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Transparency International, a global coalition against corruption, has again ranked Nigeria as the 36th most corrupt country in the world. The country retrogressed from 140th in 2024 to 142nd out of ...

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Been turned down for a credit card? You're not alone: With rising delinquencies and a $1.18 trillion debt load, issuers have tightened underwriting standards and, in late 2025, about one in five ...

European Commission questions effectiveness of Malta's anti-corruption body over limited staff and lack of results An anti-graft body has lamented a lack of understanding in people’s minds about what ...

SINGAPORE – Singapore again emerged as the least corrupt country in the Asia-Pacific region in 2025, and the third-least corrupt nation in the world. It also earned these accolades in 2024. The ...

Matthew Schmitz is the editor of Compact. The scourge of rising antisemitism in recent years has found its latest manifestation in the government’s release of millions of files about sex offender ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Duncan Madden is a travel writer living in Köln, Barcelona and London. This is a big year for the U.S. In 2026, it celebrates the ...

The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople. The world’s ...

The Philippines fell six places to rank 120th out of 182 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index in 2025, as the flood control projects controversy was laid bare as one of the country's largest ...

Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies The UK and US have sunk to new lows in a global index of corruption, amid a “worrying ...

Berlin, 10 February 2026 – Corruption is worsening globally, with even established democracies experiencing rising corruption amid a decline in leadership, according to Transparency International’s ...