Corruption in politics is not an accident or an exception. It is a predictable outcome of a system that rewards loyalty, access and survival over accountability, transparency and the public interest.

Last year, we ran a blog post examining the many forms of public sector corruption. In conjunction with the launch of our 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index, we are reposting this piece with updated ...

Two weeks ago, when Bob Menendez made his semiannual post-verdict speech outside of a courthouse, he closed with some first-rate groveling. “President Trump is right,” said the former New Jersey ...

Former Vice President Joe Biden fired back at President Trump on Friday, suggesting he is one of the last people who can accuse anyone else of corruption. "We gotta get something straight: All this ...

Grand corruption is a blight with many names and forms from political corruption to state capture to kleptocracy. It flourishes where there are weak checks on the exercise of state executive power and ...

Ms. Stockman is a member of the editorial board who has reported from Afghanistan. President Biden talks of the world being divided into autocracies and democracies. But a more important division ...

The EU is a party to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), which is the most comprehensive international ...

The Supreme Court has said wrongdoing must be clear cut. Some observers say the accusations in the senator’s case pass the test. By Benjamin Weiser After the U.S. attorney in Manhattan announced ...

Few have realised the connection between the integrity of prices and competition with anti-corruption, until the recent meeting between Mr. Tunji Bello and Olanipekun Olukoyede. Bello, as the ...

Zimbabwe is a strange place to stay.Yesterday, the world marked International Anti-Corruption Day, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the nation with ...

“I lie, cheat and steal. And I want to represent you in Washington.” At least that would be an honest campaign slogan for some candidates, and it might not discourage some voters one bit. The first ...