Tips for Covering Corruption

Posted on April 2, 2001

Transparency International

• This international agency at www.transparency.org is the leading web site on government corruption.
• Every year they do a survey on corruption and rank the countries. The 2001 survey is at http://www.transparency.org/documents/cpi/2001/cpi2001.html#cpi and you can see where your country is ranked. The Corruption Perceptions Index 2001 ranks 91 countries. Almost two-thirds of the countries ranked in the new index score less than 5 out of a clean score of 10.
• You can consult the list of their national chapters to see if one is operating in your country at http://www.transparency.org/contact/index.html.
• Check out their Whats New page at http://www.transparency.org/whats-new/index.html to see the latest and archived press releases.
• They also have an excellent list of links at http://www.transparency.org/site-tools/links.html and you can see if there are resources or government bodies listed from your country

OECD:

• The main OECD anti-corruption site is at http://www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34855_1_1_1_1_1,00.html for policy briefs and reports.

OECD Money laundering:

• The OECD has excellent information from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering at http://www.fatf-gafi.org. You can consult press releases at http://www.fatf-gafi.org/Newsarchive_en.htm and also see if your country is one of those that has not complied with international standards (at http://www.fatf-gafi.org/NCCT_en.htm)

OECD AnCorr (Anti Corruption Online)

• AnCorr provides you with the latest news and development at http://www1.oecd.org/daf/nocorruptionweb/index.htm
• You can get a bibliography on books about the subject in your region at http://www1.oecd.org/daf/nocorruptionweb/worldregions.htm

United Nations Development Program

• From its main website on democratic governance at http://magnet.undp.org/, you can select any country and go to their website where you will find resources and news about your region

Other web resources for business criticism:

• Corpwatch at www.corpwatch.org
• See also our other resource page on Finding information on Countries