Transparency International2019-09-252019-09-252011-04-042009-071998-6432http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/177456. Ten principles for effective enforcement The monitoring of campaign expenditure has provided evidence of the undue influence that moneyed interests can have over political processes and the unfair advantage provided to incumbent powers when they abuse their access to public resources. Monitoring efforts have also shown that even when political finance regulations and enforcement agencies are in place, they do not work adequately. Formal checks are flouted by parties and candidates who present balance sheets that are blatantly false or doctored. This can involve the use of accounting tricks such as channelling donations through satellite branches of the party, or splitting donations into amounts just below the threshold requirement for disclosing them. Despite the importance of regulations and the agencies tasked to enforce them, these issues are not adequately dealt with in international conventions and standards.1 Given this gap, TI advocates that countries adhere to the following ten principles to ensure that political funding regulations are enforced."engWith permission of the license/copyright holderbondfair tradePolitical ethicsCommunity ethicsJournal