Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a radical shift in the UK’s use of sanctions, as the UK scaled up its ambition for this key tool of...
In July 2024, Spotlight on Corruption and Malawian NGO Youth and Society wrote a joint letter to the National Crime Agency (NCA) concerning compensation for the overseas victims of alleged...
Exactly two years ago in a packed London courtroom, Glencore pleaded guilty to paying $29 million in bribes to benefit from special oil deals in five African countries. Although the...
Joint press statement As a broad coalition of civil society organisations, we call on the Federal Government of Nigeria to publish its $50 million settlement with Glencore International A.G. and...
Spotlight on Corruption and Transparency International UK have called for a National Audit Office inquiry into the alleged involvement of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in the bribery scandal revealed...
As regular observers of court proceedings, our experience is that the public access rights which flow from the principle of open justice are not always a practical reality. The most frequent and frustrating challenge we encounter in this regard relates to our requests for non-party access to court documents.
Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill has responded to the recent letter sent by Spotlight on Corruption and the other members of the Courts and Tribunals Observers’ Network pointing...
Today two men, Jeffrey Cook and John Mason, were acquitted of making corrupt payments between 2007 and 2012 in relation to a major bribery scheme involving UK government defence contracts...
