2017 Daily Maverick South African Persons of the Year: The Whistleblowers
This material belongs to: Daily Maverick. In 2017, the horrifying extent of State Capture finally became clearer to the South African public. And we would…
Всё о деле Аверьянова – бывшего владельца фабрики “Меньшевик”, устроившего стрельбу
В среду 27 декабря Илья Аверьянов, бывший владелец кондитерской фабрики “Меньшевик”, пришёл на предприятие и устроил стрельбу из карабина “Сайга”, убив одного человека и ранив…
Courts Acquitted 3,268 People Booked For Corruption By CBI In Last 4 Years
This material belongs to: NDTV. All such judgements are scrutinised and examined by CBI with reference to the justification of acquittal. NEW DELHI: Over 3,200…
South Korea prosecutors seek 12 years jail for Samsung heir Lee in corruption case
This material belongs to: CNBC. Lee’s lawyer says jail term sought reflects “distorted” truth Appeals court expected to rule in late January Lee has been…
EXCLUSIVE: Are AMERICANS being held in the round-up of Saudi princes and billionaires? 17 Western men are among those detained and ‘tortured’ by crown prince in luxury hotel, claims source inside secretive kingdom
This material belongs to: Daily Mail. A source with knowledge of the Saudi regime’s top levels tells DailyMail.com eight Americans are among 17 Western…
Fifa trial: ex-president of Peru soccer acquitted of corruption charge
This material belongs to: The Guardian. Manuel Burga wept after jurors found him not guilty of a single racketeering conspiracy charge, in a bribery scandal…
Saudi Arabia releases corruption detainees, others to stand trial: report
This material belongs to: Reuters. RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has released 23 of the 200-or-so powerful individuals detained since November on corruption charges after…
Two Found Guilty Of Soccer Corruption; Will Jack Warner Now Face US Justice In 2018?
This material belongs to: Forbes. Two of the defendants in the soccer corruption trial spent Christmas in jail after being found guilty of multiple charges…
War on graft? Modi government has punished only 12 corrupt IAS officers in three years
This material belongs to: Scroll.in. It takes an average of eight years to investigate complaints of corruption against central government officials. When the Bharatiya Janata…
Peru’s Kuczynski urges people to accept Fujimori pardon and ‘turn the page’
This material belongs to: Reuters. LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski defended his pardon for Alberto Fujimori on Monday as justified clemency for…
Thousands March In Tel Aviv To Protest Government Corruption
This material belongs to: Forward. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv to protest against corruption in the government of Prime Minister…
UNDP Supports Anti-Corruption Commission With State-of-Art Tools
This material belongs to: Front Page Africa. Monrovia – It’s just a plain door, but when you look closely, you see how hi-tech it is. A…
In Saudi Corruption Crackdown, Big Targets Are Going Free
This material belongs to: WSJ. The release suggests several high-profile suspects are agreeing to settlements. The Saudi government in recent days has released at least…
Business Lotte founder, chairman convicted of corruption
This material belongs to: Washington Post. SEOUL, South Korea — The 95-year-old founder of the Lotte Group and his son and group chairman were convicted…
Calls for independent inquiry into police corruption claims
This material belongs to: The Times. A former associate of the gangster Paul Massey has claimed that police officers received bribes “left, right and centre”,…
Shell and Eni will face the “biggest corporate bribery trial” over a $1.1 billion Nigerian oil deal
This material belongs to: Quartz. A five-year old complaint filed by an anti-corruption coalition over a billion-dollar oil deal in Nigeria has resulted in the…
The Court endorses the impeachment of Vice President Jorge Glas
This material belongs to: El Comercio. On Friday, December 22, 2017, the Constitutional Court (CC) will notify the Assembly of the decision on the request…
Mexico Graft Inquiry Deepens With Arrest of a Presidential Ally
This material belongs to: The New York Times. CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — A former deputy in President Enrique Peña Nieto’s party has been arrested as part of…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa promises zero tolerance in corruption fight
This material belongs to: Reuters. HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday promised zero tolerance in his government’s push to punish corruption that…
Eni, Shell To Stand Trial Over Alleged Corruption In Nigeria
This material belongs to: Oilprice.com. An Italian judge ordered on Wednesday oil majors Eni and Shell, as well as Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi and other…
Vietnam’s Corruption Crackdown Is All About Protecting Its Economic Miracle From Its SOEs
This material belongs to: Forbes. Vietnam’s export-led economy has grown at an enviable 6% or so since 2012 and shows no signs of stopping, if you listen…
Anatoly Golubev: Fighting corruption is not about arrests and imprisonment
This year so many corrupted public officials went to jail, that prisons are running beyond maximum capacity. However, this does not necessarily mean that corruption…
Vietnam Widens Crackdown Amid Public Outcry Over Corruption
This material belongs to: VOA News. TAIPEI — Vietnam’s first move to prosecute a former politburo member widens the country’s crackdown against graft to appease a…
Media monitor launches Indonesialeaks on corruption
This material belongs to: Scoop. Media monitor launches Indonesialeaks to report on corruption. Tuesday, December 19, 2017 By Chitra Paramaesti JAKARTA (Tempo/Pacific Media Watch): The…
Duterte to sack 90 gangster cops for corruption
This material belongs to: Phil Star. MANILA, Philippines – President Duterte will fire about 90 policemen over corruption as he stressed that he would not…
Saudi Arabia releases billionaire Sabih al-Masri
This material belongs to: Al Jazeera. Palestinian billionaire businessman Sabih al-Masri has been released by Saudi authorities following his detention last week. Al-Masri told the Reuters news…
Ten Limpopo traffic officers nabbed for corruption
This material belongs to: Sowetan. A joint operation between the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Unit and Road Traffic Management Corporation’s National Traffic Anti-Corruption Unit culminated in the…
Airbus Will Search for a New CEO Amid Growing Corruption Scandal
This material belongs to: Fortune. Airbus confirmed the departure of planemaking chief Fabrice Bregier as part of a series of board moves on Friday to…
Nelson Mandela’s family voice dismay at funeral corruption claims
This material belongs to: The Guardian. South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog alleges £16m intended for memorial events in 2013 was stolen and misspent by officials. Nelson…
Court jails former Russian economy minister for corruption
This material belongs to: The Guardian. Alexei Ulyukayev sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $2.2m in case that has shocked liberal elements of…
The Head Of The Major Internet Access Provider Is Obliged To Pay Half A Billion Rubles Under Forged Contracts
The struggle to take control over IT infrastructure in Ural Federal District may result in no Internet access for Ural and part of Siberia. Its…
Prosecutors demand 25-year jail term for ex-leader Park’s friend
This material belongs to: Yonhap. SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) — Prosecutors on Thursday demanded a 25-year prison term for a woman at the center of…
New U.K. Agency to Crack Down on Money Laundering
This material belongs to: OCCRP. Britain announced on Monday the creation of a new National Economic Crime Center (NECC) to crack down on money laundering,…
Senior Moldovan Judge’s Daughter Lived In Posh London Flat — With Tainted Money
This material belongs to: OCCRP. The daughter of a top Moldovan judge lived large in London thanks to 1.6 million lei (US$ 130,000) that was channeled…
Ecuador VP sentenced to 6 years in Odebrecht corruption case
This material belongs to: Washington Post. QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s vice president was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday after a court convicted him…
Saudi King Salman says determined to confront corruption
This material belongs to: Reuters. RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz said on Wednesday his government was determined to confront corruption with…
To End Corruption, We Must Unite
This material belongs to: Huffington Post. December 9th was International Anti-Corruption Day; a day on which to remember that we live in a world where…
Austria ex-finance minister goes on trial accused of corruption
This material belongs to: Reuters. VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian former finance minister went on trial on Tuesday accused of bribery and embezzlement in one…
‘Homeland’ Season 7 Trailer Targets Presidential Corruption
This material belongs to: The Hollywood Reporter. Carrie is on the outside, while Saul cozies up to the divisive president at the center of the…
Venezuela to investigate ex-oil tsar over corruption
This material belongs to: BBC. The Venezuela authorities say they are opening a corruption investigation into one of the country’s most influential political figures, the…
Anti-corruption war: BPP captures 50,000 contractors
This material belongs to: Vanguard. ABUJA—THE Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, yesterday said it has captured at least 50,000 contractors. According to the BPP, the…
#SindisoMagaqa murder not related to corruption, mayor says
This material belongs to: IOL. Durban – The mayor of the municipality at which slain African National Congress councillor Sindiso Magaqa served on Monday denied…
2017 Theme: United against corruption for development, peace and security
This material belongs to: UN. Every year $1 trillion is paid in bribes while an estimated $2.6 trillion are stolen annually through corruption – a…
UNODC Exclusive: South Asia’s leading changemakers call for united action against corruption
This material belongs to: Huffington Post. New Delhi, 11 December 2017–Joining hands with UNODC South Asia on the International Anti Corruption Day, South Asia’s leading changemakers emphasised the need…
#Steinhoff scandal is ‘clear mismanagement – corruption at its best’
This material belongs to: IOL. Johannesburg – The scandal over alleged accounting shenanigans at disgraced Steinhoff International has infuriated unions invested in the Government Employees’…
Commentary: Blagojevich wants Supreme Court guidance on corruption. So do I.
This material belongs to: Chicago Tribune. I have no particular desire to see former Gov. Rod Blagojevich released early from his 14-year prison sentence. And despite claims…
How business can help fight corruption
This material belongs to: ICC. International Anti-corruption Day on 9 December aims to stem the scourge of corruption through awareness raising. To join the celebration…
Brazil: New mandatory compliance programs between companies and Rio de Janeiro State
This material belongs to: Global Compliance News. Companies who wish to enter into contracts with the public administration of the state of Rio de Janeiro…
Reminiscences With Tam David-West
This material belongs to: Daily Trust. What specifically was government’s accusation against you? What he claimed was that a company that was owing Nigeria $157m…
Investigators find signs of Rio bid corruption
This material belongs to: ABC-CBN. PARIS, France — Rio de Janeiro made history in 2009 when the Brazilian beach paradise became the first city in…
Ex-Cuomo aide not amused by corruption posters outside his trial
This material belongs to: New York Post. Ex-Gov. Cuomo aide Joe Percoco doesn’t want to be lumped in with poster boys for government corruption. Lawyers…
A young corruption investigator is killed in Afghanistan. Why didn’t his U.S.-trained agency do more to protect him?
This material belongs to: Los Angeles Times. It was almost dark when Almar Habibzai, clad in his blue-gray police uniform, returned from work Oct. 15…
Three charged in Malta for murder of anti-corruption journalist
This material belongs to: Reuters. VALLETTA (Reuters) – A magistrate on Tuesday charged three men with murder over a car-bomb blast that killed anti-corruption journalist…
Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics over doping
This material belongs to: Daily Maverick. Russia was banned Tuesday from the 2018 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee over its state-orchestrated doping programme,…
Here’s the Winner of the Reader Poll for TIME’s 2017 Person of the Year
This material belongs to: Time. Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, has won TIME’s Person of the Year 2017 online reader poll, earning more votes…
‘Unfathomable’ levels of corruption and graft
This material belongs to: Cyprus Mail. CYPRUS is seeing “unfathomable” levels of corruption and graft, despite the blows it has been dealt recently, both Attorney-general…
IOC trying to perform delicate balancing act as Russia face Pyeongchang 2018 ban
This material belongs to: InsideTheGames. Russia are not currently contemplating a boycott of next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang but the final decision will…
50 of China’s 100 most wanted fugitives captured
This material belongs to: Xinhua. BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) — China’s top anti-corruption authority on Tuesday announced the capture of a “red notice” fugitive suspected…
Sports officials fix games: top procuratorate magazine
This material belongs to: Global Times. Report of systemic corruption suggests pending anti-graft campaign. Chinese senior sports officials routinely fix sports games, according to a…
CHRAJ, IEA launch National Anti-Corruption and Transparency Week
This material belongs to: GhanaWeb. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is launching the celebration of 2017 Anti-corruption week and National Anti-Corruption…
Hearing of corruption references against Sharif family adjourned till 1pm
This material belongs to: Samaa.tv. In today’s hearing, the court of Judge Muhammed Bashir is expected declare and Ishaq Dar Proclaimed Offender. Earlier, Nawaz Sharif,…
Malta police arrest 10 suspects in murder of blogger, PM says
This material belongs to: Reuters. VALLETTA (Reuters) – Maltese police have arrested 10 suspects in the murder of anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia, the country’s…
Saudi Arabia’s corruption crackdown looks like a plot to shore up the country’s depleted coffers — but it won’t work
This material belongs to: Business Insider. It was cast as an anti-corruption drive. Now a more probable motive for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s unprecedented…
Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu, corruption
This material belongs to: Reuters. JERUSALEM (Reuters) – About 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against government corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
SFO charges SBM executives in Unaoil corruption scandal
This material belongs to: The Telegraph. The Serious Fraud Office has charged a pair of oil executives at services group SBM Offshore with fraud as…
FRSC sacks 25 officials over corruption
This material belongs to: Daily Post. The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, says 25 officials of the Corps had…
Italy’s Berlusconi sent to trial accused of bribing witness: source
This material belongs to: Reuters. SIENA, Italy (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was ordered on Thursday to stand trial accused of bribing…
Venezuelan government arrested ex-Oil Ministers and PDVSA executives on corruption charges
Venezuela Arrests 2 Former Oil Officials, Claiming Corruption This material belongs to: The New York Times. CARACAS, Venezuela — Masked government agents stormed the homes…
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