Human Rights Watch: Corruption Means More Than Bribes and Payoffs
December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 10 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 9:
The recent passing of James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005, offers a moment to reflect on global progress in the fight against corruption. That his 1996 speech decrying the "cancer of corruption" broke a taboo offers a benchmark for how far we've come as we mark this year's International Anti-Corruption Day.
Today, governments and international finan . . .
The recent passing of James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005, offers a moment to reflect on global progress in the fight against corruption. That his 1996 speech decrying the "cancer of corruption" broke a taboo offers a benchmark for how far we've come as we mark this year's International Anti-Corruption Day.
Today, governments and international finan . . .