How Africa’s richest woman bought her way out of scrutiny from Western banks
February 11, 2020Shruti Shah quoted in the Luanda Leaks story about the vulnerability of real estate to laundered money and the lack of due diligence by the real estate industry on buyer’s identities and the sources of their funds. Read more here
New – Coalition for Integrity Podcast on VA Ethics
February 11, 2020Virginia has done nothing to address the lack of enforcement power of its ethics agencies despite scoring in the bottom 10% of all states in the S.W.A.M.P Index. It is important that state ethics agencies have the power to independently investigate, hold public hearings, and issue subpoenas, reprimands, and fines. A toothless ethics agency cannot serve the public well. Michael Deal’s podcast interviewing Ms. Shah, President and CEO of the Coalition for Integrity and discussing the Coalition’s work to change dismal state of VA ethics is now live: http://democracy4change.org/virginia-among-the-worst-states-in-the-union-in-terms-of-ethics-and-transparency/
Virginia Flunks Latest Test of Ethics, Transparency
October 4, 2019The News and Advance in Virginia recently wrote an editorial inspired by Virginia’s performance in C4I’s report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies. Read more here.
WV ranks high in national survey of ethics enforcement, transparency
October 4, 2019The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported on the strong performance by West Virginia in C4I’s report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies. Read more here.
Virginia Gets Low Marks for Ethics Enforcement
October 4, 2019C4I CEO Shruti Shah was interviewed about the state of Virginia’s ethics agencies on Virginia Public Radio. Listen here.
In Vermont, ‘toothless ethics agency serves no purpose,’ says new report
October 4, 2019VTDigger covered Vermont’s performance in C4I’s report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies. Vermont has an ethics agency, but its power is so curtailed as to be entirely toothless. Read more here.
Nevada placed 8th in nationwide report for public sector ethics rule enforcement
October 4, 2019The Nevada Independent covered Nevada’s high score in C4I’s report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies. Read more here.
Politics is a swamp, but California and Washington get high marks for their ethics enforcers
October 4, 2019The Sacramento Bee recently covered C4I’s report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies, and specifically the positive performance of California and Washington in the report’s scoring. Read more here.
Which US state is least-equipped to fight corruption? Look away, Arizona and Wyoming
October 4, 2019Max de Haldevang of Quartz recently covered C4I’s report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies. Read more here.
Fix Virginia’s corruption problem
October 3, 2019C4I CEO Shruti Shah published an op-ed in the Washington Post discussing the dismal state of anticorruption enforcement in Virginia. Read more here.