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Sexual corruption, or sexual extortion - in which an abuse of power is coupled with a demand for a sexual favour – is widespread, yet it has long been a neglected and under-researched dimension of the global fight against corruption. To date, only four countries have explicitly criminalised this form of corruption in their domestic legislation, and perpetrators largely continue to act with impunity. Reporting sexual corruption is frequently met with indifference, a lack of em

Illicit wildlife trade is estimated to be worth hundreds of billions of pounds annually when accounting for trafficked mammals, fish, timber and other species. A growing body of research demonstrates strong links between wildlife trafficking and organised crime networks involved in drug trafficking, human trafficking and other serious transnational crimes. At the same time, biodiversity loss is accelerating rapidly. Despite the severity of this crisis, governments continue to

Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) refer to the cross-border movement of money that has been illegally earned, transferred or used. IFFs arise from different kinds of activities, such as cross-border tax avoidance, illegal commercial practices, criminal activities such as human trafficking, and illegal markets (e.g. arms and drug trafficking) as well as bribery and theft by corrupt government officials. IFFs have significant negative impacts on the economies of developing countri

Nature crimes across the Amazon pose a threat to conservation and sustainable development, harming the forests, local communities, Indigenous Peoples, civil society organisations (CSOs), and even governments. Generating up to $281 billion USD globally, nature crime is driven by high commodity prices, such as the price of gold, which provide economic incentives for illegal, extractive activities. Often linked to other types of crime - such as drug trafficking, human traffickin

Over the past five years, the UK Government has developed its approach to anti-corruption and the legislation that underpins it, as part of the realisation that the UK has historically served as a safe harbour for international corruption and kleptocracy across the globe. However, significant gaps remain. ILP’s partners, leading anti-corruption NGO Spotlight on Corruption and the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition (UKACC), required legal assistance with ensuring essential amendment

Liberia’s National Forestry Reform Law of 2006 set a target of conserving at least 30% of Liberia’s forest resources by 2020. Realising that clear conservation actions, including those of local forest-owning communities, would be needed to achieve this, the Liberian legislature entrenched communities’ interest in forest resources with the enactment of the Community Rights Law (CRL) in 2009. Under the CRL, rural communities are able to self-manage their forests or manage them