https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/12/11/fact-sheet-u-s-leadership-in-the-fight-against-global-corruption/
Corruption poses an existential threat to prosperity, security, and democracy - for Americans and for people around the world. When officials steal from their citizens or oligarchs flout the

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/03/fact-sheet-establishing-the-fight-against-corruption-as-a-core-u-s-national-security-interest/
Hold Corrupt Actors Accountable. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to taking new steps to hold accountable corrupt individuals, transnational criminal organizations, and other actors

https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/07/27/building-momentum-in-u.s.-fight-against-corruption-pub-85036
This declaration reflects a long overdue recognition of the importance of anti-corruption efforts to the U.S foreign policy agenda, not to mention its relevance to Biden's commitment to forge a foreign policy that serves the American middle class. If early days are any indication, the U.S. government intends to match rhetoric with action.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/06/03/background-press-call-by-senior-administration-officials-on-the-fight-against-corruption/
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: So, as I mentioned earlier, the anti-corruption agenda will be front and center in the Vice President's upcoming trip. And, across the board, we are engaging

https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/07/22/anti-corruption-agenda-for-middle-class-pub-84996
Viewing the U.S. anti-corruption agenda through the lens of a "foreign policy for the middle class"—which this article seeks to do—has significant implications for which policy areas receive emphasis. New priority topics, as discussed below, could be real estate transparency, foreign bribery, health governance, and the weaponization of

https://financialtransparency.org/us-anti-corruption-agenda-summit-democracy-year-action-challenges-ahead/
At the US Summit for Democracy in December 2021, the Biden administration made a series of ambitious policy commitments aimed at fighting corruption globally.The release of the first-ever nationwide Strategy on Countering Corruption was a welcome step, as it included both domestic and cross-border initiatives. Importantly, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recognizing in her Summit

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-the-us-global-anticorruption-agenda
President Obama and the U.S. Government continue to drive a robust agenda to stem corruption around the world and hold to account those who exploit the public's trust for private gain. Preventing corruption preserves funds for public revenue and thereby helps drive development and economic growth. By contrast, pervasive corruption siphons

https://press.un.org/en/2021/ga12329.doc.htm
Outlining the country's "Action 21" agenda and its first-ever Anti-Corruption Plan, he said it comprises systemic measures for crucial reforms and is based on digitalization, digital transformation, mechanisms for checking the origin of property and capital and the confiscation of illegally acquired property. It also centres on

https://www.undp.org/blog/important-opportunity-shape-global-anti-corruption-agenda
Working closely with governments, other UN agencies, the private sector, civil society and communities, UNDP promotes transparency, accountability and anti-corruption for all sustainable development efforts, guided by the 2030 Agenda and the UN Convention against Corruption, in line with the UN common position to address global corruption.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/12/why-fighting-corruption-is-key-to-addressing-the-world-s-most-pressing-problems/
This year's Anti-Corruption Day should highlight how anti-corruption efforts can make crisis management more effective. This Friday, International Anti-Corruption Day is a time to recognise that corruption is at the centre of many of the world's most pressing problems. Economic, political, social, and environmental challenges can only be

https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/congressional-testimony/mar-21-2024-implementation-us-anti-corruption-strategy
Deepening and accelerating integration of anti-corruption across sectors is central to USAID's anti-corruption agenda. Our Global Health colleagues, for example, are applying an anti-corruption lens to programming in a sector where, globally, corruption drives an estimated loss of $500 billion per year. USAID has provided technical assistance

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/fighting-corruptions-threat-to-democracy/
The third Summit for Democracy takes place March 18 to 20, in Seoul, South Korea. The theme of the summit is democracy for future generations. To talk about the summit's critical importance. I

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/24/fact-sheet-us-global-anticorruption-agenda
President Obama and the U.S. Government continue to drive a robust agenda to stem corruption around the world and hold to account those who exploit the public's trust for private gain. Preventing corruption preserves funds for public revenue and thereby helps drive development and economic growth. By contrast, pervasive corruption siphons

https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/04/anti-corruption-paraguay-biden-us-policy/
October 4, 2022, 2:58 PM. U.S. President Joe Biden has defined the fight against global corruption as a "core United States national security interest" and made it an official priority for his

https://www.ohchr.org/en/good-governance/corruption-and-human-rights
Anti-corruption and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The United Nations Common position to address global corruption indicates that anti-corruption, rooted in SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Effective Institutions), is an enabler of the 2030 Agenda and an accelerator to the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1093232
The effects of corruption are "detrimental to all of society", the President of the UN General Assembly said on Wednesday during the first day of a special session convened to galvanize political will to fight the scourge. "We cannot pretend that there were no issues before the COVID-19 pandemic", said Volkan Bozkir.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/12/anti-corruption-transparency-restore-trust-in-leadership/
Through its Global Future Council (GFC) on Transparency and Anti-Corruption, PACI accelerated the implementation of the Agenda for Business Integrity, a four-pillar framework formulated by experts from different sectors that sets the tone for businesses on how to improve integrity.PACI is leading on collective action initiatives, for example on enlisting gatekeepers in the fight against

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/United-States-Strategy-on-Countering-Corruption.pdf
The first United States Strategy on Countering Corruption provides a comprehensive roadmap for how the United States will amplify its efforts domestically and internationally, with governmental

https://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-learning/anti-corruption-context-2030-agenda-sustainable-development
Demonstrate a clear understanding of dual role anti-corruption plays in the 2030 Agenda, both as a focus area in itself under SDG 16 and as a prerequisite to achieving all other SDGs. Identify different methods, tools and best practices to mainstream anti-corruption initiatives in sustainable development plans and programmes.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41253-020-00144-4
Corruption is one of today's most high-profile social ills and has become one of the world's most talked-about issues (Heywood 2015, 1).Long seen as a 'pathology of underdevelopment' (Gledhill 2004), corruption is understood today as a problem shared across societies, despite significant variations in scale and form.Not only is there a consensus on the fact that corruption exists in

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2716-1
Several forces drove the inclusion of corruption and corruption control in the development agenda. One was the so-called "third wave of democratization," which highlighted the importance of the role of the citizens in political decision-making and of their voice to criticize corruption and abuse of power (Rothstein 2011; Johnston and Fritzen 2021).

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/corruption-global-problem-statistics-cost/
2. Corruption, bribery, theft and tax evasion, and other illicit financial flows cost developing countries $1.26 trillion per year. That's roughly the combined size of the economies of Switzerland, South Africa and Belgium, and enough money to lift the 1.4 billion people who get by on less than $1.25 a day above the poverty threshold and keep them there for at least six years.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-corrupt-trial-desantis-gaetz-release-statements-on-trump-guilty-verdict/ar-BB1nlOWr
In America, the rule of law should be applied in a dispassionate, even-handed manner, not become captive to the political agenda of some kangaroo court. Here is the statement Gaetz posted to X:

https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2024/05/29/from-the-desk-of-were-letting-trump-distract-us-from-his-corrupt-anti-climate-agenda/
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-convicted-congressional-republicans-reaction/
Prominent Republicans derided the verdict in Donald Trump's New York "hush money" criminal trial on Thursday, sticking by their presumptive nominee for president as he was found guilty on all counts.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-05-30/trump-trial-verdict-voter-reaction
Franklin compared the long run-up to the verdict with the prolonged public debate that occurred during Trump's first impeachment, when the onetime reality TV host was accused of soliciting

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2024/05/30/kenya-afe-new-financing-to-address-fiscal-pressures-and-accelerate-inclusive-and-green-growth
Washington, May 30, 2024 — The World Bank has approved new funding to help Kenya address short-term fiscal pressures and simultaneously accelerate a more prosperous, green, and inclusive future.. The new $1.2 Billion Kenya Fiscal Sustainability and Resilient Growth Development Policy Operation (DPO), the first in a series of three, has been prepared under an improved macroeconomic

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-not-currently-planning-restart-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-tass-says-2024-05-28/
A view shows Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from the bank of Kakhovka Reservoir near the town of Nikopol, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine June 16, 2023.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/south-africa-election-2024-poll-164722474.html
Julius Malema - the radical agenda-setter. How do general elections work in South Africa? The proportion of seats that parties are allocated in the 400-member National Assembly is directly related to their share of the vote. In 2024, independent candidates were included for the first time. This meant that South Africans had three votes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/world/europe/blinken-ukraine-weapons-russia.html
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken made his remarks after some European leaders called on President Biden to lift the restrictions he has imposed on Ukraine's use of U.S. weapons.