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Sep 25, 2026
Karl BackéusGUEST
But that's one key aspect of rule of law where I do think we're seeing some progress.
Karl BackéusGUEST
We see, for instance, the General Auditing Commission, which is doing some very important work, and they are... producing some very good reports, and we see progress on, or a slight improvement at least, on Transparency International's Anti-Corruption Index.
Karl BackéusGUEST
But it's also about, you know, having accountability institutions that are functioning.
Karl BackéusGUEST
And we talked about Cental and Neymot, and I think in general, having civil society that is vibrant and active is a key part of having a rule of law process that works.
Gerard DavisGUEST
Wow.
JohnHOST
So I'm sure some of them must be quite high on what I thought was called the Corruption Perception Index.
JohnHOST
But you go off a different list, I believe.
Gerard DavisGUEST
We get a high-risk third country's email every month, I think it is, from our internal compliance team that tell us countries where citizens of those countries we can't transact with at all.
Christopher LuxonPANELIST
Uh, yes, and especially our decision never to introduce a capital gains tax.
Chlöe SwarbrickPANELIST
Why does he think that New Zealand fell in the Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index in 2025?
Christopher LuxonPANELIST
Well, I'm actually proud of the actual, uh, policies that we have in place to make sure we manage conflicts, the way that we engage with stakeholders from all sorts, uh, as we develop policy.
Christopher LuxonPANELIST
I'm actually proud of that progress.
Robert BarringtonGUEST
Um, and whichever methodology you choose, on every single one of the major corruption and governance indices, uh, that exist, over the last ten years, the UK's performance has deteriorated.
Robert BarringtonGUEST
And on the one that's most widely quoted, TI's Corruption Perceptions Index, the UK has moved twelve percentage points down.
Robert BarringtonGUEST
Uh, so that is really statistically significant, and in fact, the only country to have moved further down in percentage terms than the UK is Belarus.
Robert BarringtonGUEST
Uh, so, so that to me is ringing all sorts of alarm bells.
Sope WilliamsGUEST
In terms of enforcement, so maybe looking at Transparency International, OECD reports, if you look at enforcement actions by the UK under the Bribery Act and the US under the FCPA, you find that a lot of the actors are actually companies that are based in low corruption environments.
Sope WilliamsGUEST
So a lot of the actors, the actual corrupt personalities, if you like, are from countries that are high up on the Corruption Perceptions Index.
Sope WilliamsGUEST
And so they are implicated.
Sope WilliamsGUEST
They might be operating through intermediaries or they might be operating through whatever structure.
Sope WilliamsGUEST
So we see that.
Sope WilliamsGUEST
And that tells you that if those companies are at the center of a lot of the bigger scandals, that tells you that those countries, though they might be high up on the Corruption Perceptions Index as clean countries, well, their companies are not.
Sope WilliamsGUEST
are not clean.
Sope WilliamsGUEST
So there's a disconnect between the data and what we see on the ground in terms of enforcement actions.
Robert BarringtonGUEST
Um, and whichever methodology you choose on every single one of the major corruption and governance indices, uh, that exist, over the last 10 years, the UK's performance has deteriorated.
Robert BarringtonGUEST
And on the one that's most widely quoted, TI's Corruption Perceptions Index, the UK has moved 12 percentage points down.
Robert BarringtonGUEST
Uh, so that is really statistically significant.
Robert BarringtonGUEST
And in fact, the only country to have moved further down in percentage terms than the UK is Belarus.
GerdesHOST
You're literally 50 countries more corrupt than, than Ukraine, and yet you have the gall and temerity to say, "See how corrupt they are." It's, it's embarrassing.
GerdesHOST
Like, you can look this up in the corruption index, the Corruption Perception Index from Transparency International.
GerdesHOST
Okay, uh, also from RT, who's going to try to amplify this kinda narrative, Germany hits a political tipping point as the AfD surges to 30% in support according to Bild.
GerdesHOST
Uh, it wasn't RT saying it.
Clancy MooreGUEST
Yeah, there's definitely a growing distrust and sort of perception around corruption in Australia.
Clancy MooreGUEST
So we, every year, put out Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, which looks at the perception of corruption in the public sector.
Clancy MooreGUEST
And last year, Australia's score actually went down on the 100-point scale, 100 being really clean and good and zero being highly corrupt.
Clancy MooreGUEST
And our score, unfortunately, went down from 77 to 76.
Ledy SimarmataHOST
that people may want to be aware.
Ledy SimarmataHOST
In the Corruption Perception Index last year, obviously, the CPI ranks 182 countries and territories worldwide by their perceived level of public sector corruption.
Ledy SimarmataHOST
Zero meaning highly corrupt, 100 meaning very clean, and Vietnam is at 41.
Ted OsiusGUEST
41 out of 182 the
Ledy SimarmataHOST
34 So if you go by rank you know one to 182 so vietnam is at the number 81 so that's pretty a bit you know in the lower area of the rank the highest in in in southeast asia is singapore
Ted OsiusGUEST
yes singapore there's no news i guess too no well there is no news the um yeah talk about government transparency yes singapore is remarkably transparent
Ledy SimarmataHOST
singapore is really exceptional in this yes but the thing is that People quote this all the time when they want to know about how transparent a government is, right? From Transparency International, what's the corruption perception index right now, last year, or what have you.
Ledy SimarmataHOST
So how do you square that with the openness and wanting to attract more global investors where you Somehow, you know, you have this statistic.
Geoff WhiteHOST
But somewhere with enough corrupt officials that they can be bought off.
Geoff WhiteHOST
Indonesia ranks 109 out of 182 countries on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.
Geoff WhiteHOST
So it's not at the bottom, but it's nowhere near the top.
Geoff WhiteHOST
Ideal territory for this gang, it seems.