EU Commission scrutinises Golden Visas, NGO links to risks (Update 2)
(Updates with EU Commission comment in third paragraph) The European Commission will plan a report about schemes of member states that allow foreign investors to...
Transparency International
Global anti-corruption-watchdog upgrades Cyprus
Transparency International, the global anti-corruption watchdog, promoted Cyprus to rank 42 in its 2017 Corruption Perception Index from 45 the year before as the island...
Transparency International ditches Cypriot branch in money laundering spat
By Stelios Orphanides The non-governmental organisation (NGO) Transparency International has denied official membership status to its Cypriot branch due to fundamental disagreements regarding anti-money laundering work, prompting...
Cyprus ranked top by Transparency International
Cyprus ranked top for transparency in a recent report by Transparency International, disclosing the most complete set of anti-money laundering (AML) data among 12 countries...
Cyprus still haunted by money laundering claims
Cyprus’ reputation is taking a hammering abroad with past sins related to money laundering being rehashed and presented as current realities as US media dig...
FIFA faces day of reckoning as threats mount
The spotlight at next week’s FIFA Congress will fall on the presidential election – but the real key to the future of football’s beleaguered governing...
Corruption watchdog ranks Cyprus as 32nd (Updated)
Cyprus’ score slipped further on the corruption perception index in 2015, now ranking 32nd among 168 countries with an average score of 61 out of...
Our View: Law to protect whistleblowers is just half the battle
JUSTICE minister Ionas Nicolaou told a conference organised by Transparency International that the government has prepared a bill designed to protect whistleblowers as part of...
Cyprus maintains 31st place on corruption perception index
By Angelos Anastasiou Cyprus’ rating on perceived corruption has remained unchanged since 2013, tied at 31st place countries with Botswana, Portugal and Puerto Rico among...
Transparency International to set up anti-graft hotline
By Marie Kambas THE CYPRUS branch of Transparency International, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the fight against corruption, will launch an anti-corruption hotline on October...
Whistleblowers to be protected
By Constantinos Psillides The Cyprus branch of Transparency International announced yesterday the creation of a whistleblower protection service. The service is to be made available...
Our View: Institutionalised corruption must be eliminated from public education
TRANSPARENCY International released a report on corruption in education. The report lists the different forms of corruption that plague education systems all over the world...
Corruption seen to be on the rise
By Peter Stevenson NINETY-nine per cent of Cypriots believe that political parties on the island are corrupt, while 94 per cent believe the police force...
