Arab Region

The UNDP Regional Hub for Arab States, in partnership with the Government of Canada, organized a regional meeting in Broummana, Lebanon on July 25-26, 2022, to support the establishment of a regional alliance of wome... read more

Arab Region

The International Budget Partnership released the results of its 2021 Open Budget Survey (OBS), which evaluates the level of transparency, oversight and public participation in the budget practices of 120 countries.

The global average read more

Arab Region

Transparency International released, today, the results of its 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which ranked 180 countries on a scale ranging from zero (highly corrupt) to one hundred (very clean), showing that most countries are stil... read more

Iraq

As the International Anti-Corruption Day approached, the International Community beefed up its efforts to fight corruption in Iraq while an increasing level of investigation and trials by Iraqi authorities was reflected in the media.

The G... read more

Arab Region

A few days ago, Transparency International released the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020, which ranked 180 countries on a scale ranging from zero (highly corrupt) to one hundred (very clean), showing that most countries  are still... read more

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait’s Minister of Justice, Dr. Nawaf Saud Al-Yaseen, issued today read more

Arab Region

Tangier, 4 March 2020 – The city of Tangier in Morocco hosted more than 50 public officials, civil society representatives and expert specialists who came together to attend the regional workshop organized by UNDP on “Inn... read more

Tunisia

On Thursday 18 April 2019, the High Authority for Administrative and Financial Control at the Presidency of the Tunisian Republic in cooperation with the ‘’Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network’’ and supported by the U... read more

Arab Region

UNDP’s regional project on Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Arab countries is looking to recruit an intern to join its team for a period between 4 and 6 months in 2018-2019 

He/She is required to have a post-graduate degree in l... read more

Arab Region

Transparency International launched on Wednesday the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2017 ranking 180 countries compared to only 176 last year. The index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption based on surveys filled by ex... read more

Jordan

While the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to complete the unfinished business of the Millennium Development Goa... read more

Arab Region

Efforts to prevent and combat corruption continue to witness a steady rise in the Arab states region, albeit with varying degrees of success and limited overall progress recorded in 2016. This is despite the seemingly increasing expression of poli... read more

Arab Region

Linking anti-corruption efforts to sustainable development requires a transformation in related national strategies on the two ends of the paradigm. This can be deduced from the new Sustainable Development Agenda for 2030 that was adopted by world... read more

Arab Region

Arab Region

The League of Arab States convened the first Session of the Conference of States Parties to the “Arab Convention against Corruption” (ACAC) at its headquarters in Cairo on 27-28 December 2015. The State of Kuwait was unanimously chosen... read more

Arab Region

Since its commencement in 2011, UNDP’s Regional Project on Anti-Corruption and Integrity in the Arab Countries (ACIAC) sought to involve women in its various activities with a view to empower them to play a more active role in related reform... read more

Kuwait

The Council of Ministers in Kuwait approved a new anti-corruption bill and transferred it to the Emir, on an urgency basis, in preparation for its submission to the National Assembly, in an attempt to fill the void created by the Constitutional Co... read more

Comoros

The “National Commission for the Prevention and Combating of Corruption” (NCPCC) joined the “Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network” (ACINET) on 15 December 2015, becoming the 47^th member along with the other... read more

Jordan

Under the slogan “Jordan’s Youth against Corruption”, Jordan commemorated International Anti-Corruption Day with a view to enhance youth engagement in the related ongoing discourse at the national and international levels. To thi... read more

Tunisia

The Presidency of the Tunisian Government hosted a meeting yesterday to launch the preparations for the fifth Ministerial Conference of the “Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network” (ACINET), which will mark the transfer of the ACIN... read more

Jordan

Jordan

Egypt

The new Egyptian Government headed by Sharif Ismail was sworn in before the President of the Republic on 19 September 2015, a week after the acceptance of the resignation of the outgoing Government headed by Ibrahim Mahlab. The governmental change... read more

Arab Region

The advent of the “national anti-corruption strategy” to Arab countries, less than a decade ago, marked a new era for the governance discourse in the region, where governments formally acknowledge the corruption problem and openly esta... read more

Arab Region

A number of authorities in charge of strengthening integrity and fighting corruption in the Arab region have witnessed important changes at the level of their leadership in 2015, reflecting in most cases a desire to pump new blood into such author... read more

Tunisia

The Head of the Government of Tunisia, Mr. Habib ESSID, presented the achievements of his Government and outlined its future orientations in his speech to the Assembly of the Representatives of the People on 5 June 2015, on the occasion of the fir... read more

Tunisia

In collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, the National Anti-corruption Authority in Tunisia organized a workshop on "Activating the Path towards the Adoption of the National Anti-corruption Strategy" on 4 May 2015.

Th... read more

GCC

On 29-30 April, Qatar welcomed heads of anti-corruption and integrity agencies from Gulf States. Participants discussed coordination and cooperation mechanisms and means to strengthen their efforts with a view to reaching a united anti-corruption... read more

Lebanon

The Technical Anti-Corruption Committee in Lebanon finalized the self-assessment of the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) with the support of UNDP’s regional project on Anti-Corruption and Integrity in the Arab C... read more

Tunisia

The national seminar "towards an effective system for whistleblower protection in Tunisia" was held yesterday with the joint support of OECD and UNDP, in partnership with the Government of Tunisia and in cooperation with the National Anti-Corrupti... read more

International

The third Government Summit concluded its sessions on 11 February following three days of plenaries, roundtables and discussions on how to shape future governments with a focus on enhancing public service delivery through technology and innovation... read more

Bahrain

The UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs, the UN Development Programme and the E-Government Authority of Bahrain organized a study tour to Manama on 24-29 January 2015 for 21 representatives from 19 countries from Asia, Africa and Latin A... read more

Jordan

Egypt

Arab Region

Since 2008, UNDP and UNODC have joined forces to commemorate the International Anti-Corruption Day through a joint global campaign. The theme for this year is “Break the Corruption Chain”. It focuses on the need to act against corrupti... read more

Arab Region

Since 2008, UNDP and UNODC have joined forces to commemorate the International Anti-Corruption Day through a joint global campaign. The theme for this year is “Break the Corruption Chain”. It focuses on the need to act against corrupti... read more

Arab Region

Morocco

The National School of Administration in the Kingdom of Morocco hosted a training entitled "Towards a Comprehensive Mechanism for Monitoring and Evaluating the Anti-Corruption Strategy" on 12-14 November. 30 governmental experts representing minis... read more

International

In an open letter sent to the G20 leaders who are gathering on 15 November in Brisbane Australia, Transparency International calls to put an end to corporate secrecy, which enables tax evasion and money laundering of illicit financial flows emanat... read more

Jordan

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) completed a scoping mission to Jordan, undertaken by a team of experts provided through its Regional Programme, with the aim of exploring national needs and priorities in the area of anti-corruption... read more

International

Launched in 2008 at the high level forum on aid effectiveness in Accra, the International Aid Transparency Initiative aims at making information on aid spending easy to access, use and understand. Towards this objective, 284 organizations have com... read more

Jordan

Amman, 18 September 2014 – The “Rasheed Coalition for Integrity and Transparency” organized a roundtable in cooperation with the “Anti-Corruption Commission” in Jordan on the “Role of Women in Promoting Integrit... read more

State of Palestine

Sudan

Sudan became a State Party to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) on 5 September 2014, increasing the number of States Parties to 174 including all the Arab countries with the exception of Syria and Somalia. The Convention, wh... read more

Arab Region

A high-level delegation from the Republic of Tunisia completed an official visit to Beirut, from 1 to 3 September 2014, upon the invitation of H.E. the Minister of Justice Major General Ashraf Rifi, Chair of the "Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Ne... read more

Jordan

Lebanon

The Higher Committee for Discipline of the Republic of Lebanon has completed the proce... read more

Jordan

International

The Basel Institute on Governance has issued its 2014 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index rankings, which assesses the risk of money laundering and terrorism financing in 162 countries, bas... read more

Yemen

The Studies and Economic Media Center (SEMC) in Yemen organized in Sana’a, on 9-11 August 2014, a training for journalists on access to information and related legal protection, with a view to enabling them to use their right to information in a more effective manner, in accordance with the Yemeni l... read more

Morocco

The Moroccan government approved, on 31 July 2014, a new Bill on the right of access to information and submitted it to the Parliament. This comes in the context of the effort to implement Article 27 of the Constitution recognizing that all citizens “have the right of access to information held by t... read more

International

Transparency International (TI) announced that the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference which was planned to take place in Tunis from 21 to 24 October 2014 has been postponed, by request of the Tunisian Government and due to the proximity of... read more

Regional Non Arab

UNDP published a Working Paper entitled “Gender and Corruption in Latin America: Is There a Link?” aimed at contributing to setting the basis for a policy dialogue and analysis on gender and corruption in Latin America. The paper proposes... read more

Morocco

Following extensive consultations involving a number stakeholders, the Moroccan Government ratified on 26 June 2014 the bill of the "National Authority for Integrity and the Prevention and Combating of Bribery". The Bill aims to replace the "Central... read more

Arab Region

Water challenges can and must be addressed if the Arab region is to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, attain shared prosperity, and reach a future of sustainable human development. Addressing water challenges now can also help strengthen resi... read more

Lebanon

Beirut 06/26/2014 – In a remarkable initiative, Transparency International through its Lebanese and Palestinian national chapters developed a regional specialized report on "Political corruption in the Arab world" which was based on information... read more

Tunisia

As part of the Republic of Tunisia’s efforts to build a more effective anti-corruption legal framework, in accordance with the national context and in line with related international standards, the “Ministry of State in charge of Governan... read more

International

The delegation of the Tunisian Anti-Corruption Authority returned from its field visit to Jordan where it met with government officials from the main bodies in charge of control and anti-corruption, and learned more about their experiences, and namel... read more

International

Thirty projects on business integrity in more than 20 countries were implemented with funding from the Siemens Integrity Initiative last year, amounting to more than USD 25 million. These projects, focusing on information and training on compliance and anti-corruption measures for the private secto... read more

International

In a move underlining the vital role that parliamentarians play in helping to monitor laundering of the proceeds of corruption and strengthening the independence of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) has been granted Observer S... read more

Jordan

The national team, in charge of reviewing Jordan’s commitment to implement the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), continues its work in cooperation with UNDP’s Regional Project on Anti-corruption and Integrity in the Ar... read more

Tunisia

The delegation of the Tunisian Anti-Corruption Authority returned from its field visit to Morocco where it met with officials, parliamentarians and civil society experts and learned more about the Moroccan experience in fighting corruption, with a fo... read more

Iraq

A number of ACINET's members and its Non-Governmental Group participated in the Second Session of Baghdad International Forum entitled "Recovering Stolen Assets preserves people’s dignity and rebuilds homelands" held on 9 and 10 April 2014. And... read more

Iraq

A number of ACINET's members and its Non-Governmental Group participated in the Second Session of Baghdad International Forum entitled "Recovering Stolen Assets preserves people’s dignity and rebuilds homelands" held on 9 and 10 April 2014. And... read more

Iraq

The second session of Baghdad International Anti-Corruption Forum on "Recovering Stolen Assets preserves people’s dignity and rebuilds homelands" was held on 9 and 10 April 2014, under the patronage of the Prime Minister and in collaboration wi... read more

Lebanon

On 1 April 2014, the Lebanese Anti-Corruption Technical Committee reconvened for the first time after the new Government was formed and following the vote of confidence by Parliament. Minister of State for Administrative Reform H.E. Nabil DE FREIGE c... read more

Arab Region

Anti-corruption Agencies in the Arab region have recently become more active in building bridges of cooperation and communication with their counterparts in countries that have been successful in their anti-corruption efforts. Some of them are conduc... read more

Egypt

In a step reflecting a notable development in the growing role of Egyptian civil society in demanding good governance and anti-corruption reforms, a number of civil society organizations (CSOs) launched the “National Campaign for the Collection of Signatures” requesting the Government to withdraw an... read more

Egypt

Earlier this month, Egypt formed a new government headed by Ibrahim Mahlab, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities in the former government of Dr. Hazem Beblawi which resigned on 24 February 2014, in the context of major protests in the country. A noteworthy action of the new governmen... read more

Arab Region

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia "ESCWA" recently published a report entitled "Arab Integration: a 21st Century Development Initiative." This report represents a renewed call for a comprehensive human renaissance in... read more

Egypt

Setting a precedent, Egypt’s Central Auditing Organization (CAO) held a press conference on 17 February 2014, in which it disclosed critical information on corruption acts and potential violations in the management of public money in the period... read more

International

Tunisia

On 27 January 2014, the new Constitution of Tunisia was adopted by an overwhelming majority of the country’s National Constituent Assembly, marking a historic moment for Tunisia. This is the country’s first democratic constitution and ope... read more

Lebanon

The Finance Ministry in Lebanon said that over 9,000 companies and individuals had applied to the ministry’s online tax payments by the middle of December. According to ministry’s monthly bulletin, 9,204 applications were sent electronica... read more

Tunisia

Tunisia adopted its new Constitution on 27 January 2014 and established with it the “Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Agency”. Full article... read more

State of Palestine

The Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN) developed a report entitled “Participation of Civil Society in Anti-Corruption efforts, Model for the Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN) in Palestine 2013". This report was dr... read more

Kuwait

The Arab Anti-corruption and Integrity Network (ACINET) announced that the Kuwaiti Anti-Corruption Authority joined the Network in December 2013. This comes approximately a year after the authority was established, making Kuwait the latest Arab count... read more

Lebanon

At the occasion of the International Anti-Corruption Day for 2013, the Chair of the Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network Minister Chakib CORTBAOUI issued a statement that you can find below. ... read more

Lebanon

A panel discussion was held this morning in theLebanese Parliament where officials, investigators from the Iraqi Commission of Integrity and MPs Yassin Jaber, Mohammed Kabbani and Ghassan Moukhaiber discussed Lebanon's experience in combating corrupt... read more

Lebanon

In commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9) and the International Human Rights Day (December 10), UNDP Lebanon launched three studies on anti-corruption in health, water and education at a ceremony held in the Lebanese Parl... read more

Lebanon

The final report of the workshop on “Supporting the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Lebanon” held in Beirut on 5 December 2013 is now available in Arabic and is currently being translated into English and French. It may be accessible on: http://www.po... read more

Arab Region

At the occasion of the International Anti-Corruption Day for 2013, the Chair of the Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network Minister Chakib CORTBAOUI issued a statement that you can find below. ... read more

Jordan

The Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Sector Development held its 13th Annual Conference on the State of Governance and Public Administration in the Arab Countries in Amman on December 9-12, 2013. The conference was organized under the au... read more

International

The Global Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC) published this month a discussion paper entitled “Prosecuting grand corruption as an international crime," following the request of its members to include "grand corruption"... read more

Jordan

On November 16, 2013 the Royal Committee for Enhancing the National Integrity System in Jordan issued the National Integrity charter’s first draft and its operational plan and this was done in only less than a year after his Majesty King Abdull... read more

Arab Region

The “Arab Forum on Asset Recovery” (AFAR) held its second meeting in Marrakesh on 26-28 October 2013 in collaboration between the government of Morocco and the United Kingdom. More than 200 participants including senior officials, judges... read more

Yemen

The Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour HADI issued on Monday September 19 2013 a decree to reform the Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption. The new committee, made up of 11 members, comprises Afrah Saleh Mohammed BAWAILAN, Ibtihaj Abdullah El KAMAL, Ibrahim Ali HAITHAM, Hassan Shukri... read more

Not Assigned

American University in Cairo and Cairo University are hosting a research conference supported by Transparency International on the 4-5 December 2013 in Cairo, on the topic of Integrity Risks in the Public-Private Interface, focusing on Egypt but also including research on other Middle East and North... read more

Algeria

The National Body for the Prevention and Combatting of Corruption in the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria recently joined the Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network (ACINET), thus becoming the newest member along 42 other ministries and... read more

International

How does corruption feature in people’s lives around the world? On 9 July 2013, Transparency International (TI) launched the Global Corruption Barometer 2013, which tries to answer this question through the largest global public opinion survey... read more

GCC

In its 127th session held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on 2 June 2013, the GCC Ministerial Council approved the establishment of a Committee for the heads of agencies involved in the fight against corruption and the promotion of integrity... read more

International

1- Anti-corruption assessment expert
2- Anti-corruption law... read more

Lebanon

Under the patronage of H.E the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon, ACINET is organizing its fourth conference entitled “Reconciling Hopes with Realities in the Fight against Corruption: Paving the Way for Innovation” in Beirut on 1... read more

Tunisia

In a unique initiative, the President of the Tunisian Republic published an article focusing on anti-corruption, in which he addresses the phenomenon and discusses mechanisms to combat it, focusing on 5 pillars: (1) political will; (2) the Supreme In... read more

International

In its latest policy paper – “What’s Yours Is Mine: New Actors and New Approaches to Asset Recovery in Global Corruption Cases” -- the Center for Global Development (CGD) looks at what it describes as an ‘evolutionary process’ in the battle against corruption. Progress has been made in finding and p... read more

Not Assigned

Corruption in defense engenders numerous inefficiencies and dangers to society at large, and constitutes a highly charged and sensitive topic. Transparency International (TI) launched the first global analysis of this issue “The Government Defense Anti-Corruption Index” in January 2013. It analyzes... read more

International

On 26-27 November 2012, current and former heads of anti-corruption agencies (ACAs), anti-corruption practitioners and experts from around the world gathered in Jakarta at the invitation of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Indonesia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the... read more

Not Assigned

The Corruption Eradication Commission is organizing on 26-27 November 2012 a meeting with Anti Corruption Agencies from around the world in Djkarta, to discuss the meaning of independance and also to agree on a number of principles for those agencies. It is expected to discuss possible avenues to pr... read more

Not Assigned

Specific activities to be funded: Commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day on December through events and actions that raise public awareness about corruption; fosters proactive action against corruption; outlines follow up steps to adv... read more

Lebanon

Quoting Justice Minister Chakib Crdobawi in 2013 Lebanon will face two challenges the first is that the Lebanese Minister of Justice will chair the Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network (ACINET) which requires internal readiness, and the second... read more

Tunisia

The first meeting of the Higher Council for the Fight Against Corruption and the Recovery of State Assetswas held on 30 October 2012 in Tunis, under the chairmanship of Caretaker Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Created by virtue of the decree n°1425 of August 31, 2012, this council aims to avoid the d... read more

International

Effective anti-money laundering systems have the potential to pose a significant barrier to the possibility of perpetrators of corruption-related offences enjoying the proceeds of corruption, or indeed laundering the bribe itself. Financial Intelligence Units are an important element in this regard... read more

Arab Region

TI-Secretariat is looking for a Regional Programme Manager for the Middle East and North Africa Department. Application Closing Date - 30 Aug 2012 Job Start Date - 01 Oct, 2012 Duration - 2 years with the possibility of extension Location - Berlin, T... read more

International

The call for Young Journalists from the MENA region has been uploaded to the website now – please find it here http://15iacc.org/get-involved/young-journalists/special-call-for-young-journalists-from-the-mena-region/. Journalists will be asked... read more

International

Over the past 60 years, almost 150 specialised anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) have been established all around the world. Nearly every country nowadays has an ACA. Some, such as the Hong Kong Independent Commission against Corruption, have been hailed as successes, whereas others have been dismisse... read more

International

This year’s conference will support and connect people who want to change the rules of the game People are devising new ways to push for greater transparency and accountability, and are standing up to ultimately achieve greater social justice.... read more

Morocco

Morocco’s prime minister reveals the three pillars of his vision for anti-corruption: strengthening the judicial and regulatory framework, strengthening control mechanisms to enable the Central Authority for Corruption Prevention to better exer... read more

International

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Arab Region

UNDP ACIAC held the Fifth meeting of the Anti-Corruption Community of Practice in the Arab States: “Programming for Social Accountability” in Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on 28-29 June 2012. Over 12 UNDP country offices in the region and worldwide, in addition to UNDP regional centers as well... read more

Arab Region

The works of the Regional Workshop on Enhancing Transparency in the Private Sector and the Roles of Different Stakeholders in Arab Countries concluded on 8 June 2012 in Tunis, under the high patronage of H.E the President of the Republic of Tunisia. Participants agreed to build on the workshop’s con... read more

Tunisia

The National Seminar on Illicit Enrichment was held in Tunis, Republic of Tunisia on 6 June 2012 under the high patronage of H.E the President of the Republic of Tunisia. Over 120 participants including ministers, judges, senior officials from oversight authorities, representatives of governmental i... read more

Qatar

The UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States at UNDP, Ms. Amat Al Alim Alsoswa, visited His Excellency the Attorney General of the State of Qatar, Dr. Ali Ben Fetais Al Marri, in Doha this week to discuss ong... read more

Qatar

Doha,the United Nations Development Programme held two meetings for anti-corruption experts from the Arab region in partnership with the Public Prosecution of the State of Qatar. The first meeting addressed the need to enhance Arab capacities to figh... read more

International

Anti-Corruption Agencies have been seen by donors and commentators as a visible and discrete institutional response to a country’s commitment to anti-corruption work. A number of reports have commented adversely on the general effectiveness and impact of ACAs in practice. Much of the concern relates... read more

UN Agencies

The conference was concluded on 30 September 2011 under the high patronage of H.E. the President of the Tunisian Republic and with the participation of delegates from 8 Arab countries including high-level officials and representatives from civil society organisations, the private sector and internat... read more

UN Agencies

Siemens and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have teamed up to promote integrity and openness throughout the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa. ... read more

UN Agencies

Qatar partners with the United Nations Development Programme to implement a new Arab anti-corruption project, marking the first time that an Arab country will work with the organization on a regional democratic governance initiative. read more

Arab Region

In a trial lasting six minutes, the month of June saw former Egyptian Minister of Finance, Youssef Boutros-Ghali, sentenced in absentia to thirty years in prison and fined 35.8 million Egyptian pounds on various counts of profiteering and abusing... read more

Arab Region

Preparations are underway to organize a regional training session for non-governmental practitioners on anti-corruption assessments. The session, which will be held in Beirut (Lebanon) on 29-30 March 2010, is designed to contribute to the efforts aimed at empowering Arab non-governmental actors to c... read more

Arab Region

With more global attention being directed to the importance of strengthening integrity in the private sector as a foundation of sustainable development, Arab stakeholders in the region are becoming more interested in this subject. The need to support its introduction to the ongoing anti-corruption d... read more

Yemen

The Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC) in Yemen announced, on 24 February 2010, the extension of its cooperation with UNDP’s Country Office in Yemen in the framework of a project launched in 2007 to support media and ci... read more

International

On 23 February 2010, “Global Integrity” released its 2009 Index, which includes, this year, an assessment of anti-corruption mechanisms in 35 countries including Algeria, Jordan and Lebanon, noting that the number of countries varies from year to year. The Index assesses the existence, effectiveness... read more

Iraq

The Iraqi Commission of Integrity (CoI) held in Baghdad (Iraq) on 23 February 2010 a workshop to encourage the media to reveal financial and administrative corruption. The focus was on means to strengthen investigative journalism and utilize it in su... read more

Algeria

The Jordanian Anti-Corruption Commission (JACC) held a seminar in Amman (Jordan) on 17 February 2010 to introduce its mandate and functions to a number of civil society organizations and activists. Discussions addressed JACC’s role in the investigation and prosecution of corruption, the detection of... read more

Kuwait

Kuwait Transparency Society (KTS) presented a full report on the Third Forum on Transparency in Kuwait to H.H. the Emir of Kuwait on 16 February 2010. The Emir stressed the importance and need to hold wrongdoers accountable if they are proven guilty... read more

State of Palestine

The State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) formed a committee to audit what was lately circulated by media outlets about corruption cases in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The objective is to verify the validity of these all... read more

Arab Region

The Arab Parliamentarians against Corruption (ArPAC) organized a regional workshop in Beirut (Lebanon) on 18-19 February 2010, with the support of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) in the framework of a joint project between the two organizations. The regional workshop was attended by p... read more

Yemen

The Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) in Yemen organized a local training session on 6-9 February 2010 in Aden (Yemen), with the support of the “Article 13 Alliance” and in cooperation with the Middle East Partnership I... read more

Yemen

On 1 February 2010, the Yemeni Supreme Judicial Council decided to establish a specialized prosecution office to undertake cases investigated and referred by the Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC). The direction is to organize this new Office as a separate unit under the exi... read more

Libya

Libya and the UN Agency for Combating Drugs and Organized Crime signed an agreement to open a regional office in Tripoli to combat drugs and organized crime in the Arab Maghreb region. The UN regional office will provide technical support to countries in the region to combat organized crime, drug sm... read more

Iraq

The Public Integrity Commission in Iraq issued 1455 arrest warrants against persons involved in foreign, fraud, embezzlement and exploiting their occupational positions. The warrants were issued between January and July 2009. Of these, 615 judicial orders were executed, while 814 persons are detaine... read more

Iraq

The Integrity Committee of the Iraqi parliament announced that political and administrative obstacles block the continuation of interrogation government ministers suspected of corruption by parliament. Committee members, Alya Nasif, said that there is a process of encirclement of the parliament’s su... read more

Lebanon

The Lebanese Council of Ministers had approved on June 18, 2009 the amended draft law of illicit enrichment of law No. 154 of 1999. The draft law was referred on July 3, 2009 to the parliament. We present some main articles of this draft law: Article (1) defines funs acquired by means of illicit en... read more

Qatar

The Qatari Council of Ministers approved on May 24, 2009 a memorandum of understanding with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with regard to the technical assistance provided by the IMF to Qatar in the area of combating money laundering and terrorism financing. The Qatari cabinet also agreed to... read more

Arab Region

The Arab Organization for Democracy had organized in cooperation with the Arab Organization Against Corruption an experts group meeting in Beirut, Lebanon on May 15 and 16, 2009. The experts represented anti-corruption and transparency organizations from Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Kuwait. T... read more

Iraq

The chairman of the Integrity Committee in the Iraqi parliament asked the prime minister to replace some cabinet ministers who exhibited poor performance. He added that the Integrity committee intends to interrogate some ministers in the next legislative session with regard to administrative and fin... read more

United Arab Emirates

The public prosecutor in Dubai disclosed a corruption case that involves 12 persons led by Ex-minister for financial affairs and industry Dr. Mohammad Khalfan Kharbash who are accused of embezzling no less than 100 million Dirhams ($26 million) from Al-Diyar real estate company. Kharbash was chairma... read more

Iraq

Mehdi Saleh who is a member of the council of Diala province (East of Baghdad) said that an arrest warrant was issued on April 6, 2009 against the president of the council Ibrahim Bajlan for embezzling $ 130 million of public funds. Saleh said that the Integrity Committee discovered while auditing t... read more

Qatar

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani issued on April 5, 2009 the Decree No. 10 of 2009 approving Qatar's accession to the UN Convention for Combating Organized Crime Across National Borders of the year 2000. However, the Decree registered Qatar's reservation on the provisions of clau... read more

Lebanon

The special committee for investigating money laundering attached to Lebanon's Central Bank mentioned in its 8th annual report for the year 2008 that it had received 226 cases for investigation: 156 cases referred by local parties and 70 by external parties. The types of illegal activities were: 77... read more

Iraq

Iraqi parliamentary and political blocs demanded the disclosure of monetary wealth possessed by state officials, including officials in Kurdistan Region. The demands follow prime minister's Nouri Al-Maliki revealing that he possesses $427,000. The Iraqi National List Bloc asked the Integrity Commiss... read more

Lebanon

The Lebanese Society for Enhancing Transparency – No Corruption organized in cooperation with UNDP on March 25, 2009 a one day national conference titled "Towards a National Strategy for Combating Corruption". The conference was attended by Lebanese officials and representatives of diplomatic missio... read more

Saudi Arabia

The non-governmental Saudi Human Rights Society has demanded empowering the Anti-Corruption Commission to assume its role through providing it with human and financial resources. The Society said that government measures allowed certain groups to rapidly accumulate wealth through transforming family... read more

Iraq

The Iraqi Council of Ministers issued instructions to provincial councils to take back diplomatic and employment passports from chairpersons and members of the previous provincial councils. The instruction also ordered preventing those members from leaving the country until the investigations of fin... read more

Iraq

The Iraqi Council of Ministers gave instructions to all provincial councils to confiscate diplomatic and service passports from former chairpersons and members of the provincial councils as a measure to prevent suspects accused of financial and administrative corruption from traveling abroad until t... read more

Syria

In the past few weeks, Syria has witnessed an active government drive against administrative and financial corruption. The drive targeted the Customs Agency whereby a number of employees and the Director (Hassan Makhloof) were arrested. The Ministry of Finance ordered the confiscation of the fixed a... read more

United Arab Emirates

On Feb. 24, 2009, a first degree court in Dubai sentenced Ex-minister of State, Khalifa Bakheet, to 2 years in prison. Bakheet and 2 accomplices [an American and An Indian] attempted in 2007 to take over a big company owned by a Lebanese businessman... read more

Iraq

Six Iraqi religious figures warned Iraq Prime Minister, Nouri Al Maliki, of an increase in the corruption phenomenon in the country and called on him to take all measures to combat the phenomenon. In a statement distributed on February 5, 2009, after the end of meetings held in the Jordanian capital... read more

Yemen

A field study on the practice of Corruption in the Yemeni Civil Service was published by the official Yemeni News Agency "Saba'" on January 31, 2009. The study has shown that corruption is widespread among 42% of civil servants. The study found an inverse relationship between public office morality... read more

State of Palestine

The Alliance for Integrity and Accountability (AMAN) which presents the branch of Transparency International in Palestinian territories announced that corruption is widespread in these areas and takes several forms: abuse of public jobs for personal interests, embezzlement of public funds, bribery,... read more

Egypt

The criminal court of Cairo passed on September 25, 2008 imprisonment sentences with hard labour on ex-parliament member who belongs to the ruling party and 5 high officials of the "Petroleum Public Authority" who are accused of receiving together br... read more

Syria

An opinion poll published by “Al Thawra” official newspaper revealed that the vast majority of Syrians perceive corruption as widespread in state institutions, especially in the judicial system. According to the survey, 54% of Syrians consider corruption to be of large magnitude, whereas, 32% consid... read more

Sudan

The Ministry of Interior announced that it has arrested a group of suspects who had been smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars through Khartoum Airport for months. The group use international flights that land in other Sudanese cities, then take... read more

Yemen

A number of Yemeni journalists and writers announced on November 7, 2007 the formation of an alliance against corruption called “Journalists Against Corruption”. The founders defined the objective of the alliance as effective participation in combating corruption and enhancing the principles of good... read more

Yemen

The Yemeni Council of Ministers then approved on November 7, 2007 a new draft law for combating money laundering and financing of terrorism that was prepared by the Ministry of Finance and the Committee for Combating Money Laundering. The Council also approved submitting the draft law to the parliam... read more

State of Palestine

The Palestinian government approved on August 27, 2007 a law for combating money laundering, in the absence of the legislative council which is paralyzed as a result of the conflict between its two major blocks of “Fateh” and the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS). The law prohibits trafficking in... read more

Morocco

Morocco signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption on 9 December 2003 and ratified it on 9 May 2007. ... read more

Jordan

Jordan’s Chamber of Deputies, convened in a special summer session, passed the Law to Combat Money Laundering on May 6, 2007. The law includes a wide variety of offenses, such as drug and human trafficking, arms smuggling, and prostitution, and imposes severe penalties for all involved, not just the... read more