Grand corruption is the abuse of high-level power that benefits the few at the expense of the many, causing serious and widespread harm to individuals and society, concerning millions of victims around the world and often going unpunished. In a new effort to stop this disease, Transparency International has open a voting phase of its global social campaign “Unmask the corrupt”.

Voting goes to February 9, 2016 and people can choose from 15 cases listed at www.unmaskthecorrupt.org. TI aims to reach as many people as possible to engage in fighting corruption and help focus these efforts by showing what needs to be done by governments and individuals. Once the vote will be closed, indeed, the Organization will openly and largely discuss the cases that have received the most votes to find the way the corrupt should be punished and make governments understand the urgency to act and stop corruption.

Concerning political leaders or multi-national companies that have massively abused their power and severely harmed society or being symbols of how the corrupt are able to use anonymous companies to buy luxury yachts or real estate, or pay for lawyers to protect them, the 15 cases are picked from 383 submissions from the public received between 8 October and 30 November 2015 and selected by a panel of experts using a number of criteria including the use of beneficial ownership or anonymous companies, human rights abuses, and the scale of corruption involved.