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AQ Top 5 Corruption Busters: Viridiana Rios

By Danielle Renwick

A new generation brings new tools to the anticorruption battle.

This article is adapted from our 1st print issue of 2016. For an overview of our Top 5 Corruption Busters, click here.

Last April, Mexico’s Congress passed a sweeping anticorruption law that would, among other things, increase oversight on public officials and establish a special prosecutor to take on corruption cases. The Sistema Nacional Anticorrupción (National Anticorruption System, or SNA) was a major accomplishment for civil society groups, which for years had...

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