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This section provides access to TI-USA policy and advocacy positions, including public statements, testimony and speeches.  TI-USA develops its policy and advocacy positions in consultation with leading experts in the anti-corruption field, partner organizations, and TI chapters around the world, based on our technical expertise and on-the-ground knowledge of key issues involved in combating corruption.

• ONE's David Lane speaks with MSNBC about Clinton trip - August 5, 2009
• Anti-Corruption Rhetoric - and Reality by TI-USA Board Member Ben Heineman - July 22, 2009
• What can be done to tackle corruption in humanitarian aid? This Q+A with TI's Roslyn G. Hees, Senior Adviser, Global Programmes, addresses some key questions on corruption in the aid sector and how the organisation works with NGOs to tackle it - June 10, 2009
• G20 Fails to Take on Global Bribery by TI-USA Board Member Ben Heineman - April 3, 2009

• TI-USA Meets with U.S. “Sherpa” on G20 on financial crisis:  TI-USA President Nancy Boswell met with Michael Froman, the Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, on March 19, 2009,  to emphasize the need for the G20 and G8 to focus on anti-corruption by enforcing foreign bribery prohibitions and increasing corruption risk management in export credit and development assistance - March 19, 2009

• TI-USA Calls on UN Leadership to Pursue Outstanding Corruption Cases:  TI Chair Huguette Labelle, TI-USA, TI-Switzerland, and TI-Canada have sent letters calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to support the independence of the UN investigative office, (the Office of Internal Oversight Services), and its ability to hire the staff necessary to pursue outstanding Oil-for-Food investigations and other procurement fraud cases - February 17, 2009   (See also TI-USA's Submission - March 18, 2009)
• TI-USA Chair Calls for Public Engagement to Promote Accountability:  At a speech at the University of Northern Iowa, TI-USA Chair Alan Larson called for public engagement in demanding greater transparency and accountability in the financial rescue package, noting, "[o]nly actively engaged citizens can bring about a restoration of accountability, transparency and integrity in public life.  As citizens, we need to light as many candles as we can. Consider working with Transparency International" - February 19, 2009

• TI-USA Urges Congress to Strengthen Transparency and Accountability Measures in Stimulus Bill: TI-USA called on Congress to include strong and explicit transparency and accountability mechanisms in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act and to ensure effective oversight in its implementation
• TI-USA Board Member Warns of Weakness in Stimulus Plan:   TI-USA Board Member Professor Susan Rose-Ackerman warned in a Guardian opinion piece, The Private Contractor Pitfall, that "[t]o avoid waste and corruption, Obama's economic stimulus plan must demand greater accountability and transparency" - February 5, 2009
• TI-USA Urges U.S. Administration to Improve G8 Accountability for Prior Anti-Corruption

Commitments:  TI-USA called on the U.S. Sherpa to the G8, Michael Froman, to promote prompt action and accurate reporting on prior anti-corruption commitments made each year as part of the Summit process, including implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and the UNCAC, and ensuring the transparency of the financial markets - January 28, 2009

• TI-USA Calls for Accountability of TARP Funds:  TI-USA sent a letter to Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, requesting Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner address concerns about the accountable management of TARP funds during his confirmation hearings - January 16, 2009

• TI-USA Board Members Call for “War” on Bribery: TI-USA Chair Alan Larson and Board Member Ben Heineman called for stronger enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in a Bloomberg article, "Bribery Warrants Global War" - January 12, 2009

Media Coverage - Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index

• Bribery: The Price of Doing Business? - March 30, 2010
• Africa: Most African Nations are Corrupt - November 18, 2009
• U.K.'s Standing Declines on Corruption Index - November 18, 2009
• (Afghanistan) Karzai, Under Pressure, Adopts Antigraft Measures - November 17, 2009
• Emerging Economies Falter in Graft Survey - November 17, 2009

Press Releases & Notable Developments

Press Releases & Notable Developments 2011

Transparency International-USA (TI-USA) Press Release on Delay of UK Bribery Act Implementation. January 31, 2011

Press Releases & Notable Developments 2008-2011

• UNGC Releases Guide on "Fighting Corruption in the Supply Chain" - June 25, 2010
• Senate Report on Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States - February 4, 2010
• TI 2009 Index Finds Corruption Persists Worldwide Despite Decade of Promises to Fight It - November 17, 2009
  
• Deadlock in Vienna Talks Imperils UN Anti-Corruption Convention - September 3, 2009
• World Bank/Siemens agreement establishes severe consequences for engaging in corruption - July 2, 2009
• TI-USA press release on G8 Finance Minister's Lecce Framework - June 14, 2009
• TI-USA Welcomes Increased G20 Transparency - April 2, 2009
• TI-USA Commends Action on Prosecutorial Integrity - April 2, 2009
• TI-USA Advises MCC on Policy for Managing Corruption Risks in its Operations - March 20, 2009
• TI-USA Welcomes President Obama Emphasis on Transparency & Ethics - January 22, 2009
• TI-USA Applauds G8 Accountability Report, Despite Concerns with G8 Performance- July 8, 2008
  • G8 Accountability Report
• TI Releases 2nd Annual G8 Progress Report, Assessing Action on Key Anti-Corruption Commitments - July 3, 2008
  • TI 2nd Annual G8 Progress Report
• TI Releases Global Corruption Report: Corruption in the Water Sector- June 26, 2008
• TI Global Corruption Report: Corruption in the Water Sector
• TI Releases 4th Annual OECD Report - June 24, 2008
  • TI Progress Report 2008: Enforcement of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials
• TI-USA and CSIS Convene Corporate Experts to Discuss Roadmap for Performance with Integrity – June 12, 2008

Corruption News

Selected Headlines on Corruption, February 1, 2012

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• Corruption ‘as Dangerous’ to Iraq as Terrorism
• http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/corruption-as-dangerous-to-iraq-as-terrorism/495082

• Russia Bans Paying Bribes Abroad
• http://en.ria.ru/world/20120201/171069402.html

International

• (Zambia) Red Cross’ Mushitu nabbed for money laundering
• http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/index.php/politics/3191-red-cross-mushitu-nabbed-for-money-laundering

• Over $30 Bln Left Russia in 2011 in Money Laundering Schemes
• http://en.ria.ru/russia/20120129/171013893.html

• India top court warns corruption a ‘grave danger’
• http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gRpkC6FkVc4JM7JKzGzTI0UpsJlA?docId=CNG.f01cf504388e8517f1323d2d32388a11.141

• (Belize) Police Constable charged with $70 extortion
• http://www.amandala.com.bz/index.php?id=12185

• (Kuwait) Officers, Traders Acquitted, Freed in Extortion Case
• http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/179071/reftab/36/t/Officers-traders-acquitted-freed-in-extortion-case/Default.aspx

• Survey Finds Bribery, Corruption in Middle East Increasing
• http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2012/01/31/survey-finds-bribery-corruption-in-middle-east-increasing/

• Sierra Leone launches online mining database to increase transparency
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/feb/01/sierra-leone-online-mining-data-transparency

US: Federal/National

• Jury Acquits Two Defendants in FCPA Sting Case
• http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2012/01/30/jury-acquits-two-defendants-in-fcpa-sting-case/?mod=google_news_blog

• White House trying to fight corruption at border
• http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/30/MNDT1N0IM3.DTL

US: State/Local

• Former NJ Sen. Wayne Bryant begins fraud trial
• http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/Former_NJ_Sen_Wayne_Bryant_begins_fraud_trial.html

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