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Blog post | 2024

Sexual corruption is abuse of power – and there’s more to it than ‘sextortion’ alone

Elin Bjarnegård, Dolores Calvo, Åsa Eldén, Silje Lundgren (2024)
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https://www.u4.no/blog/sexual-corruption-is-abuse-of-power-and-theres-more-to-it-than-sextortion-alone

French version: La corruption sexuelle est un abus de pouvoir – et elle recouvre bien davantage que la simple « sextorsion »

Spanish version: La corrupción sexual es abuso de poder, y no se trata solo de 'sextorsión'

We propose a new definition of sexual corruption – focusing on the abuse of power by those entrusted with it, and broad enough to address every form of sexual corruption.

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https://www.u4.no/blog/sexual-corruption-is-abuse-of-power-and-theres-more-to-it-than-sextortion-alone

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

Feb 2002 - Dec 2026
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Also from this project:

U4 Issue | Aug 2025

Integrity and geopolitics: Addressing the China factor in natural resource governance

Bertram Lang, Hang Zhou

U4 Issue | Aug 2025

L'ignorance stratégique dans les organisations multilatérales : occulter la responsabilité, favoriser la corruption

Guillaume Nicaise, Mahaut Fanchini

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U4 Issue | Aug 2025

Strategic ignorance in multilateral organisations: obscuring accountability, enabling corruption

Guillaume Nicaise, Mahaut Fanchini

Blog post | Aug 2025

What the Financial Secrecy Index tells us about corruption today

Miroslav Palanský, Moran Harari

U4 Practice Insight | Jul 2025

The role of civil society in anti-corruption legislative advocacy: Cases from Colombia's National Development Plan and Healthcare Reform

Sandra Ximena Martínez Rosas, Diana Lucia Romero Manchola, Daniela Pinzón García

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