Quick Guide · 27 Feb 2025
Quick Guide 38: Border corruption
by Dr Jacopo Costa, Dr Saba Kassa · Published by Basel Institute on Governance
Border corruption – defined simply as an illegal exchange between border officials and private actors – is a complex phenomenon with serious impacts on safety, health and security. And stopping it isn’t as easy as just stepping up enforcement.
This Quick Guide covers the what, who and why of border corruption. It is based on deep research for the EU-funded FALCON project. More such research is needed to help design effective strategies to prevent corruption from undermining border security.
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