Month: October 2017

A man boards the ‘Corruptour’, a bus that offers a sightseeing tour through parts of Mexico City related to recent corruption scandals that have embroiled the country’s top party. Source: Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images.
Business against corruption International review

Mexican anger over corruption deepens – but will politicians change their ways?

This material belongs to: The Guardian. The Institutional Revolutionary party claims it fired Santiago Nieto for discussing a case with the press, but Mexicans weary…
20011013-GULBAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan children listen a lesson at a school in Gulbahar, some 30 km from Kabul, 13 October 2001. US warplanes and missiles bombarded Afghan airbases and military camps on Saturday, 13 october 2001, but frustrated opposition forces claimed Washington was not targeting frontline Taliban positions. Source: Sergei Ilnitsky.
Expert opinion International review

Report Reveals Corruption At Education Ministry

This material belongs to: TOLOnews. The report says 75 percent of teacher training graduates are not being hired at schools due to corruption in the…
A woman places flowers at the scene of the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, killed in a car bomb attack, alongside the road leading from her home in Bidnija, Malta, Oct. 23. Source: REUTERS.
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Maltese journalist’s assassination silences anti-corruption voice

This material belongs to: The Japan Times. BIDNIJA, MALTA – A few hundred meters from the home of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in the…
Итальянский активист, художник и перформансист Грациано Чеккини (Graziano Cecchini) налил в римский Фонта́н Тре́ви (Trevi Fountain) красную краску, протестуя против коррупции и преступности Италии, 2017 год
International review

Rome’s Trevi fountain turns red after activist uses dye to protest ‘corruption’

This material belongs to: The Guardian. Graziano Cecchini, who pulled a similar stunt 10 years ago, was escorted from the scene by police. An Italian…
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attends the closing session of 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu November 27, 2014. A brief meeting between India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart appears to have salvaged a summit of South Asian leaders, with all eight countries clinching a last-minute deal to create a regional electricity grid. Source: REUTERS/Niranjan Shrestha/Pool.
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Pakistan court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Sharif

This material belongs to: Daily Mail. A Pakistani court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, piling more pressure on his…
Mmusi Maimane, leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance party, speaks during a keynote speech on the opening day of the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Johannesburg on October 4, 2017. Source: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg.
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Mmusi Maimane: In the 21st century, corruption shouldn’t be this easy

This material belongs to: BIZ News. JOHANNESBURG — Last week saw one of the biggest developments in South Africa’s state capture saga as it was revealed that US…
Tony Accurso, a well-known Quebec construction mogul, was involved in a kickback system so simple it is unbelievable it wasn’t discovered sooner, the Crown told the opening of his fraud and corruption trial Thursday. Source: GRAHAM HUGHES / THE CANADIAN PRESS.
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Simple system fuelled Laval corruption, Crown tells Quebec mogul’s trial

This material belongs to: TheStar.com. Tony Accurso, a well-known Quebec construction mogul, is facing fraud and corruption charges after being accused of participating in a…
Carlos Nuzman, the former head of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Organizing Committee, spoke at a news conference in Rio de Janeiro in March 2015. On Wednesday, Brazilian prosecutors filed charges against Mr. Nuzman and five others alleging that they took part in a vote-buying ring to secure the games for Brazil. Source: PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS.
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Nuzman and Trump’s former business partner charged with corruption in Rio Olympics case

Former Brazil Olympic Committee Head Faces Charges of Corruption This material belongs to: WSJ. Prosecutors allege Carlos Nuzman was part of vote-buying ring to secure…
The press center of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) holds a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 19, 2017. Yang Xiaodu (C), deputy secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Qi Yu (R), deputy head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the press conference. Source: Xinhua/Li Xin.
International review

440 senior officials investigated for corruption

This material belongs to: Xinhua. BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) — Disciplinary authorities have investigated 440 officials at or above provincial or corps level for corruption…
BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 04: Chinese President Xi Jinping attends welcoming ceremony for Malaysia's Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah outside the Great Hall of the People on September 4, 2014 in Beijing, China. The invitation of President Xi Jinping, Sultan Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu'Adzam Shah of Malaysia will pay a state visit to China from September 3rd to 8th. Source: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images.
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The anti-corruption fight continues in China

Xi Jinping has more tigers, foxes and flies in his sights This material belongs to: Nikkei Asian Review. With or without Wang, president’s anti-graft purges to…
IMFC Governors applaud after UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon addressed them April 18, 2015 at the IMFC meeting at the 2015 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings In Washington, DC. This was the first time a UN Secretary General has attended the IMFC meeting. Source: IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe.
Expert opinion International review

IMF discusses fighting global corruption during annual meeting

This material belongs to: CGTN America. The annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund & World Bank has closed in Washington. One sideline agreement to…
Many of the corruption suspicions center on Austria's 2003 order for 18 warplanes built by Eurofighter, a consortium led by EADS, as Airbus was called at the time. Source: Expa/Jfk/EXPA/dpa.
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A New Company from the Bullshit Castle

This material belongs to: Der Spiegel. The extras that the Eurofighter consortium used to sweeten the deal for Austria came in the form of so-called…
This file photo taken on July 31, 2016, shows Carlos Arthur Nuzman, president of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, attending the welcome ceremony for Brazil's Olympic team at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro. Source: AFP Photo/Johannes Eisele.
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President of Rio 2016 Olympics arrested for corruption

This material belongs to: Times of Israel. Carlos Arthur Nuzman, who is Jewish, suspected of channeling money to International Olympic Committee member in exchange for…
In this March 19, 2013 photo, Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt, left, talks with his lawyer Moises Galindo during his trial on genocide charges in Guatemala City. Galindo has been arrested Thursday, Oct. 5 2017, for alleged ties to money laundering. National Civil Police spokesman Pablo Castillo says that Moises Galindo was arrested on a judge’s order. Source: AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File.
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Ex-Guatemalan president accused of campaign corruption

This material belongs to: ABC News. Prosecutors and a U.N. anti-corruption commission in Guatemala have accused former president and current Guatemala City Mayor Alvaro Arzu of campaign…
With a retrial expected for Dean G. Skelos, the former Senate majority leader, above, and for Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker, Albany’s culture of corruption may be highlighted during the 2018 campaign. Source: Seth Wenig/Associated Press.
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More Corruption Trials? Possible Reprise Makes Albany Groan

This material belongs to: The New York Times. ALBANY — If there was a single upside to the double-barreled corruption convictions of two of New…
A report says warns the under-regulated system of political donations can allow special interest groups to attempt to influence policy-making at all levels of government. Source: David Gray/Reuters.
International review Investigation

Mining companies’ links with politicians ‘susceptible to corruption’ – report

This material belongs to: The Guardian. Transparency International Australia says particular corruption risk in regard to infrastructure approvals in Qld and WA. A new report…
UPCOMING DEVELOPMENTS: Artist's impression of Yoma Central and The Peninsula Yangon, projects which Yoma has undertaken in collaboration with several international corporations and financiers. Source: YOMA STRATEGIC HOLDINGS.
Business against corruption Expert opinion International review

‘Anti-corruption a competitive strength’

This material belongs to: The Business Times. Corruption in Myanmar is widely described as “endemic”, and experts trace its roots to the decades of military…
Pope Francis arrives in John Paul II (Giovanni Paolo II) Square outside the Duomo cathedral, in Cesena, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Pope Francis is in Cesena and Bologna for a one-day visit. Source: AP Photo/Antonio Calanni.
Expert opinion International review

Corruption is the ‘termite of politics,’ Pope Francis says

This material belongs to: CRUX. Speaking in the north-central Italian town of Cesena on Sunday, Pope Francis outlined his own version of “Profiles in Courage,”…