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  • Follow the Money and the T-Index: Mapping Political Power and Hidden Networks with BridgeGap 

    Follow the Money and the T-Index: Mapping Political Power and Hidden Networks with BridgeGap 

    Join us for this special webinar organized under the Horizon Europe project BridgeGap, a key initiative driving innovative research and tools to combat corruption, enhance transparency, and promote good governance. In celebration of International Anti-Corruption Day, this event showcases two groundbreaking platforms—Follow the Money and the T-Index—that are reshaping the global fight against corruption, both…

  • Impact of Sanctions on Infiltration of Russia in Europe

    Impact of Sanctions on Infiltration of Russia in Europe

    Todor Galev, Tihomira Kostova, Marius Köppen, Paige Maylath, Tsvetomir Nikolov Work Package 3: Deliverable 1 The pervasive influence of strategic corruption as a foreign policy tool has emerged as a significant challenge to global governance and democratic resilience in Europe and beyond. Unlike traditional forms of corruption, which are typically limited to personal enrichment or…

  • Uncovering the Truth and Hidden Networks

    Uncovering the Truth and Hidden Networks

    Understanding the complexities of global corruption and power dynamics is challenging. Researchers often struggle to find effective tools to expose hidden networks of influence. Follow the Money, a search engine developed by YouControl, is designed to trace financial flows and uncover relationships, offering the ultimate solution to detect fraud, ensure transparency, and promote accountability. Start…

  • DATA STORIES: Corruption in Ghana: The Cecilia Dapaah Case

    DATA STORIES: Corruption in Ghana: The Cecilia Dapaah Case

    Annalaura Viganò In July 2023, Ghana was rocked by the revelation of a corruption scandal involving Cecilia Dapaah, the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources. This case attracted public attention due to the high profile of the accused and the startling sums of money involved. At the heart of this scandal are allegations of…

  • Data Hub

    Data Hub

    Developed by a collaborative team from the Transparency International Secretariat, LUISS University, the Romanian Academic Society (SAR), and YouControl, the platform is an innovative tool to visualize and share critical data on corruption dynamics. This collaborative effort invites you, the reader, to be part of a global initiative. Over ten months, the team has built…

  • Managing experts’ conflicts of interest in the EU Joint Clinical Assessment

    Managing experts’ conflicts of interest in the EU Joint Clinical Assessment

    Ariana Gentilini and Iva Parnanova, Research Associate at LUISS and member of BridgeGap BMJ Open (2024) https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091777 The article evaluates the EU’s 2024 Implementing Regulation (IR) on managing conflicts of interest (COIs) in health technology assessment (HTA). It introduces EU-wide COI management for experts, requiring annual declarations of financial and non-financial interests. Based on French…

  • Good Corruption Hunt with the New Follow the Money Tool

    Good Corruption Hunt with the New Follow the Money Tool

    We are excited to announce that the search engine for investigating suspicious oligarchs, politicians, or companies FOLLOW THE MONEY now works on the BridgeGap website. Follow the Money is a search engine enabled by the Youcontrol, a #BridgeGap partner organization, on top of their YC World pooled database. The search engine enables investigating beneficial ownership…

  • Follow the Money: Mapping Political Power and Hidden Networks

    Follow the Money: Mapping Political Power and Hidden Networks

    Understanding global corruption and power dynamics is a complex challenge, with researchers often struggling to find reliable tools to uncover hidden networks of influence. Follow the Money by YouControl is a search engine that helps trace financial flows, uncover connections, and analyse complex financial networks to promote transparency and accountability. It integrates data from various…