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rel="author">Richard Messick</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 414 415 <div class="comments-link"> 416 <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/29/building-political-will-to-fight-corruption-american-political-pros-advice-to-democratic-candidates/#respond"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></a> </div> 417 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 418 419 <div class="entry-content"> 420 421<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 votersâ 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> 422 423 424 425<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The memoâs 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> 426 427 428 429<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’ prime reason for seeking office is to wage lawfare on their erstwhile opponents. </p> 430 431 432 433<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). 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658Republican Senator Seeks Investigation into Whether Donald Trump Jr. is Profiting Off Ties to His Father</a></h1> 659 660 <div class="entry-meta"> 661 <span class="sep">Posted on </span><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/22/republican-senator-seeks-investigation-into-whether-donald-trump-jr-is-profiting-off-ties-to-his-father/" title="6:44 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-09-22T18:44:32-04:00">September 22, 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 --> 662 663 <div class="comments-link"> 664 <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">3</a> </div> 665 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 666 667 <div class="entry-content"> 668 669<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 âfor private financial benefit.â</p> 670 671 672 673<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the letter (<a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/letter-asking-for-investigation.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>), he writes that</p> 674 675 676 677<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 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> 679</blockquote> 680 681 682 683<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a nod to fairness and bipartisanship, he asks the Committee to investigate Hunter Biden as well, but the bulk of his letter recounts the ways Don Jr. has used the family name to enrich himself. From the payment of a lavish wedding afterparty by a Russian oligarch, to his promotion of family-backed cryptocurrency ventures, the pursuit of international real estate deals, several reported investments in defense contracting.</p> 684 685 686 687<p class="wp-block-paragraph">âThese reports raise legitimate questions about foreign access to members of a sitting president’s family and whether such relationships can create actual or perceived expectations of favorable treatment,” he writes. He then asks the Committee to “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.â</p> 688 689 690 691<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The letter is remarkable for two reasons. 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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/" title="12:36 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-09-12T12:36:57-04:00">September 12, 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 --> 793 794 <div class="comments-link"> 795 <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/#respond"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></a> </div> 796 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 797 798 <div class="entry-content"> 799 800<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 Ukrainianâs asset declaration system</a> says. International organizations are never that blunt. </p> 801 802 803 804<p class="wp-block-paragraph">
804But reading the careful, thorough assessment of Ukraineâs 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> 805 806 807 808<ul class="wp-block-list"> 809<li>âThe effectiveness of Ukraineâs [Asset Declaration System] is undermined by an overly expansive and highly formalistic framework that overburdens the [National Agency on Corruption Prevention], weakens prioritization, and limits the systemâs capacity to support meaningful detection and recovery of illicit assets.â</li> 810 811 812 813<li>â[Its] expansive scope, which is unmatched by other European nations, strains the NACP by forcing it to manage one of the worldâs largest database of public officialsâ assets with highly limited resources.â</li> 814 815 816 817<li>âThe conversion of NACP findings into final judicial sanctions remains limited. In 2025, the NACP transmitted 369 reasoned conclusions to law enforcement for criminal prosecution. These resulted in 12 guilty verdicts, a marked improvement from zero verdicts in 2021, but a conversion rate that remains low relative to the volume of referrals and reflects the broader systemic delays in the judicial pipeline for high-level corruption cases.â</li> 818</ul> 819 820 821 822<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>More lifestyle audits</em></strong></p> 823 824 825 826<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Comparing what officials declare they own to their house they live in, the car they drive, the vacations they take, and other properties they own and expenses they incur is the most effective way to spot if they are corrupt <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/04/27/government-leaders-should-watch-who-watches-them-wearing-their-pricey-watches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(here</a>). The NACP has a unit dedicated to conducting such audits, but as the IMF report found, not only does the Lifestyle Management (LSM) group have a small staff, but the audits do not focus on priority areas such as </p> 827 828 829 830<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 831<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>â. . . </em><strong><em>war-related procurement and expenditure, where the convergence of significant public resources and reduced oversight creates acute corruption vulnerabilities.â </em></strong> </p> 832</blockquote> 833 834 835 836<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The recommendation to audit the lifestyle of those involved in procuring military supplies and equipment comes at a critical time. Confidential reviews by the State Audit Service and an internal Ministry of Defense auditing department show war profiteering has reached unconscionable levels. Front-line troops are being supplied with worthless ammunition while military contractors are reaping huge profits <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/04/27/government-leaders-should-watch-who-watches-them-wearing-their-pricey-watches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(here</a>).</p> 837 838 839 840<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lifestyle audits are the surest, fastest way to weed out those officials corrupting the military procurement process. NACP staff now conducting routine checks of the accuracy of low-level officialsâ declarations should be reassigned to the LSM unit and ordered to scrutinize the lifestyle of every single individual involved in military procurement.</p> 841 842 843 844<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ukraineâs 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. 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href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/08/corruption-sanctions-what-do-governments-need-to-know/" title="3:00 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-09-08T15:00:11-04:00">September 8, 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 --> 946 947 <div class="comments-link"> 948 <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/08/corruption-sanctions-what-do-governments-need-to-know/#respond"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></a> </div> 949 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 950 951 <div class="entry-content"> 952 953<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> 954 955 956 957<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 â<a href="https://baselgovernance.org/resources/publications/wp-62/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Corruption Sanctions: What Governments Need to Know</a>.â In this post, I will offer brief reflections based on its analysis.</p> 958 959 960 961<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Evolution of Corruption Sanctions</strong></p> 962 963 964 965<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> 966 967 968 969<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 â say Russia, North Korea or Iran â whereas others are âthematicâ and therefore address a certain type of wrongdoing regardless of where it takes place in the world.</p> 970 971 972 973<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> 974 975 976 977<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Other jurisdictions soon followed suit, including Canada, the UK, and Australia â 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 Commissionâs president Ursula von der Leyen. While one might be tempted to criticize the EUâs reticence, the real question is: why should governments consider introducing corruption sanctions, and how can they use them effectively?</p> 978 979 980 981 <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/08/corruption-sanctions-what-do-governments-need-to-know/#more-32000" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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1070 1071 1072 <article id="post-31978" class="post-31978 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-commentary tag-definition tag-measurement"> 1073 <header class="entry-header"> 1074 <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/02/measure-corrupt-conduct-not-corruption/" rel="bookmark">Measure Corrupt Conduct — Not Corruption</a></h1> 1075 1076 <div class="entry-meta"> 1077 <span class="sep">Posted on </span><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/02/measure-corrupt-conduct-not-corruption/" title="7:03 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-09-02T19:03:26-04:00">September 2, 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 --> 1078 1079 <div class="comments-link"> 1080 <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/02/measure-corrupt-conduct-not-corruption/#respond"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></a> </div> 1081 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 1082 1083 <div class="entry-content"> 1084 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-Pippidiâs chapter analyzing the fundamental question in the fight: how do we know if we are winning?</p> 1086 1087 1088 1089<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Decades after corruption control rose to the top of the global agenda, assaying how well the fight is going ought to be straightforward. That’s not so as the continuing debate about the validity of TIâs Corruption Perceptions Index, the World Bankâs Control of Corruption measure, and the many other measurement tools on offer shows.</p> 1090 1091 1092 1093<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The problem, as Professor Johnston acknowledges in the Handbookâs introduction, is foundational.</p> 1094 1095 1096 1097<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1098<p class="wp-block-paragraph">âAfter 40 years of debate about corruption, we are still uncertain about what we are talking about. . . cannot measure it directly. [and donât know if] a single [corruption] score about a whole country really tells us much.â</p> 1099</blockquote> 1100 1101 1102 1103<p class="wp-block-paragraph">
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> 1104 1105 1106 1107<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Professor Mungiu-Pippidiâs chapter deserves the closest attention by policymakers, evaluators, and citizens who want to know if an anticorruption law, policy, or strategy is making a difference. 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Casey Michelâs United States of Oligarchy</a></h1> 1205 1206 <div class="entry-meta"> 1207 <span class="sep">Posted on </span><a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/08/11/is-it-too-late-to-corral-americas-wealthy-casey-michels-united-states-of-oligarchy/" title="6:49 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-08-11T18:49:12-04:00">August 11, 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 --> 1208 1209 <div class="comments-link"> 1210 <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/08/11/is-it-too-late-to-corral-americas-wealthy-casey-michels-united-states-of-oligarchy/#respond"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></a> </div> 1211 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 1212 1213 <div class="entry-content"> 1214 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> 1216 1217 1218 1219<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Casey Michel, Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, writes about escapees from a different sandbox in the <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/United-States-Oligarchy-Wealthiest-Dictators-ebook/dp/B0FLYYWK22?ref_=ast_author_mpb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States of Oligarchy</a>.</em> The escapees: members of Americaâs billionaire class. The sandbox: the ethics codes, social norms, and laws that constrain the conduct of Americaâs wealthiest.</p> 1220 1221 1222 1223<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Michel recounts the harm Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and fellow billionaires have already done while operating free of these constraints. He describes the far greater damage likely if those constraints are not soon reimposed and urges reforms to ensure the ultra-rich can never again break out.</p> 1224 1225 1226 1227<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Todayâs billionaires are not the first to have slipped the sandboxâs guardrails. <em>United States of Oligarchy</em> reminds that the same techniques that fueled the rise of Carnegie, Rockefeller, Stanford and other nineteenth-century ârobber baronsâ â bribes, shell companies, large campaign contributions â have helped todayâs counterparts realize unimaginable levels of wealth. But there are profound, startling differences between the two. 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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 --> 1332 1333 <div class="comments-link"> 1334 <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/08/04/the-french-anticorruption-strategy-falling-short-of-expectations/#respond"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></a> </div> 1335 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 1336 1337 <div class="entry-content"> 1338 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 & 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> 1340 1341 1342 1343<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In November last year, the French anti-corruption Agency (<em>Agence française anticorruption</em> â AFA) finally published Franceâs <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> 1344 1345 1346 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> 1348 1349 1350 1351<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 1352 1353 1354 1355<ol style="list-style-type:upper-roman" class="wp-block-list"> 1356<li>Bolstering the fight against bribery and corruption in central government departments</li> 1357 1358 1359 1360<li>Helping local authorities to fight corruption</li> 1361 1362 1363 1364<li>Protecting economic stakeholders against corruption</li> 1365 1366 1367 1368<li>Combating corruption at international level</li> 1369</ol> 1370 1371 1372 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 Franceâs international actions.</p> 1374 1375 1376 1377<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The strategy reflects some of the challenges France is facing. It puts strong emphasis on the links between corruption, organized crime, and drug trafficking, the latter the focus of the central government. The plan also includes measures that have been requested for years, the creation of an interministerial committee to prevent and fight corruption, the authorization for the National Commission for Control of Electoral Accounts and Political Finance (CNCCFP) to receive financial intelligence from Tracfin, the French Financial Intelligence Unit, and the appointment of an anticorruption coordinator reporting to the general secretary in each ministry.</p> 1378 1379 1380 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. 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href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/author/rickmessick/" title="View all posts by Richard Messick" rel="author">Richard Messick</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 1486 1487 <div class="comments-link"> 1488 <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/07/27/when-the-victim-is-a-gatekeeper-what-koreas-cartoon-money-embezzlement-exposed/#respond"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></a> </div> 1489 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 1490 1491 <div class="entry-content"> 1492 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> 1494 1495 1496 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> 1498 1499 1500 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 Koreaâs anticorruption laws, one that other nations may share.</p> 1502 1503 1504 1505<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When the cooperativeâs internal investigation confirmed what had happened, it dismissed the manager, recovered the money, and stopped there. The South Korean broadcaster <a href="https://news.sbs.c
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A deposit-taking institution is a different kind of victim, because it is also a gatekeeper: an entity the law charges with guarding a system that extends beyond its own interests. Its losses are never only its own. An insider theft affects the members who own the cooperative, the depositors who trust it, the supervisor whose picture of the sector depends on accurate incident data, and the deterrent effect that evaporates once staff learn that looting the vault can be settled for the price of returning the money. An institution that stays silent to protect its reputation is deciding a question of public interest in its own favor. 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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> 1618 1619 1620 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. Internationalâs Council chronicles the ways corruption has begun to infect venerable U.K. institutions: from the Monarchy, where the now deflowered Prince Andrewâs 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> 1622 1623 1624 1625<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is even seeping into the academy. Currently Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice at Sussex Universityâs 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> 1626 1627 1628 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> 1630 1631 1632 1633<p class="wp-block-paragraph">British readers are likely to be most interested in the reforms Barrington advances, from beefing up âdull soundingâ 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 PMâs office</a> whose occupant has no official status and whose advice is easily, and often, ignored.</p> 1634 1635 1636 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 Johnsonâs short-lived reign as PM approached Trumpian-levels of corruption.</p> 1638 1639 1640 1641 <a href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/06/30/review-of-robert-barringtons-corrupted-kingdom/#more-31752" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a><div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 1642 data-shared="sharing-twitter-31752" 1643 class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" 1644 href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/06/30/review-of-robert-barringtons-corrupted-kingdom/?share=twitter" 1645 target="_blank" 1646 aria-labelledby="sharing-twitter-31752" 1647 > 1648 <span id="sharing-twitter-31752" hidden>Share on X (Opens in new window)</span> 1649 <span>X</span> 1650 </a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 1651 data-shared="sharing-facebook-31752" 1652 class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" 1653 href="https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/06/30/review-of-robert-barringtons-corrupted-kingdom/?share=facebook" 1654 target="_blank" 1655 aria-labelledby="sharing-facebook-31752" 1656 > 1657 <span id="sharing-facebook-31752" hidden>Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span> 1658 <span>Facebook</span> 1659 </a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 1660 data-shared="sharing-email-31752" 1661 class="share-email sd-button share-icon" 1662 href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Review%20of%20Robert%20Barrington%E2%80%99s%20Corrupted%20Kingdom&body=https%3A%2F%2Fglobalanticorruptionblog.com%2F2026%2F06%2F30%2Freview-of-robert-barringtons-corrupted-kingdom%2F&share=email" 1663 target="_blank" 1664 aria-labelledby="sharing-email-31752"
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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 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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 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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> 1957</ul></div></aside><aside id="archives-3" class="widget widget_archive"><h3 class="widget-title">Archive</h3> 1958 <ul> 1959 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/09/'>September 2026</a></li> 1960 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/08/'>August 2026</a></li> 1961 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2026/07/'>July 2026</a></li> 1962 <li><a 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href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2025/07/'>July 2025</a></li> 1974 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2025/06/'>June 2025</a></li> 1975 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2025/05/'>May 2025</a></li> 1976 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2025/04/'>April 2025</a></li> 1977 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2025/03/'>March 2025</a></li> 1978 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2025/02/'>February 2025</a></li> 1979 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2025/01/'>January 2025</a></li> 1980 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/12/'>December 2024</a></li> 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> 1985 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/07/'>July 2024</a></li> 1986 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/06/'>June 2024</a></li> 1987 <li><a href='https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/05/'>May 2024</a></li> 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 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