Transparency International ranks Pakistan 135th out of 180 countries on its Corruption Perceptions Index for last year. The ...

Not long ago I wrote about the dangers of an oligarchy, which is a government run by and for the wealthy. The dangers are found in various forms of corruption. Corruption is the great temptation of ...

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. This week, Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy spoke with ...

Throughout history, and particularly in the past 100 years, writers have warned of how power corrupts those who achieve it or inherit it. From the cruelest tyrants over the centuries to dictators (or ...

Whether he is launching cryptocurrency schemes or accepting a Qatari jumbo jet or issuing pardons for the relatives of major donors, Donald Trump has drawn frequent accusations of corruption in the ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been embroiled in a massive corruption scandal that threatens to undo his grip on power and tarnish the anti-corruption image he ran on. The National ...

During her remarks at a rally this week, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez torched the Trump Administration over what she labeled "an extreme concentration of power and corruption." Trump not ...

Corruption continues to plague Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with a regional average that remains one of the lowest on the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) at 35 out of 100. Across different ...

Rachida Dati, France's culture minister, will face trial for an accused of abuse of power and corruption while she was a member of the European Parliament (MEP), the AFP reported on Tuesday. Dati, 59, ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV touched on faith, power and corruption in the homily of the first Mass he celebrated after being elected pontiff. Here are some highlights. His first words in English as a ...

Berlin, 11 February 2025 - Global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering, according to the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released today by ...

Corruption has been a longstanding impediment to growth and development in Nigeria, siphoning public resources and eroding citizen trust in government institutions. In public service delivery, ...