Fighting Kleptocracy

Andrew Wilson in the CIPE:
The world — including global financial centers — needs to come together to fight kleptocracy. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Corruption is often thought of as an individual problem where a corrupt official abuses his or her government position for personal gain. But what happens when an entire government, or the ruling class of an entire country, is engaged in corruption? When corruption becomes systematic and institutionalized, the damage is much greater – and the tools to fight it increasingly require international cooperation...[more]