Exposing corruption with data leaks: the investigative journalists' experience

Roberta Diamond

Associate, Communications
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Biography

Explore the hidden world of corruption and greed with two investigative journalists who have uncovered major scandals through large data leaks. Discover how these revelations expose the money trails behind natural resource plunder in Central and East Africa and law enforcement's weakness and corruption in Latin America.

How to use China's anti-money laundering laws to fight the illegal wildlife trade?

Roberta Diamond

Associate, Communications
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Biography

At the next public meeting of the Follow-the-Money Working Group, Hsun-Wen (Linda) Chou, Anti-Money Laundering Project Manager at TRAFFIC China, will talk about the use of China’s anti-money laundering laws to combat the illegal trade in wild species.

Why should development banks engage in anti-corruption and Collective Action initiatives?

By Lisa Miller, Head of Integrity Compliance, World Bank Group.

Speaking at the Basel Institute’s International Collective Action Conference on 25–26 June 2024, Lisa Miller explained why preventing fraud and corruption is essential for development banks like the World Bank Group to achieve their missions – and how engaging in Collective Action with other stakeholders can help.

Managing corruption risks in the timber value chain: new three-country course in Latin America

Corruption in the timber trade is a serious threat, economically and environmentally. Forest-rich countries in Latin America are particularly exposed.

Those include Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, where our Green Corruption programme has been working with forestry authorities and environmental agencies to help them assess and mitigate corruption risks.

Working Paper 53: Good governance and the just transition: Implications for renewable energy companies

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead Communications and External Relations
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Biography

There is broad agreement that ensuring a just energy transition is key for achieving the trust and support from citizens needed to succeed with the green transition and the COP28 goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030.

New training on illicit enrichment rolled out in Malawi

Our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) has launched a new training programme on illicit enrichment.

Delivered for the first time in Malawi to 33 practitioners from a range of government agencies, the programme is designed to help practitioners gain the knowledge and skills to investigate and prosecute cases of unexplained wealth in line with local legislation and to recover any unjustified assets.