Why are three of the world’s richest countries doing so little to stop corruption?

Gabon Refers Itself to the ICC as Others Threaten to Withdraw https://t.co/7VI7gEUMYg by Steven Lamony via @MarkKersten
— Leni Kinzli (@LKinzli) 19. Oktober 2016
Just finished hosting the 2016 NATO Legal Practitioners Workshop: 80+ lawyers from 60+ legal offices coming together to share experience pic.twitter.com/9qwUtuUyw7
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More pushback in PH agt Duterte. PH“won the PCA arbitration. It should, at the very least, not behave like it lost“ https://t.co/iNEbSvmitw — Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 19. Oktober 2016
Why are three of the world’s richest countries doing so little to stop corruption? | Space for Transparency https://t.co/R6ae7oZh4E — Hans-Rudolf Scheller (@schellerfamily1) 19. Oktober 2016
For instance, accountants in Canada and real estate agents in Austria did not file any suspicious reports in the most recent year data was available.
The question remains, however, whether the world’s richest countries have the will to effectively address illicit flows at home, or whether they will continue to pass the buck waiting for other countries to show leadership.
The revenues lost by poor countries through tax dodging alone are estimated at US$ 160 billion every year, money which could be used to build thousands of schools and hospitals.
#Austria, #Canada & #Singapore – 3 of the world’s richest countries – are doing very little to stop #corruption: https://t.co/ChsqcfZynS — Transparency Int’l (@anticorruption) 19. Oktober 2016
UK may be adopting more expansive US definition of „imminence“ https://t.co/Gy0IvLtyiH — Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 19. Oktober 2016
International Law Applies ‘Pretty Well’ to Cyber War, Experts Find https://t.co/0BmQYLkIhG (quoting @Schmitt_ILaw among others) — Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 19. Oktober 2016
70th anniversary @NurembergAcadem @rutiteitel panel discussion https://t.co/BMRBKXmYmb@opiniojuris @OTJR_Oxford @DoughtyStIntl @jgmariner
— Ruti Teitel (@rutiteitel) 19. Oktober 2016
Entweder hat die EU Surkow von der Sanktionsliste gestrichen. Oder er ist illegal nach Berlin gekommen und die Sanktionen sind nichts wert. https://t.co/3sjvwKgZs0
— Birgit Schmeitzner (@BSchmeitzner) 19. Oktober 2016
Human Rights Watch’s #FreeThem #MukhammedBekjanov https://t.co/F7pUe52YWt via @YouTube
— Nadejda Atayeva (@AtayevaNadejda) 19. Oktober 2016
#Havel’s legacy is timeless, #DalaiLama tells Forum 2000 in #Prague https://t.co/d6pceZnFhp
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 19. Oktober 2016
Un pays ne peut être grand sans un idéal sportif. C’est un honneur de recevoir les médaillés de Rio au Sénat https://t.co/wlsDrzk8Wn
— Gérard Larcher (@gerard_larcher) 19. Oktober 2016

Ears tingling, #FirstCommittee? That’s a new wave of European campaigners strategizing from 3,530 miles away. https://t.co/dzslGz1JxU pic.twitter.com/jWaKg5RgA8 — IPPNW (@IPPNW) 19. Oktober 2016

Show us you’ll take a stand against #corrupt $$, @LeoDiCaprio! Sign the Declaration against Corruption: https://t.co/XG9etKx6KG – Please RT! pic.twitter.com/cHHbSAhYag — Transparency Int’l (@anticorruption) 19. Oktober 2016
Time to stop #corruption in urban development! Join us today at #Habitat3 in #Quito from 8-9am R3 main venue. #NewUrbanAgenda #landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/mHWsgucdnh — Transparency Int’l (@anticorruption) 19. Oktober 2016
Belgian MP @dirkvdmaelen submits parl question on allegations of US #depleteduranium use in #Syria: https://t.co/gjT2GCjxko #FirstCommittee pic.twitter.com/Zeu2UATlPO — ICBUW (@ICBUW) 19. Oktober 2016
Expropriate #Nestle well for community’s drinking water https://t.co/bTNwUsfpw8 #CentreWellington #Elora #Middlebrook — Council of Canadians (@CouncilofCDNs) 19. Oktober 2016
A close look at #CETA & its recent ‚interpretative declaration‘ shows that concerns are indeed well-founded. More at https://t.co/wJP2usPlJb pic.twitter.com/JcbKfZ6xWv
— CEO (@corporateeurope) 19. Oktober 2016
China wins WTO ruling against U.S. dumping rules https://t.co/IjMdePxdB3
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) 19. Oktober 2016
France: Equatorial Guinea’s World Court Case Is „flagrant and evident abuse of law.“ https://t.co/yN2zZsTfuH via @ABC
— Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 19. Oktober 2016
Australia denies torture claims on Nauru refugee camps https://t.co/B7aerKXWuJ Says @amnestyoz never tried to verify its allegations.
— Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 19. Oktober 2016
The Airstrike Killing Members of the Syrian Armed Forces was not an International Crime https://t.co/o8uYShHgVH #ejil:talk!
— Friends of Int’l Law (@fintlaw) 19. Oktober 2016
The ICC’s Al-Mahdi ruling protects cultural heritage, but didn’t go far enough https://t.co/IrJhLdWg9M via @TC_Africa
— Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 19. Oktober 2016
Welcome this report from @ahmedshaheed highlighting ongoing #torture in #Iran – one of @FreefromTorture priority countries https://t.co/Qy6HJWX2Yy
— Ann Hannah (@avh16) 19. Oktober 2016
Creative expression is not a crime! Health of imprisoned Rajabian brothers, on hunger strike, worsens in Iran: https://t.co/8Z9A4tGfYE
— Karin D Karlekar (@karinkarlekar) 19. Oktober 2016
New report on Iran #humanrights A/71/418 issued today by special rapporteur @ahmedshaheed w/Key findings & reccs to #UNGA71 #OHCHR #R2P https://t.co/4pahr2nPf4
— Jacob Blaustein Inst (@JBI_HumanRights) 19. Oktober 2016
.@LeoDiCaprio to give back dirty $$ allegedly embezzled from #Malaysia #1MDB – $61m funded „Wolf of Wall Street“! https://t.co/4auAR0rz0H
— Transparency Int’l (@anticorruption) 19. Oktober 2016
News Lens: World Bank, despite promises, finances big coal and industrial projects that threaten water, communities https://t.co/OVbilMXBFC
— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 19. Oktober 2016
US-Regierung akzeptiert Urteil gegen Zugriff auf EU-Daten nicht https://t.co/ayg6Ar5VEd
— derStandard.at/Web (@webstandardat) 19. Oktober 2016
.@GeorgeMonbiot on why ‚carbon neutral‘ aviation is a myth – and what this means for #heathrowexpansion vs #Gatwick https://t.co/gJXb2Xulmf
— CEO (@corporateeurope) 19. Oktober 2016
Japan, Russia may ink peace treaty without settling island ownership | Kyodo News https://t.co/z2xbyaxv6K
— Andrew S. Weiss (@andrewsweiss) 19. Oktober 2016
The Marshall Islands have shown themselves to be most courageous in standing up for all humanity. #goodbyenukes https://t.co/SySczdwkzN
— David Krieger (@DkriegerNAPF) 18. Oktober 2016
Telling that ICC’s first defection is Burundi, while one of its most recent „member states“, Palestine, is a non-state.
— Eugene Kontorovich (@EVKontorovich) 18. Oktober 2016
BURexit: Burundi’s withdraw from Int Crim Court is a major event, dealing a blow to its ideology of constant growth to global system.
— Eugene Kontorovich (@EVKontorovich) 18. Oktober 2016
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