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Fighting Corruption: What Works/What Doesn't

By Brendan O'Boyle, Emilie Sweigart, Benjamin Russell

Which tools have proven most effective in preventing corruption? A closer look at best practices.

This article is adapted from AQ’s latest issue on Latin America's anti-corruption movement.

Pérez Molina. Odebrecht. Keiko. They thought they were safe—until they weren’t. Public, high-profile arrests of some of Latin America’s most powerful figures have taken the struggle against corruption to new heights. But to get there, countries had to first adopt a number of instruments to combat and deter corruption. Below, AQ...

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