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Our Director Mark Pyman, one of our senior advisors Sir Stewart Eldon, and our project officer Tiffany Clarke visited the United States in October 2011 to attend the annual meeting of IFBEC (The International Forum on Business Ethical Conduct), and to speak at a number of seminars at George Washington University.

The consequences of police corruption are undeniable and unacceptable. When institutions tasked with protecting our rights and preventing corruption do not act with integrity, it is citizens that ultimately suffer. The following article explores how failure of the police to act in the public interest facilitates human rights abuses, opens the door to political repression and provides an environment in which organised crime can flourish.

http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2011/crossing_the_line

The Norwegian Ambassador to the UK's opening words where a reflection of the debate that took over his residence on Tuesday 28. The launch of Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme’s latest report 'Codes of Conduct in Defence Ministries and Armed Forces: What Makes a Good Code of Conduct?' saw a high-profile panel addressing the issue of how to foster good practices in the defence sector.

Welcome to the Transparency International Defence and Security Programme’s (TI DSP) new website. We hope that this site will become a central resource for those interested in defence and security corruption issues. It is aimed at members of governments, the armed forces, civil society, defence companies, and academics, and we have sought to provide information on defence and security corruption and tools to address the corruption risks that arise in the defence and security sector.

Here are a few of the new features