a></li>
1832<li id="menu-item-16547" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16547"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/maura-cremin/">Maura Cremin</a></li>
1833<li id="menu-item-2006" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2006"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/rebecca-cress/">Rebecca Cress</a></li>
1834<li id="menu-item-18761" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18761"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/brooke-davies/">Brooke Davies</a></li>
1835<li id="menu-item-9923" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9923"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/ashley-demming/">Ashley Demming</a></li>
1836<li id="menu-item-16548" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16548"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/megan-duffy/">Megan Duffy</a></li>
1837<li id="menu-item-23699" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-23699"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/justin-durivage/">Justin duRivage</a></li>
1838<li id="menu-item-11980" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11980"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/travis-edwards/">Travis Edwards</a></li>
1839<li id="menu-item-14420" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14420"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/blake-ellison/">Blake Ellison</a></li>
1840<li id="menu-item-4169" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4169"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/melanie-emmen/">Melanie Emmen</a></li>
1841<li id="menu-item-15379" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15379"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/camilo-enciso/">Camilo Enciso</a></li>
1842<li id="menu-item-14426" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14426"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jonathan-eubank/">Jonathan Eubank</a></li>
1843<li id="menu-item-16549" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16549"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/ross-evans/">Ross Evans</a></li>
1844<li id="menu-item-11979" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11979"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/thomas-ewing/">Thomas Ewing</a></li>
1845<li id="menu-item-14429" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14429"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/joao-victor-freitas-ferreira/">João Victor Freitas Ferreira</a></li>
1846<li id="menu-item-23700" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-23700"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/casandra-ferrante/">Casandra Ferrante</a></li>
1847<li id="menu-item-14425" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14425"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/asseret-frausto/">Asseret Frausto</a></li>
1848<li id="menu-item-11978" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11978"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/nicholas-gersh/">Nicholas Gersh</a></li>
1849<li id="menu-item-7003" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7003"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/sarah-gitlin/">Sarah Gitlin</a></li>
1850<li id="menu-item-18762" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18762"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/michael-glanzel/">Michael Glanzel</a></li>
1851<li id="menu-item-14421" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14421"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/sarah-grant/">Sarah Grant</a></li>
1852<li id="menu-item-9926" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9926"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/cindy-guan/">Cindy Guan</a></li>
1853<li id="menu-item-26223" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26223"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/ivan-gunjic/">Ivan Gunjic</a></li>
1854<li id="menu-item-20649" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20649"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/clayton-hackney/">Clayton Hackney</a></li>
1855<li id="menu-item-18770" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18770">
1855<a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/eric-halliday/">Eric Halliday</a></li>
1856<li id="menu-item-18769" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18769"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/rachel-hanna/">Rachael Hanna</a></li>
1857<li id="menu-item-20650" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20650"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/ella-hawkins/">Ella Hawkins</a></li>
1858<li id="menu-item-14430" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14430"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/samuel-hickey/">Samuel Hickey</a></li>
1859<li id="menu-item-23701" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-23701"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/devon-himelman/">Devon Himelman</a></li>
1860<li id="menu-item-20651" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20651"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/emily-ho/">Emily Ho</a></li>
1861<li id="menu-item-2014" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2014"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/daniel-holman/">Daniel Holman</a></li>
1862<li id="menu-item-16555" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16555"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/hilary-hurd/">Hilary Hurd</a></li>
1863<li id="menu-item-18773" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18773"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/marvellous-iheukwumere/">Marvellous Iheukwumere</a></li>
1864<li id="menu-item-9929" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9929"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jeanne-jeong/">Jeanne Jeong</a></li>
1865<li id="menu-item-14434" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14434"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/helen-jiang/">Helen Jiang</a></li>
1866<li id="menu-item-23702" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-23702"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/joshua-jordan/">Joshua Jordan</a></li>
1867<li id="menu-item-2013" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2013"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/maryum-jordan/">Maryum Jordan</a></li>
1868<li id="menu-item-5401" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5401"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/anna-jouravleva/">Anna Jouravleva</a></li>
1869<li id="menu-item-26224" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26224"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/francis-kaifala/">Francis Kaifala</a></li>
1870<li id="menu-item-23698" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-23698"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/catherine-katz/">Catherine Katz</a></li>
1871<li id="menu-item-16553" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16553"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jason-keene/">Jason Keene</a></li>
1872<li id="menu-item-23691" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-23691"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/natalie-keetsi/">Natalie Keetsi</a></li>
1873<li id="menu-item-14435" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14435"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/kevin-keller/">Kevin Keller</a></li>
1874<li id="menu-item-23703" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-23703"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/katherine-kennedy/">Katherine Kennedy</a></li>
1875<li id="menu-item-4173" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4173"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/yi-seul-kim/">Yi Seul Kim</a></li>
1876<li id="menu-item-7002" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7002"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/katie-king/">Katie King</a></li>
1877<li id="menu-item-20660" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20660"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jennifer-kline/">Jennifer Kline</a></li>
1878<li id="menu-item-15380" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15380"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jason-kohn/">Jason Kohn</a></li>
1879<li id="menu-item-6996" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6996"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/sarah-krys/">Sarah Krys</a></li>
1880<li id="menu-item-16554" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16554"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/ivanna-kuz/">Ivanna Kuz</a></li>
1881<li id="menu-item-16567" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16567"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jetson-leder-luis/">Jetson Leder-Luis</a></li>
1882<li id="menu-item-14440" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14440"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/victoriya-levina/">Victoriya Levina</a></li>
1883<li id="menu-item-23704" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-23704"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/madg-lhroob/">Magd Lhroob</a></li>
1884<li id="menu-item-20652" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20652"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/emma-mengshi-li/">Emma (Mengshi) Li</a></li>
1885<li id="menu-item-7001" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7001"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/elizabeth-loftus/">Elizabeth Loftus</a></li>
1886<li id="menu-item-2012" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2012"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/meng-lu/">Meng Lu</a></li>
1887<li id="menu-item-14439" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14439"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/luana-vargas-macedo/">Luana Vargas Macedo</a></li>
1888<li id="menu-item-18763" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18763"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/sam-magaram/">Sam Magaram</a></li>
1889<li id="menu-item-14447" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14447"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/signa-mahung/">Signa Mahung</a></li>
1890<li id="menu-item-20662" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20662"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/teri-marcelo/">Teri Marcelo</a></li>
1891<li id="menu-item-6994" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6994"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jessica-vincentia-marpaung/">Jessica Vincentia Marpaung</a></li>
1892<li id="menu-item-14448" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14448"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/susannah-marshall/">Susannah Marshall</a></li>
1893<li id="menu-item-11983" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11983"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/michael-maruca-2/">Michael Maruca</a></li>
1894<li id="menu-item-11981" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11981"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/craig-mascarehas/">Craig Mascarenhas</a></li>
1895<li id="menu-item-11982" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11982"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/james-mcentee/">James McEntee</a></li>
1896<li id="menu-item-14446" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14446"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/madeline-mcmahon/">Madeline McMahon</a></li>
1897<li id="menu-item-18774" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18774"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/astrid-medianero-bottger/">Astrid Medianero Bottger</a></li>
1898<li id="menu-item-20663" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20663"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/zachary-meskell/">Zachary Meskell</a></li>
1899<li id="menu-item-9928" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9928"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/courtney-millian/">Courtney Millian</a></li>
1900<li id="menu-item-4167" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4167"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/julissa-milligan/">Julissa Milligan</a></li>
1901<li id="menu-item-9931" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9931"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/nino-monea/">Nino Monea</a></li>
1902<li id="menu-item-4166" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4166"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jordan-moran/">Jordan Moran</a></li>
1903<li id="menu-item-4170" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4170"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/mohamed-moussa/">Mohamed Moussa</a></li>
1904<li id="menu-item-16568" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16568"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/ruta-mrazauskaite/">Ruta Mrazauskaite</a></li>
1905<li id="menu-item-26225" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26225"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/aparajita-mrindha/">Aparajita Mrindha</a></li>
1906<li id="menu-item-9930" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9930"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/christoph-nedopil/">Christoph Nedopil</a></li>
1907<li id="menu-item-4172" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4172"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/shinta-nur-fauzia/">Shinta Nur Fauzia</a></li>
1908<li id="menu-item-4163" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4163"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/anusha-pamula/">Anusha Pamula</a></li>
1909<li id="menu-item-7000" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7000"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/beatriz-paterno/">Beatriz Paterno</a></li>
1910<li id="menu-item-2011" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2011"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/michael-pierce/">Michael Pierce</a></li>
1911<li id="menu-item-20664" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20664"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/santiago-palomo-vila/">Santiago Palomo Vila</a></li>
1912<li id="menu-item-11986" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11986"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jayne-ponder/">Jayne Ponder</a></li>
1913<li id="menu-item-18772" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18772"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/alexander-poulsen/">Alexander Poulsen</a></li>
1914<li id="menu-item-20653" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20653"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/haggai-porat/">Haggai Porat</a></li>
1915<li id="menu-item-26226" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26226"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/lica-porcile/">Lica Porcile</a></li>
1916<li id="menu-item-9921" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9921"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/rathna-ramamurthi/">Rathna Ramamurthi</a></li>
1917<li id="menu-item-6995" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6995"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/nayana-renukumar/">Nayana RenuKumar</a></li>
1918<li id="menu-item-14459" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14459"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/natalie-ritchie/">Natalie Ritchie</a></li>
1919<li id="menu-item-26227" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26227"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/micah-rosen/">Micah Rosen</a></li>
1920<li id="menu-item-4168" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4168"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/lauren-ross/">Lauren Ross</a></li>
1921<li id="menu-item-20654" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20654"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/guy-rubinstein/">Guy Rubinstein</a></li>
1922<li id="menu-item-16569" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16569"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/inayat-sabhikhi/">Inayat Sabhikhi</a></li>
1923<li id="menu-item-20655" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20655"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/ben-salvatore/">Ben Salvatore</a></li>
1924<li id="menu-item-6998" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6998"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/nathan-sandals/">Nathan Sandals</a></li>
1925<li id="menu-item-18766" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18766"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/luiz-santiago/">Luiz Santiago</a></li>
1926<li id="menu-item-2010" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2010"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/eden-schiffman/">Eden Schiffmann</a></li>
1927<li id="menu-item-11984" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11984"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/abhinav-sekhri/">Abhinav Sekhri</a></li>
1928<li id="menu-item-26228" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26228"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/logan-seymour/">Logan Seymour</a></li>
1929<li id="menu-item-16570" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16570"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/masha-simonova/">Masha Simonova</a></li>
1930<li id="menu-item-16571" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16571"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jacques-singer-emery/">Jacques Singer-Emery</a></li>
1931<li id="menu-item-14456" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14456"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/harmann-singh/">Harmann Singh</a></li>
1932<li id="menu-item-16572" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16572"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/brydne-slattery/">Brydne Slattery</a></li>
1933<li id="menu-item-23689" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-23689"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/asgerdur-snaevarr/">Asgerdur Snaevarr</a></li>
1934<li id="menu-item-14455" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14455"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/elizabeth-soltan/">Elizabeth Soltan</a></li>
1935<li id="menu-item-9927" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9927"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/clara-spera/">Clara Spera</a></li>
1936<li id="menu-item-18768" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18768"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/pete-stein/">Pete Stein</a></li>
1937<li id="menu-item-11985" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11985"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jacob-steiner/">Jacob Steiner</a></li>
1938<li id="menu-item-20656" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20656"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/cem-tecimer/">Cem Tecimer</a></li>
1939<li id="menu-item-20657" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20657"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/mayze-teitler/">Mayze Teitler</a></li>
1940<li id="menu-item-16573" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16573"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/rodrigo-telles-de-souza/">Rodrigo Telles de Souza</a></li>
1941<li id="menu-item-14457" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14457"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/kees-thompson/">Kees Thompson</a></li>
1942<li id="menu-item-20658" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20658"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/rafael-tonicelli-de-mello-quelho/">Rafael Tonicelli de Mello Quelho</a></li>
1943<li id="menu-item-15382" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15382"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/john-tso/">
1943John Tso</a></li>
1944<li id="menu-item-18767" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18767"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/ubong-udoeyo/">Ubong Udoeyo</a></li>
1945<li id="menu-item-2009" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2009"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/philip-underwood/">Philip Underwood</a></li>
1946<li id="menu-item-2008" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2008"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/colette-van-der-ven/">Colette van der Ven</a></li>
1947<li id="menu-item-18771" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18771"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/disha-verma/">Disha Verma</a></li>
1948<li id="menu-item-20665" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20665"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/joshua-vontrapp/">Joshua VonTrapp</a></li>
1949<li id="menu-item-18764" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18764"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/steven-wang-2/">Steven Wang</a></li>
1950<li id="menu-item-2350" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2350"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/addar-weintraub/">Addar Weintraub</a></li>
1951<li id="menu-item-11987" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11987"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/shanil-wijesinha/">Shanil Wijesinha</a></li>
1952<li id="menu-item-18765" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18765"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/vincent-wu-2/">Vincent Wu</a></li>
1953<li id="menu-item-20661" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20661"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/jaylia-yan/">Jaylia Yan</a></li>
1954<li id="menu-item-6997" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6997"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/danielle-young/">Danielle Young</a></li>
1955<li id="menu-item-9922" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9922"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/yixuan-zhu/">Yixuan Zhu</a></li>
1956<li id="menu-item-20666" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20666"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/laurel-zigerelli/">Laurel Zigerelli</a></li>
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1981	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/11/'>November 2024</a></li>
1982	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/10/'>October 2024</a></li>
1983	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/09/'>September 2024</a></li>
1984	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/08/'>August 2024</a></li>
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1986	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/06/'>June 2024</a></li>
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1988	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/04/'>April 2024</a></li>
1989	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/03/'>March 2024</a></li>
1990	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/02/'>February 2024</a></li>
1991	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/01/'>January 2024</a></li>
1992	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/12/'>December 2023</a></li>
1993	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/11/'>November 2023</a></li>
1994	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/10/'>October 2023</a></li>
1995	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/09/'>September 2023</a></li>
1996	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/08/'>August 2023</a></li>
1997	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/07/'>July 2023</a></li>
1998	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/06/'>June 2023</a></li>
1999	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/05/'>May 2023</a></li>
2000	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/04/'>April 2023</a></li>
2001	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/03/'>March 2023</a></li>
2002	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/02/'>February 2023</a></li>
2003	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/01/'>January 2023</a></li>
2004	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/12/'>December 2022</a></li>
2005	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/11/'>November 2022</a></li>
2006	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/10/'>October 2022</a></li>
2007	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/09/'>September 2022</a></li>
2008	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/07/'>July 2022</a></li>
2009	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/06/'>June 2022</a></li>
2010	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/05/'>May 2022</a></li>
2011	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/04/'>April 2022</a></li>
2012	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/03/'>March 2022</a></li>
2013	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/02/'>February 2022</a></li>
2014	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/01/'>January 2022</a></li>
2015	<li>
2015<a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/12/'>December 2021</a></li>
2016	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/11/'>November 2021</a></li>
2017	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/10/'>October 2021</a></li>
2018	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/09/'>September 2021</a></li>
2019	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/08/'>August 2021</a></li>
2020	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/07/'>July 2021</a></li>
2021	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/06/'>June 2021</a></li>
2022	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/05/'>May 2021</a></li>
2023	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/04/'>April 2021</a></li>
2024	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/03/'>March 2021</a></li>
2025	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/02/'>February 2021</a></li>
2026	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/01/'>January 2021</a></li>
2027	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/12/'>December 2020</a></li>
2028	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/11/'>November 2020</a></li>
2029	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/10/'>October 2020</a></li>
2030	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/09/'>September 2020</a></li>
2031	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/08/'>August 2020</a></li>
2032	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/07/'>July 2020</a></li>
2033	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/06/'>June 2020</a></li>
2034	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/05/'>May 2020</a></li>
2035	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/04/'>April 2020</a></li>
2036	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/03/'>March 2020</a></li>
2037	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/02/'>February 2020</a></li>
2038	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/01/'>January 2020</a></li>
2039	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/12/'>December 2019</a></li>
2040	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/11/'>November 2019</a></li>
2041	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/10/'>October 2019</a></li>
2042	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/09/'>September 2019</a></li>
2043	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/08/'>August 2019</a></li>
2044	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/07/'>July 2019</a></li>
2045	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/06/'>June 2019</a></li>
2046	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/05/'>May 2019</a></li>
2047	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/04/'>April 2019</a></li>
2048	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/03/'>March 2019</a></li>
2049	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/02/'>
2049February 2019</a></li>
2050	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/01/'>January 2019</a></li>
2051	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/12/'>December 2018</a></li>
2052	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/11/'>November 2018</a></li>
2053	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/10/'>October 2018</a></li>
2054	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/09/'>September 2018</a></li>
2055	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/08/'>August 2018</a></li>
2056	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/07/'>July 2018</a></li>
2057	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/06/'>June 2018</a></li>
2058	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/05/'>May 2018</a></li>
2059	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/04/'>April 2018</a></li>
2060	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/03/'>March 2018</a></li>
2061	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/02/'>February 2018</a></li>
2062	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/01/'>January 2018</a></li>
2063	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/12/'>December 2017</a></li>
2064	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/11/'>November 2017</a></li>
2065	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/10/'>October 2017</a></li>
2066	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/09/'>September 2017</a></li>
2067	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/08/'>August 2017</a></li>
2068	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/07/'>July 2017</a></li>
2069	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/06/'>June 2017</a></li>
2070	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/05/'>May 2017</a></li>
2071	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/04/'>April 2017</a></li>
2072	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/03/'>March 2017</a></li>
2073	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/02/'>February 2017</a></li>
2074	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/01/'>January 2017</a></li>
2075	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/12/'>December 2016</a></li>
2076	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/11/'>November 2016</a></li>
2077	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/10/'>October 2016</a></li>
2078	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/09/'>September 2016</a></li>
2079	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/08/'>August 2016</a></li>
2080	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/07/'>July 2016</a></li>
2081	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/06/'>June 2016</a></li>
2082	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/05/'>May 2016</a></li>
2083	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/04/'>April 2016</a></li>
2084	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/03/'>March 2016</a></li>
2085	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/02/'>February 2016</a></li>
2086	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/01/'>January 2016</a></li>
2087	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/12/'>December 2015</a></li>
2088	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/11/'>November 2015</a></li>
2089	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/10/'>October 2015</a></li>
2090	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/09/'>September 2015</a></li>
2091	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/08/'>August 2015</a></li>
2092	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/07/'>July 2015</a></li>
2093	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/06/'>June 2015</a></li>
2094	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/05/'>May 2015</a></li>
2095	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/04/'>April 2015</a></li>
2096	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/03/'>March 2015</a></li>
2097	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/02/'>February 2015</a></li>
2098	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/01/'>January 2015</a></li>
2099	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/12/'>December 2014</a></li>
2100	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/11/'>November 2014</a></li>
2101	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/10/'>October 2014</a></li>
2102	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/09/'>September 2014</a></li>
2103	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/08/'>August 2014</a></li>
2104	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/07/'>July 2014</a></li>
2105	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/06/'>June 2014</a></li>
2106	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/05/'>May 2014</a></li>
2107	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/04/'>April 2014</a></li>
2108	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/03/'>March 2014</a></li>
2109	<li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/02/'>February 2014</a></li>
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