Promoting accountability and transparency during the pandemic / Anti-Corruption Heroes Need Help too / Corruption prosecutions nearly double in China over last year

COVID-19: Promoting accountability and transparency during the pandemic (blog). “Countries cannot ignore corruption during the COVID-19 response. Even in ordinary times, research has shown that corruption in the health sector causes losses of $455 billion per year and, according to OECD estimates, up to US$2 trillion of procurement costs could be lost to corruption. How do we consider this reality during a global pandemic, when there are increased opportunities for corruption to take place, while at the same time not compromising an effective public health response?” 

 

Aneta Wierzynska, David Clarke, Mark DiBiase & Anga Timilsina / HSGOV Collab: https://hsgovcollab.org/en/blog/covid-19-promoting-accountability-and-transparency-during-pandemic 

 

 

Anti-Corruption Heroes Need Help too. “Major institutions are increasingly recognising the role that civil society organisations (CSOs) can play in supporting government accountability, but without the conditions in which to thrive, civic monitoring can be dangerous or downright impossible.” 

 

Maximilian Heywook / Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/anti-corruption-heroes-need-help-too 

 

 

Corruption prosecutions nearly double in China over last year. “The number of prosecutions related to corruption in China nearly doubled last year, according to a report by Beijing's top prosecutor, as President Xi Jinping ramped up his crackdown on graft. According to the annual report from the Supreme People's Procuratorate submitted to the national parliament, 18,585 people were prosecuted for crimes related to corruption in 2019, a 90 per cent year-on-year increase.” 

 

CNA: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/corruption-prosecutions-nearly-double-in-china-over-last-year-12769846