Corruption

An understaffed agency vital to U.S. security desperately needs a bigger budget.

How the United States’ legal community became global oligarchs’ most useful enablers.

To counter China in the region, the United States should fight corruption and abuses while increasing investment and security cooperation.

If the government continues to pile up debt without necessary reforms, it will set its economy on the road to ruin.

South Africa’s former president failed to show up at a corruption inquiry. The country’s Constitutional Court is now deciding whether he should be arrested.

Corruption runs rampant in most countries, and that has big impacts on things like health care.

Netanyahu is courting Arab voters in a bid to win the election, curry favor with Biden, save the Abraham Accords, and stay out of prison.

To stop drug traffickers, criminals, and kleptocrats from laundering their loot, the United States and EU must join forces.

History shows that holding former leaders to account pays off—if it’s done in the right way.

If the U.S. president-elect is serious about restoring the rule of law and democracy, he needs to first tackle the global menace of graft.

A dozen wealthy donor states press the United Nations Development Program to investigate allegations that funds were misappropriated from a Russia climate program it managed.

Corruption, oligarchs, and media concentration have weakened Bulgarian democracy.

The protests that began as a movement against police brutality have much bigger goals—including regime change.

New data exposes the long reach of foreign oligarchs in the world of philanthropy.

Demonstrations against police brutality—organized on social media and powered by artists and musicians—have shown Nigeria’s youth that they have the power to change society.

The country needs stronger institutions to bolster public confidence in the democratic system. The international community can help.

Members of the criminal underworld have long turned to politics to avoid prosecution. Ousting one set of corrupt leaders in favor of another won’t end the country’s crisis.

Elliott Broidy and others are connected to globe-spanning scandals.