Financial Transparency Coalition

In response to a recent report from Human Rights Watch highlighting widespread corruption in the oil-rich nation of Equatorial Guinea, the country’s government has lashed back, calling such accusations by human rights groups “blackmail.”

A British bridge manufacturing company is set to make legal history by pleading guilty to overseas corruption charges at a London court on Friday, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

In a detailed critique of modern social, economic and environmental problems, delivered on the eve of a summit of the G8 leaders in Italy, Pope Benedict XVI warned that globalisation risked triggering a worldwide crisis.

Task Force member Global Financial Integrity echoed the sentiments of other civil society organizations today, including Task Force member Tax Justice Network, in condemning the harassment of Cameroonian journalist Jean-Bosco Talle for his part in fighting corruption in the West African nation. From GFI's statement:

Following publication of the report “Biens mal acquis” or “Ill-Gotten Gains,” by the French non-profit organization Catholic Committee against Hunger and for Development (CCFD) last month, Mr. Talla, editor of the Cameroonian newspaper Germinal, has been harassed and his life has been threatened. The report presents estimates for...