Following the announcement by Swiss and US investigators of criminal proceedings against FIFA for alleged money laundering in connection with the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and allegations of “systematic” corruption in the United States and Latin America, Transparency International has said Sepp Blatter must now stand down and upcoming presidential elections suspended.

On 3 June 2014, Transparency International Canada (TI-Canada) held its Fourth Annual Day of Dialogue: Spotlight on Corruption, in Toronto.

Dear Transparency International Canada Colleagues:

Today, the Resource Revenue Transparency Working Group (RRTWG) released its recommendations for the development of mandatory payment transparency standard for all publicly-traded mining companies in Canada.

The TI-Canada Anti-Corruption Compliance Checklist Third Edition (ACC) is now available at the following link: click here. The risk management tools, which make up the ACC, are relevant to corporations of any size, are available at no cost and are flexible to be tailored for business purposes.

Dear TI-Canada Colleagues:

Recently, three books have been written by individuals in the Transparency International community: Laurence Cockcroft: Global Corruption: Money, Power, and Ethics in the Modern World. Global Corruption represents the author's accumulated experience working extensively in the developing world, co-founding TI and developing strategies to combat governmental and corporate indifference to corruption issues in both the developed world and developing world.

As the year draws to a close, we wish to share a few things with you: