Corruption

The untold power of regular grand juries and special grand juries to independently conduct investigations and issue reports when federal prosecutors won't.

This Anti-Corruption Tracker focuses on the erosion or dismantling of oversight and accountability systems within the United States Executive Branch.

To maintain sanctions' effectiveness as a tool, governments should strive to implement them with clarity, consistency, and credibility.

State attorneys general and local district attorneys can take action to uphold the rule of law in the face of unlawful federal actions.

Trump's family is profiting spectacularly from proximity to power, providing an opening for a select committee to investigate, modeled after the 1975 Church Committee.

Bringing together expert analysis that traces this erosion, assesses the risks for democratic governance, and outlines pathways to rebuild or even reinvent these safeguards.

Domestic policy experts offer principles for reinvention meant to inform the work of policymakers, advocates, and governance rebuilders as they redesign federal institutions.

Hungary's anti-corruption win offers U.S. democracy advocates lessons, but success requires a credible messenger and a concrete plan.

With international support, the Haitian government is creating two courts designed to prosecute complex crimes like the 2018 massacre at La Saline. Vetting will be crucial.

Without robust safeguards, ramping up gold production in South Sudan could fuel corruption, money laundering, and conflict.

The single most important move the U.S. could make to aid Venezuela would be to lift all remaining economic sanctions on the country while maintaining some on individuals.

Just Security and Perry World House bring together experts to examine how sanctions and anti-corruption policy interact and how to make accountability tools more effective.