Trading in influence and the illegal financing of political parties - Proceedings, October 19998 (2000)

How political parties' campaigns and operations are funded are issues of considerable controversy, in some cases connected with the lack of transparency of the contributions and how politicians seek funds. This has resulted in a number of cases which have attracted the attention of the media and have resulted in public distrust and apathy about political parties. The conference provided the opportunity for participants to gain a deeper knowledge about political parties' funding and a clearer understanding of how corruption is practised in this context.