In November 2024, South Africa became the first African country to assume the presidency of the Group of 20 (G20), a term that ran from December 1, 2024, through November 30, 2025. As part of those duties, the country chaired the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG), kicking off implementation of the 2025-2027 Action Plan, adopted by the G20 in Brazil in 2024. In October 2025, the ACWG released its Chair’s Statement...

In a recent post, we discussed how FIFA structures World Cup hosting arrangements so that downside risk is borne locally while control remains centralized. Municipal tax allocation provided a clear illustration; even where taxes are legally imposed on FIFA or its subsidiaries, host cities agree by contract to absorb the resulting cost.

The concept that law does not keep pace with technology is decades-old, as legislators, policymakers and regulators struggle to understand complex and fast-evolving realities, and to pass and implement the necessary oversight measures. The same can also be said of corporate governance, compliance programs, and the informal norms of business standards, ethics and integrity. Moreover, the idea that the rate of technological change is exponential – Moore’s law – implies that tec

When the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January 2026 and then Vice President Delcy Rodríguez assumed the role of Acting President, Transparency International called for “restoring democracy… protect[ing] the rights of Venezuelans and address[ing] the country’s entrenched corruption crisis.”

Annual compliance training used to be conducted by sitting down at a desktop with a series of hour-long courses that you had to complete all in one sitting.  But through studies and research, we have found that this is actually an inefficient way to truly learn much of anything. So, what is the solution? Making training like a classroom.

The TRACE team hosts webinars for our membership community throughout the year, and this time of year is always a favorite of mine.  During the first months of the year, the team works with experts in the field of compliance throughout the world to reflect on the past year's anti-corruption enforcement actions, while predicting what could happen in the year ahead.  Each region brings different areas of focus and different expectations of individuals working for an organ