As world military spending hits all-time high, findings from Transparency International highlight urgent need for transparency and accountability April 24, 2024 – Rising military expenditure is outpacing countries’...
April 11, 2024 – New research from Transparency International warns that the United States is ignoring potentially dangerous corruption risks around opaque defence contract payments (aka ‘offsets’) that threaten...
March 6, 2024 – Following the acquittal of two men charged with paying bribes to secure and maintain a major multi-billion-pound defence contract with Saudi Arabia, a full independent...
Revelation highlights danger of collusion in arms procurement February 2, 2024 – Responding to reports that officials in Ukraine had uncovered a mass procurement fraud in the country’s...
January 18, 2024 – Transparency International Defence & Security welcomes the seizure of $8.9million that was siphoned off by corrupt Nigerian officials from funds meant to be used to...
Transparency International highlights key areas for anti-corruption efforts January 15, 2024 – Following the elections in Taiwan, Ara Marcen Naval, Head of Advocacy at Transparency International Defence &...
December 5, 2023 – Four of the world’s 10 biggest arms producers listed in new research from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) show a concerning lack of...
Michael Ofori-Mensah, Head of Research at Transparency International Defence and Security, describes some of the dangers documented in our latest research paper. Unaccountable private military and security companies continue...
Transparency International Defence & Security will release the full results of its Government Defence Integrity Index on Tuesday, November 16 at 00.01 CET. The Government Defence Integrity Index (GDI)...
May 6, 2021 – Close links between the defence industry and governments in Europe are jeopardising the integrity and accountability of national security decisions, according to a new report...
New report warns close relationships and weak regulations leave door open to undue influence 28 April, 2021 – A close relationship between the defence industry and the Italian...
By Ara Marcen Naval, Head of Advocacy – Transparency International Defence & Security Nearly three-quarters of the world’s largest defence companies show little to no commitment to tackling...