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Corruption in defence and security heightens conflict risks, wastes public resources, and exacerbates human insecurity. Events such as the collapse of the Afghan security forces and fall of Afghanistan, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and a spate of coups across Africa, have brought these linkages into sharp relief, and shone a glaring light on the need for change.

Transparency International Defence & Security is a leading centre of excellence and advocacy on these issues. Part of the global Transparency International Movement, we are working to bring corruption in defence and security out of the shadows. We champion transparency, and mobilise national and international action to build integrity and better security for all.

We work to strengthen defence integrity in a number of countries and contexts worldwide. Find out more about where we work.

Responsible Defence Governance

Establishing best practice and global norms on responsible governance that ensure integrity, transparency and accountability in the defence sector.

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Conflict & Insecurity

Raising awareness of corruption as a threat to peace and security and helping to build the integrity of national and international defence institutions.

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Industry Integrity

Tackling corruption in the global arms trade by strengthening anti-corruption and corporate transparency standards in defence industry and procurement systems.

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View our renowned indices, used by militaries, governments, industry, civil society, and the international community to measure and understand defence corruption risk.

GovernmentDefenceIntegrityIndex

The Government Defence Integrity Index assesses the existence, effectiveness and enforcement of institutional and informal controls to manage corruption risk in national defence institutions.

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DefenceCompaniesIndex

The Defence Companies Index on Anti-Corruption and Corporate Transparency measures the transparency and quality of ethics and anti-corruption programmes in the world's largest defence companies.

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News

26.09.2024 Strengthening accountability in defence & security: Details of our upcoming access to information report

Access to information is a cornerstone of healthy, accountable and transparent societies and essential for democracy.    By improving the public’s ability to obtain and use government-held information, citizens are...

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17.09.2024 Event: The Missing Element – how addressing corruption can improve peace, security and development

Join us in New York for our Summit of the Future Action Days side event. Date: Thursday, September 19 Time: 09:00 EDT Location: Millennium Hilton New York, One UN...

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08.08.2024 A year after Niger’s coup: corruption, violence and human insecurity. What now?

A year on from the coup d’etat in Niger, Denitsa Zhelyazkova looks back at what has changed so far and what needs to happen to address corruption in the...

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01.08.2024 Militarisation, corruption, and democracy in Venezuela

Ara Marcen Naval examines how Venezuela’s military entrenchment in government and the economy undermines democracy and fuels corruption, and highlights the urgent need for transparency and civilian oversight.  ...

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31.07.2024 Corruption, the defence and security sector, and sexual and gender-based violence

This is a summary of a longer piece by our Defence & Security Gender Specialist, Sabrina White. You can read the full version here.   Corruption has gender dynamics...

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30.07.2024 Transparency International highlights risk of diminished state cooperation on West Africa’s regional security

July 30, 2024 – Transparency International Defence & Security (TI-DS) expresses deep concern that the potential ‘disintegration’ of state cooperation in West Africa could exacerbate conflict in the already...

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