Spotlight on Corruption

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Spotlight on Corruption is a British nonprofit organization which focuses on financial corruption. [1]

The previous organization Corruption Watch UK was established in 2009 [2] by Susan Hawley, who was its policy director for ten years [3] and is as of 2022 the executive director of Spotlight on Corruption. Corruption Watch UK also splintered off Shadow World Investigations. [4] [5]

The chair of Spotlight on Corruption's board is Elizabeth David-Barrett, professor of governance and integrity and director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex. [6] [7]

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