Mike Masoud | April 7, 2026 This is Part 4 of a five-part series on where countries should start when corruption is widespread across institutions and economic sectors. If Part 1 argued that a country must define corruption clearly, Part 2 argued that it must build the right institutional foundations,...
Mike J. MasoudMarch 31, 2026 This is Part 3 of a five-part series on where countries should start when corruption is widespread across institutions and economic sectors. If Part 1 argued that a country must define corruption clearly, and Part 2 argued that it must build the right institutional foundations, this part addresses...
Editorial Team; February 20, 2026 Boards and senior officers rarely fail because corruption is invisible. They fail because critical questions were not asked early enough — at the level where authority is exercised. Anti-Corruption Intelligence (ACI) — a proprietary concept embedded in the Certified Anti-Corruption Manager (CACM) framework — defines the...
January 5, 2026Mike J. Masoud The global economy is collapsing under a quiet, tolerated failure: decision-makers who are not technically competent to hold the authority they exercise. This is not an HR problem.This is not a training gap.This is institutional negligence. The American Anti-Corruption Institute’s Standard on Fighting Corruption 200: Competence...
January 31, 2026 Contributor attributionThis article was contributed by Dr. Abdallah C. Ficani, Ph.D., ACPA, is Assistant Professor and Head of the Audit & Accounting Department at Université Antonine (UA), Head of the Finance Department at the Lebanese University (UL), and Chairman of Stronghold Capital Management Limited (DIFC – DFSA Category...
Privacy is not the enemy. But indifference to complexity is. By Mike Masoud and The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI)July 22, 2025 As regulators focus on catching up, criminals have already mastered the art of exploiting digital loopholes. The narrative that “blockchains are fully traceable” is outdated and misleading. In reality,...
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