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1/Today is International Anti-Corruption Day. With the second wave of the pandemic in full force, this year has highlighted the need to fight corruption.
Here's why

#UnitedAgainstCorruption

1/Today is International Anti-Corruption Day. With the second wave of the pandemic in full force, this year has highlighted the need to fight corruption.Here's why #UnitedAgainstCorruption

2/Organized criminal networks are positioning themselves to capture state institutions and contracts – enriching themselves at the expense of the public.
We documented this both in our #Covid Crime Watch newsletter and podcast series. https://bit.ly/3qAl3e1

#CovidCrimeWatch | Global Initiative

#CovidCrimeWatch explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on illicit economies across the globe. Every week we will publish a selection of...

https://bit.ly/3qAl3e1

3/As @Sarah_Chayes put it in her article, Look Out, Corruption Ahead, "an emergency offers unparalleled opportunities for the coordinated looting of public coffers…Tested procedures are ignored... Exhausted decision makers, pressured to do something, miss crucial details”

4/Recent revelations by the @GoodLawProject in the UK highlighted that a number of lucrative contracts to provide PPE to the National Health Service were awarded to companies that had only been established a few weeks earlier.

5/ . @interpol described the vaccine as “liquid gold” to organized criminals. Corruption poses a great threat to the distribution of the vaccine.
Why?

The procurement process of the vaccine is an opportunity for corrupt officials to give support and finance to organized crime groups

Dangerous counterfeit vaccines are likely to appear

Vaccines could be diverted from central distribution hubs to criminal groups

7/Today we take a strong stand against corruption.
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newsletter by @LyesTagziria https://bit.ly/3mZAD0w

#CovidCrimeWatch - Autumn | Global Initiative

In this edition of the #CovidCrimeWatch newsletter, published in the week of International Anti-Corruption Day, we feature of a number of stories from across the world on the issue of irregularities...

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