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Transparency International issues its 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index with Denmark achieving the highest rating and North Korea and Somalia tied with the lowest ranking.
2014-12-3

A district court in Moscow convicts the late investment fund auditor Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion in Russia's first posthumous trial.
2013-07-11

The U.S. Senate votes to repeal the Jackson–Vanik amendment, a long-standing trade restriction with Russia. In its place, the Magnitsky bill is adopted instead. The law requires the United States to place financial and visa restrictions on a list of officials associated with the torture and death of Sergei Magnitsky three years ago.
2012-12-6

Charges are dropped against Larisa Litvinova in the case of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, whose controversial death in a Russian jail led to claims of torture and neglect.
2012-04-9

Transparency International releases the 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, declaring North Korea and Somalia the most corrupt nations in the world, and New Zealand the least corrupt.
2011-12-4

The President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, expands the Kremlin's human rights council and authorises it to investigate the cases of Sergei Magnitsky and Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
2011-02-2

A report by Transparency International suggests that corruption has worsened over the past three years worldwide.
2010-12-9

Transparency International releases its Corruption Perceptions Index showing Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore as the least corrupt nations and Somalia as the most corrupt.
2010-10-27

The United States has fallen to a new low of 22nd place in Transparency International's rating of the least corrupt nations, noting various financial scandals and a lack of regulation leading to power being bought.
2010-10-26

A report by Transparency International indicates that Rwanda is the "least corrupt country in East Africa".
2010-07-22