Corruption

List of Corruption articles

Three people hold protest signs with slogans in Spanish denouncing Giammattei. One sign depicts Giammattei with red devil horns.
Three people hold protest signs with slogans in Spanish denouncing Giammattei. One sign depicts Giammattei with red devil horns.

Guatemala’s Anti-Corruption Star Dims

Once a laboratory for U.S.- and U.N.-backed anti-corruption efforts, the country is now backsliding.

Officials of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) address the crowd during a protest they called for over worsening economic woes and the arrest of a top union official, in Tunisia's second city of Sfax, on Feb. 18.
Officials of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) address the crowd during a protest they called for over worsening economic woes and the arrest of a top union official, in Tunisia's second city of Sfax, on Feb. 18.

Arab States’ Rigid Economies Are a Ticking Time Bomb

Regimes are rewarding economic insiders and ignoring outsiders at their peril.

Mourners attend the funeral for killed Ukrainian serviceman and anti-corruption activist Roman Ratushny (portrait) at a cemetery in Kyiv on June 18, 2022.
Mourners attend the funeral for killed Ukrainian serviceman and anti-corruption activist Roman Ratushny (portrait) at a cemetery in Kyiv on June 18, 2022.

War Hasn’t Deterred Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Fighters

Activists argue the struggles for state transparency and national liberation are one and the same.

A woman walks past a large, photorealistic mural of Khamenei.
A woman walks past a large, photorealistic mural of Khamenei.
Attorney César de Castro speaks to members of the media after a verdict was announced at the courthouse where the trial of former Mexican official Genaro García Luna was held in Brooklyn, New York, on Feb. 21.
Attorney César de Castro speaks to members of the media after a verdict was announced at the courthouse where the trial of former Mexican official Genaro García Luna was held in Brooklyn, New York, on Feb. 21.

Mexico’s ‘Trial of the Century’

What a New York court case revealed about the war on drugs.

Citizens take part in a protest in Petion Ville, Haiti, after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on July 8, 2021.
Citizens take part in a protest in Petion Ville, Haiti, after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on July 8, 2021.

Haiti Is on the Brink of State Failure

From criminal gangs to elite corruption, cascading ills are almost entirely homegrown.

Nicaraguan political prisoner Juan Sebastián Chamorro speaks to the press outside a hotel in Herndon, Virginia, on Feb. 9.
Nicaraguan political prisoner Juan Sebastián Chamorro speaks to the press outside a hotel in Herndon, Virginia, on Feb. 9.

Ortega Escalates His Repression

In an unprecedented step, Nicaragua moved to strip hundreds of dissidents and former political prisoners of their citizenship.

Protesters hold Israeli flags and placards while chanting slogans during a demonstration in Jerusalem.
Protesters hold Israeli flags and placards while chanting slogans during a demonstration in Jerusalem.

‘An Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis’

What Netanyahu’s assault on the Supreme Court means for Israel.

Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies, speaks during a joint signing ceremony for offshore gas exploration in Beirut on Jan. 29.
Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies, speaks during a joint signing ceremony for offshore gas exploration in Beirut on Jan. 29.

How Lebanon Can Unlock Its Oil and Gas Wealth

A new maritime deal with Israel could be an economic lifeline for Lebanon—if the government in Beirut can get its act together.

People stand in front of a huge mound of rubble.
People stand in front of a huge mound of rubble.

How Corruption and Misrule Made Turkey’s Earthquake Deadlier

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hollowed out state institutions, placed loyalists in key positions, and enriched his cronies—paving the way for this tragedy.

A beggar sells tissues along the fence of the historic Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo on Jan. 16.
A beggar sells tissues along the fence of the historic Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo on Jan. 16.

Egypt Needs Democracy to Fix Its Economy

Sisi’s mismanagement has plunged the country into crisis. Both political and economic reform is needed to save it.

A member of a social organization lies on the floor with a Mexican national flag in his chest to protest against Ciudad Juarez's drug gangs' violence, at the Angel de la Independencia Monument in Mexico City, on Feb. 6, 2010.
A member of a social organization lies on the floor with a Mexican national flag in his chest to protest against Ciudad Juarez's drug gangs' violence, at the Angel de la Independencia Monument in Mexico City, on Feb. 6, 2010.

Mexico’s Government Is on Trial in New York

A former Mexican security official’s corruption charges reveal the hidden politics of the drug trade.

Riot police stand with shields amid smoke.
Riot police stand with shields amid smoke.

The Real Reason Behind Peru’s Political Crisis

It can be boiled down to a single historical factor: corruption.

A South African flag waves next to electricity poles at the Frangipani Boerdery farm near Lichtenburg, South Africa, on Jan. 23.
A South African flag waves next to electricity poles at the Frangipani Boerdery farm near Lichtenburg, South Africa, on Jan. 23.

How South Africa’s Energy Crisis Became an Economic Crisis

Rolling power cuts, a failing grid, widespread coal theft, and corruption could pose a political threat to the African National Congress.

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