Spotlight on Corruption shines a light on the UK’s role in corruption at home and abroad.

Joint statement: UK acquittal of former Nigerian oil minister Alison-Madueke is no answer to wider corruption allegations

• Dr Helen Taylor

• Zainab Saleem

Last month a London jury acquitted Diezani Alison-Madueke, along with her brother Doye Agame and businesswoman Olatimbo Ayinde, of all bribery charges against them. This is a joint statement on behalf of ANEEJ, CISLAC / Transparency International Nigeria, HEDA Resource Centre, Spotlight on Corruption, and The Corner House (UK).

Press release: Covid-19 Inquiry reveals scale of UK pandemic PPE procurement failure

UK Anti-Corruption Coalition says the billions wasted, the VIP Lane, and the near-total lack of accountability must trigger urgent reform before the next crisis 

The lobbying review: a once-in-a-parliament opportunity to clean up lobbying

• Kamila Kingstone

The Ethics and Integrity Commission has published a landmark review, calling for sweeping reforms to lobbying and transparency rules. With trust in politicians at record lows, the government should crack on with implementing these recommendations, demonstrating its commitment to tackling undue influence and unfair access.

A safe place to spend, a hard place to prosecute: The London corruption trial of Alison-Madueke in global perspective

• Dr Helen Taylor

• Zainab Saleem

Our analysis traces the origins of this investigation and the twists and turns of a dramatic jury trial that culminated in the acquittal of a woman who wielded unprecedented power over Nigeria’s notoriously dysfunctional oil industry.

Dubai-based investment firm claims victim status in £30 million dirty money case

• Dr Helen Taylor

• Zainab Saleem

A major new McMafia order case was revealed yesterday, as a Dubai-based UK investment firm called Enspire Investments LLC approached the High Court claiming to be the victim of a complex fraud by the targets of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) who allegedly siphoned off their €45 million investment.

Beyond Covid fraud – the Government must go further to protect public money

• Dr Susan Hawley

The Government’s response to the Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner is out. Largely, the Government has accepted the Commissioner’s recommendations for tackling fraud. Disappointingly though, the Government rejected four of Tom Hayhoe’s 22 recommendations, which are critical to protecting public funds from fraud and corruption.