Corruption Perceptions Index 2019 - Executive Summary

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL 28 20 Fact Coalition, Incorporation Transparency , https://thefactcoalition. org/issues/incorporation- transparency 21 Bloomberg, Trump Team’s Conflicts and Scandals: An Interactive Guide , March 2019, https://www. bloomberg.com/graphics/trump- administration-conflicts/ 22 The New York Times. T rump ‘Ignored and Injured’ the National Interest, Democrats Charge in Impeachment Articles , December 2019, https://www.nytimes. com/2019/12/10/us/politics/trump- impeachment-articles.html 23 Politico. GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert publicly identifies person purported to be whistleblower , December 2019, https://www.politico.com/ news/2019/12/11/gohmert- whistleblower-impeachment-083234 24 France, Guilherme, Brazil: setbacks in the legal and institutional anti-corruption frameworks . Transparency International, November 2019, https://www. transparency.org/whatwedo/ publication/brazil_setbacks_in_ the_legal_and_institutional_anti_ corruption_frameworks 25 Martini, Maíra, B razil’s Supreme Court halts anti-money laundering investigations , July 2019, https:// voices.transparency.org/the-role-of- financial-intelligence-units-and-the- fight-against-corruption-in-brazil- e745f1c8e749 26 Folha de Sao Paulo, Dodge compara STF a ‘tribunal de exceção’ e vê inquérito das fake news como ilegal , August 2019, https://www1.folha. uol.com.br/poder/2019/08/dodge- compara-stf-a-tribunal-de-excecao- e-ve-inquerito-das-fake-news-como- ilegal.shtml 27 Freedom House, Regions: Asia- Pacific , 2019, https://freedomhouse. org/regions/asia-pacific 28 The Conversation, Australia’s political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform , September 2018, https://theconversation. com/australias-political-lobbying- regime-is-broken-and-needs-urgent- reform-123003 29 Quartz, Here’s why India’s electoral bonds make political funding even more opaque , April 2019, https://qz.com/ india/1593577/modis-electoral-bonds- make-2019-indian-election-funding- opaque/ 30 Asia Times, End of an anti- corruption era in Indonesia , January 2020, https://www.asiatimes. com/2020/01/article/end-of-an-anti- corruption-era-in-indonesia/ 31 Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jokowi 2.0: Policy, Politics, and Prospects for Reform , October 2019, https://www. csis.org/analysis/jokowi-20-policy- politics-and-prospects-reform 32 The Jakarta Post, Indonesia has reasons for optimism despite democratic setbacks , December 2019, https://www.thejakartapost. com/news/2019/12/10/indonesia- has-reasons-for-optimism-despite- democratic-setbacks.htm l 33 Brookings Institution, The Anatomy Of Illiberal States: Assessing And Responding To Democratic Decline In Turkey And Central Europe , February 2019, https://www.brookings.edu/ wp-content/uploads/2019/02/illiberal- states-web.pdf 34 International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, The Global State of Democracy 2019 , November 2019, https://www.idea.int/ publications/catalogue/global-state- of-democracy-2019 35  Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2019: Uzbekistan , February 2019, https://freedomhouse. org/report/freedom-world/2019/ uzbekistan 36 OCCRP, Armenia Continues Systemic Anti-Corruption Campaign , July 2018, https://www.occrp.org/ en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/8395- armenia-continues-systemic-anti- corruption-campaign 37 OECD, Anti-corruption reforms in Armenia: 4th round of monitoring of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan , July 2018, https://www.oecd.org/ corruption/acn/OECD-ACN-Armenia- 4th-Round-Monitoring-Report-July- 2018-ENG.pdf 38 Transparency International Armenia, Statement on International Anti-corruption Day , December 2019, https://transparency.am/en/news/ view/2943 39 Financial Times, Kosovo ‘enslaved from within’ by corruption, says incoming PM , December 2019, https:// www.ft.com/content/ddc2f794-060e- 11ea-a984-fbbacad9e7dd 40 Al Jazeera, ‘New chapter’: What a left-wing victory means for Kosovo , October 2019, https://www. aljazeera.com/indepth/features/ chapter-left-wing-victory-means- kosovo-191007084722337.html 41 Transparency International, Global Corruption Barometer – Middle East and North Africa 2019 , December 2019, https://www.transparency.org/ gcb10/middle-east-and-north-africa 42  International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, The Global State of Democracy 2019 , November 2019, https://www.idea.int/ publications/catalogue/global-state- of-democracy-2019 43  Independent Arabia, We are headed towards a “mafia state” , May 2019, http://bit.ly/2sssRW8 44 Mosaique FM, Rahmani: These are the reasons for the slow pace of the recovery of looted funds , June 2019, http://bit.ly/2FL8aaQ 45 Al-Quds-Al-Arabi, Was the independence of the judicial council achieved after the revolution? , September 2019, http://bit.ly/30lsidi 46 The Guardian, Saudi Arabia claims anti-corruption purge recouped $100bn , January 2018, https://www. theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/30/ anti-corruption-purge-nets-more- than-100bn-saudi-arabia-claim s