Mercury in the Air, in the Water, in the People
This material belongs to: OCCRP. Using circular motions, Misael Reyes massages soft wet mud over a copper plate, causing it to flow – and reveal…
Land Illegally acquired by Belgrade Mayor returned to state
This material belongs to: KRIK. A Serbian court ruled that ten hectares of land illegally acquired by Belgrade’s mayor and his father 12 years ago…
Serbia fights anti-corruption claims by turning journalists into “drug addicts”
Defense Minister Vulin Can’t Explain Origins of More Than €200,000 in Cash This material belongs to: KRIK. Serbia’s Defense Minister, Aleksandar Vulin, told the country’s…
Overturned Convictions Loom Over Menendez’s Corruption Trial
This material belongs to: The New York Times. NEWARK — They were two of the most notable corruption convictions in recent political history, two entrenched…
COSATU knows how to fight political corruption in South Africa
Cosatu to strike against state capture, corruption This material belongs to: News24. Johannesburg – Cosatu will on September 27 hold a nationwide strike against state capture,…
Samsung heir jailed for corruption set to begin appeal
This material belongs to: Independent. Jay Y Lee will begin his appeal of a five-year jail sentence on Thursday. Samsung vice chairman Jay Y Lee on Thursday…
Pakistan finance minister Ishaq Dar indicted by anti-corruption court hearing Panama Papers case
This material belongs to: First Post. Islamabad: Pakistan’s finance minister Ishaq Dar was indicted by an anti-corruption court hearing the Panama Papers case for possessing assets beyond…
Verdict due in ex-Thai prime minister’s corruption trial
This material belongs to: Al Jazeera. Bangkok – A verdict is expected in the corruption case against a former Thai prime minister on Wednesday, but it…
Dean Skelos’s 2015 Corruption Conviction Is Overturned
This material belongs to: The New York Times. A federal appeals panel on Tuesday overturned the 2015 corruption convictions of Dean G. Skelos, once the powerful…
Former SARS exec Mandisa Mokwena not guilty of fraud, corruption
This material belongs to: fin24. Pretoria – Former top South African Revenue Service (SARS) official Mandisa Mokwena, who was a former business partner of First…
Dozens of Italian university professors investigated over corruption claims
This material belongs to: The Local. Police are investigating 59 people as part of a major probe which has revealed exam-rigging in Italian universities and…
Corruption Probe Into College Basketball Threatens to Set Back Adidas’s U.S. Overhaul
This material belongs to: Wall Street Journal. A company executive and an Adidas affiliate arrested as part of a federal probe. In a push to…
Gold and Chaos in Orinoco
This material belongs to: OCCRP. In Venezuela’s prisons, the pran (gang boss), who gives pranato its name, is the supreme and unquestionable leader of the…
Pakistan’s ex-PM Sharif appears before anti-corruption court, set to be indicted
This material belongs to: Reuters. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an anti-corruption court on Tuesday, kicking off trial proceedings…
‘Craft policies to curb smuggling, corruption’
This material belongs to: News Day. The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) yesterday called on government to craft effective measures to curb smuggling, corruption…
Former Keppel Shipyard officer faces 395 corruption charges
This material belongs to: Channel NewsAsia. SINGAPORE: A former senior procurement officer with Keppel Shipyard was on Tuesday (Sep 26) charged with 395 counts of…
New Jersey Mayor Resigns After Pleading Guilty to Corruption
This material belongs to: US News. PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey mayor who pleaded guilty to corruption last week resigned Monday, abandoning his bid to…
Former Tianjin mayor sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment for graft
This material belongs to: Xinhua. SHIJIAZHUANG, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — Huang Xingguo, former acting Communist Party chief and mayor of Tianjin Municipality, was sentenced to 12…
I have no relatives to benefit from corruption, says PM Modi at BJP meet
This material belongs to: The Times of India. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his firm stand against corruption at the BJP National Executive Meet that concluded in…
APDA lauds proposed establishment of special courts for corruption, financial crime cases
This material belongs to: Premium Times. One of the newly registered parties, the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, APDA, has praised the Nigerian Judiciary for its…
Corruption? Shmorruption! Polls show Israelis don’t care
This material belongs to: The Jerusalem Post. If you trust the polls, most Israelis are happy to see Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister – even…
One of China’s 100 most wanted corruption fugitives gives himself up
This material belongs to: South China Morning Post. A Chinese corruption suspect who was on the country’s list of 100 most wanted overseas fugitives has…
Yingluck escape panel faces flak on first day
This material belongs to: Bangkok Post. Ex-PM, secretary wore disguises as they fled for border. The police panel set up to probe into the police…
Gold and Chaos in Orinoco
This material belongs to: OCCRP. A joint investigation by Efecto Cocuyo and OCCRP explores the Orinoco Mining Arc — the Venezuelan government’s controversial attempt to…
EMS March: GP Provincial Director accused of corruption
This material belongs to: EWN. The workers say they’re treated unfairly by working long hours without adequate pay. JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng emergency services workers have…
Telia Company reaches a global settlement with the authorities regarding Uzbekistan investigation
This material belongs to: Telia Company. Telia Company today announces that a global settlement has been reached with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities…
IBAC annual report trumpets body’s results
This material belongs to: Herald Sun. Victoria’s peak anti-corruption body has trumpeted its results in its annual report released to parliament today. The independent Broad-based…
Pope to Antimafia Parliamentary Commission: Corruption is contagious and parasitic
This material belongs to: Rome Reports. Pope Francis met with the members of the Italian Anti-Mafia Parliamentary Commission. As soon as the meeting began, Pope…
Sierra Leone FA boss Johansen charged with corruption
This material belongs to: BBC. Sierra Leone’s FA president Isha Johansen has been charged with abuse of office and misuse of public funds by the…
Raul Mondesi, former Yankees outfielder, sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption while mayor of San Cristobal
This material belongs to: Daily News. Former Yankees outfielder Raul Mondesi was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday for corruption he took part…
China top graft buster says corruption fight ‘world class hard’
This material belongs to: Reuters. BEIJING (Reuters) – Fixing the corruption problem in China’s ruling Communist Party is “world class hard” and the battle will…
Cabral is sentenced to 45 years in prison for crimes investigated in Operation Calicute
This material belongs to: Globo. In the sentence, Cabral is described as “the founder of the giant criminal scheme institutionalized under the Government of the…
Pakistan: Ex PM Nawaz Sharif’s Wife Wins his Seat in the Parliament
This material belongs to: OCCRP. The wife of Pakistan’s former prime minister won his seat in the parliament at Sunday’s local elections after the court…
UK Jails Two Men in the “Premier League” of Arms Trafficking
This material belongs to: OCCRP. Two men described in court as the “premier league” of firearms suppliers were jailed Monday for selling weapons from the…
Sassa accused of R400m tender corruption
This material belongs to: EWN. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) says it has evidence that Sassa awarded the tenders for outreach programmes about a…
Corruption report exposes bribery
This material belongs to: VNS. The NASC asked the Government to order a review of official appointments nationwide to address voter concerns that the wrong…
Increasing awareness on prevention of corruption, power abuse
This material belongs to: The Sun Daily. JOHOR BARU: Public awareness on the prevention of corruption and power abuse is increasing following the rise in the…
Buhari at UNGA Canvasses International Material Support for Anti-corruption War
This material belongs to: This Day. President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday called for international co-operation and material support for his administration’s prosecution of the war against…
The Princess, the Private Investigator and Another Inquiry for FIFA
This material belongs to: The New York Times. LONDON — A Jordanian princess who is married to the billionaire ruler of Dubai has for more…
Quebec’s anti-corruption squad arrests seven in Montreal contract investigation
This material belongs to: National Post. MONTREAL — A former Montreal city councillor is among seven people arrested today in a municipal corruption probe. The…
Probe into State Firms Reveals Nagging Corruption Problem in Vietnam
This material belongs to: VOA News. A multi-million-dollar banking flap being investigated in Vietnam this month casts light on a tough corruption problem that nips…
KPMG shows SA needs to build immunity to corruption on all fronts, says Mcebisi Jonas
This material belongs to: Business Day. The complicity of audit firm KPMG in corrupt activities showed that the private sector also had to be censured, former…
“Fearless and Outspoken” Indian Journalist Shot Dead Outside her Home
This material belongs to: OCCRP. Gauri Lankesh, an Indian journalist and editor known for her criticism of far-right Hindu politics, was found lying in a…
Генеральные прокуроры России и Болгарии подписали соглашение о сотрудничестве
По информации пресс-службы российской генпрокуратуры, ее глава Юрий Чайка и генпрокурор Болгарии Сотир Цацаров заключили соглашение о межведомственном сотрудничестве с 2017 по 2019 год. Руслан Галиев, старший помощник прокурора…
Son of Ex-Honduran President Sentenced to 24 Years in US Prison for Drug Trafficking
This material belongs to: OCCRP. The son of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty…
US: Pakistan’s Largest Bank Ordered to Close its US Branch for Compliance Failures
This material belongs to: OCCRP. New York’s authorities said Thursday they fined Pakistan’s largest bank with US$ 225 million for repeatedly failing to comply with anti-terrorism and…
Addressing Corruption with Clarity
This material belongs to: IMF. By Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director. Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, September 18, 2017 September 18, 2017 Introduction Thank you, Norm,…
Everyone’s furious at ‘corruption’ that stole megafight from Golovkin
This material belongs to: New York Post. Veteran boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas slammed judge Adelaide Byrd for her seemingly lopsided scoring of the controversial…
BHP Billiton launches anti-corruption push with pledge to ‘build trust’
This material belongs to: The Telegraph. The world’s largest mining company will this week launch two new projects to tackle corruption and improve transparency across…
Drug use and corruption ‘likely’ to be widespread among Victorian paramedics, report finds
This material belongs to: ABC News. The Victorian anti-corruption watchdog is warning corruption and illicit drug use is “likely” to be widespread among the state’s…
Airbus launches internal corruption investigation after Guardian exposé
This material belongs to: The Guardian. Exclusive: Already facing bribery allegations, group looks into transactions that led to unexplained €16m payment. Airbus, Europe’s largest aerospace multinational,…
Cyprus ‘selling’ EU citizenship to super rich of Russia and Ukraine
This material belongs to: The Guardian. Passports issued under ‘golden visa’ scheme raises €4bn since 2013, according to papers seen by the Guardian. Billionaire Russian…
Report claims ethnic minority police officers are more vulnerable to corruption
This material belongs to: DutchNews.nl. The justice minister’s research institute WODC has published a new report which claims police officers with an ethnic minority background…
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corruption Empire
This material belongs to: Asharq Al-Awsat. London- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps is being forced to shrink its sprawling business empire and some of its senior members…
Venezuela’s Attorney General Details Orinoco Oil Corruption Scheme
This material belongs to: teleSUR. Saab accused his predecessor Luisa Ortega Diaz of ignoring both this case and of “inconsistencies” in the Odebrecht investigation. The Venezuelan Attorney General has been giving details of a corrupt production scheme…
Guatemala’s Congress Says it will Withdraw Contested Corruption Reforms
This material belongs to: teleSUR. Under the changes Congress, parties’ secretary-generals and candidates would not have been allowed to be held criminally responsible for campaign-financing…
President Temer of Brazil Faces New Corruption Charges
This material belongs to: The New York Times. SÃO PAULO, Brazil — President Michel Temer of Brazil was slapped with a second round of corruption charges on…
The US and UK may step in to tackle South African corruption: expert
This material belongs to: Business Tech. With the United Kingdom (UK) and US authorities updating their laws to tackle international corruption, there are now indications that…
Wierdabrug police in Centurion accused of corruption
This material belongs to: Centurion Rekord. One of the captains at this station was asking for bribes. A distressed elderly man from Centurion claims to…
More corruption claims emerge concerning Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic bids: Report
This material belongs to: Scroll.in. The Guardian’s report has put the International Olympic Committee under a fresh cloud of corruption. The Rio Olympics cash-for-votes scandal…
Phil Noble: S.C’s nuclear scandal, corruption and accountability: Guest Columnist
This material belongs to: South Strand News. The current scandal of SCANA’s (S.C. Electric and Gas parent company) and Santee Cooper’s nuclear debacle is arguably…
DSP compulsorily retired, another suspended for corruption
This material belongs to: The International News. PESHAWAR: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Salahuddin Khan Mahsud compulsorily retired a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and…
Tunisia parliament approves controversial amnesty for Ben Ali-era corruption
This material belongs to: Reuters. TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s parliament on Wednesday approved a controversial law granting amnesty to officials accused of corruption during the…
CEO of Brazil’s JBS Is Arrested in New Twist of Scandal at Meatpacker
This material belongs to: WSJ. Authorities allege Wesley Batista traded on inside knowledge of company’s plea deal in bribery case. SÃO PAULO—Brazilian authorities on Wednesday…
Former TAP chief exposes corruption at Culture Ministry agency
This material belongs to: Ekathimerini. Nearly half the visitors to Greece’s most popular tourist attraction were granted free admission in 2015, according to the former…
Yangon court denies bail for official on trial for corruption
This material belongs to: Myanmar Times. Yangon Regional High Court’s judge refused bail on Monday’s hearing to one of the five government officials charged with corruption…
Revealed: The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2 Billion on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels
This material belongs to: OCCRP. The Pentagon has relied on an army of contractors and sub-contractors – from blue-chip military giants to firms linked to…
18-month Sentence for ex-Navy Commander in Bribery Scandal
This material belongs to: Associated Press. HONOLULU (AP) — A retired U.S. Navy commander in Hawaii was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison…
Chahed: The New Government will be at war with terrorism and corruption
This material belongs to: Middle East Monitor. Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said, Monday, that his new cabinet will be a “war government that will…
Donors ‘cheered’ by Zambian corruption stance
This material belongs to: IOL. Lusaka – Zambian officials and economic experts from seven European Union member nations began meetings on Monday on how the…
MPF denounces Lula, Gilberto Carvalho and five others in Operation Zelotes
This material belongs to: Epoca Negocios. According to the complaint, the auto companies would have promised $ 6 million to Lula and Carvalho in exchange…
Brazil’s Federal Police Accuse President Temer of Corruption
This material belongs to: teleSUR. Temer and his “criminal organization” are accused of corruption, money laundering and bid rigging. Brazil’s Federal Police has announced it has…
Ex-CEO Who Linked Brazil’s President to Corruption is Arrested
This material belongs to: The Rio Times. SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Former JBS CEO, Joesley Batista surrendered to Brazilian authorities on Sunday afternoon after learning…
Eni denies charges of corruption in Congo Republic, cooperates with probe
This material belongs to: Nasdaq. MILAN, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Italian oil and gas company Eni on Monday denied allegations that it was involved in…
Council leader cleared of corruption claim
This material belongs to: Motherwell Times. The leader of North Lanarkshire Council has been cleared of any wrongdoing following a police investigation into allegations of…
Sagay: Bank chiefs aiding corruption should face trial
This material belongs to: The Nation. The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) will push for the prosecution of bank chiefs who connive with looters…
UP Deputy Chief Minister’s Anti-Corruption Warning, With A Pinch Of Salt
This material belongs to: NDTV. NEW DELHI: A top minister in Uttar Pradesh has warned officials against corruption but his statement has become controversial. At a…
Whistle-Blower Says He Told of Rio Olympics Corruption Years Ago
This material belongs to: NY Times. A former sports official in Brazil said he told the International Olympic Committee about corruption among organizers of the…
Malaysian Leader, Under Corruption Cloud, Will Meet With Trump
This material belongs to: NY Times. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — For more than a year, Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia has been under the…
Police Top Bribery And Corruption Chart In Sierra Leone
This material belongs to: Sierra Express Media. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has released the second Pay No Bribe Report on bribe taking by public sector…
Everything you’ve wanted to know about McKinnsey’s corruption in SA
Money lies revealed! Pressure grows on McKinsey over SA graft scandal. This material belongs to: BIZ News. EDINBURGH — Global consultancy McKinsey distanced itself from the Gupta-Zuma scandal…
Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara to stand trial over corruption charges, Israeli attorney general says
This material belongs to: Independent. Widely-expected indictment on charges related to misuse of public funds is first formal filing in several investigations into the prime minister…
Watchdogs Cite Shortcuts, Accidents at Belarus Nuclear Plant Construction Site
This material belongs to: OCCRP. The ongoing construction of Belarus’ first nuclear power plant has sparked a number of serious concerns in that country and…
Paul O’Sullivan: #GuptaLeaks emails are authentic – arrests by Christmas
This material belongs to: BIZ News. LONDON — Paul O’Sullivan’s Forensics For Justice has access to the #GuptaLeaks cache and after running a number of tests has…
Guatemalan President is Facing Impeachment for Illegal Political Financing
This material belongs to: OCCRP. Guatemala’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered Congress to consider lifting President Jimmy Morales’ immunity from prosecution after evidence emerged that…
China’s Ex Banking Regulator Under Investigation for Corruption
This material belongs to: OCCRP. The former assistant chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission is under investigation for corruption, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate announced on Monday.…
Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency starts criminal investigation into ex-PM, finance minister
This material belongs to: Reuters. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency will open a criminal investigation into former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and current finance…
Sri Lanka Court Jails Top Former Officials For Corruption
This material belongs: NDTV. Maithripala Sirisena‘s administration has been probing money laundering and misappropriation of state property in more than 50 cases, but no one…
Brazilian Corruption Case Ensnares Ex-Presidents da Silva and Rousseff
This material belongs to: NY Times. SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil’s attorney general on Tuesday charged former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; his successor, Dilma Rousseff; and…
Russian cop dubbed ‘Colonel Casanova’ because of his FOUR women ‘showered his wife and three lovers with gifts worth tens of millions funded by bribes he was supposed to root out as anti-corruption chief’
Colonol Dmitry Zakharchenko arrived in Moscow in 2005 to foil corruption FSB investigators seized some £113 million in hidden asstes from Zakharchenko Zakharchenko is accused…
Billionaire Who Accused Top Chinese Officials of Corruption Asks U.S. for Asylum
This material belongs to: NY Times. A billionaire property developer who has accused some of China’s most powerful officials of corruption has applied for political…
Venezuela arrests top oil executive, eight other PDVSA employees: sources
This material belongs to: Reuters. CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has arrested the state oil company’s boss for the western region and eight other executives at…
Corruption: NNPC will hold anti-fraud training for staff
This material belongs to: The Guardian. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will equip 50 per cent of its workforce with requisite knowledge in identifying…
Everything you need to know about Sen. Robert Menendez’s corruption trial
This material belongs to: The Washington Post. On Wednesday, a U.S. senator will sit before a jury of his peers and face charges that his…
Brazilian police raid Olympic Committee president’s home in Rio 2016 Olympics corruption investigation
This material belongs to: Independent. Brazilian federal police are investigating a suspected international vote-buying scheme. Brazilian police have raided the head of the Brazil’s Olympic committee’s…
UK at centre of secret $3bn Azerbaijani money laundering and lobbying scheme
This material belongs to: The Guardian. Exclusive: Leaked data reveals thousands of covert payments, including to European politicians and journalists. Azerbaijan’s ruling elite operated a secret…
Report on Mexican attorney general’s Ferrari drives corruption debate
This material belongs to: Reuters. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A report that Mexico’s attorney general owns a Ferrari registered at an unoccupied house has added…
Buffalo Billion Corruption
This material belongs to: CNYhomepage. Representation of former SUNY Poly Tech President Alaine Kaloyeros is looking to dismiss the bid-rigging corruption case against his client…
Anti-corruption laws ratification around the globe
Nicolaou wants anti-corruption bills approved by House early next month This material belongs to: CyprusMail. Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Sunday that the package…
Moldova NGOs Say Big Fish Avoiding Corruption Trials
This material belongs to: Balkan Insight. While corruption investigations are coming fast and furious in Moldova, few cases involving important people seem to end up…
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