In a previous post for BriberyMatters, I covered the so-called Flamingo Revolution protests, which erupted in Albania against the construction of two resorts, one on a stretch of formerly-protected coastline and the other on a nearby island that was formerly a military site. For this second part of the series, to better understand the underlying dynamics of the situation, I spoke with Esmeralda Ballesha, an Albanian consultant with deep experience in governance, business deve

In December 2025, I wrote about my discussion with Daniel Haberly, an expert in illicit financial flows based at the University of Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption (CSC), regarding how to map the networks that facilitate flows of corrupt funds around the world. In this second piece from our conversation, I drill down into his 2023 paper Corruption, Shell Companies, and Financial Secrecy: Providing an Evidence Base for Anti-Corruption Policy...