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Khalid (left) and Dzulkifli after signing the pledge, witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (centre). Source: The Star.
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Police take anti-corruption pledge

This material belongs to: The Star. Taking the corruption-free pledge will put an end to criticism of the police force, says Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)…
Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak (C) with MACC chief Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad (3rd R) at the launch of series 'Banteras', a collaboration between the MACC and Fantasy Film Sdn Bhd, on July 20, 2017. — Bernama
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Malaysian authorities has launched a TV series about corruption

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and Fantasy Film Sdn Bhd will be joining hands to produce a 13-episode drama series to raise awareness on the…
Italian Penitentiary police officers stand inside the court hall during a corruption trial in Rome, Thursday, July 20, 2017. An Italian court has found 46 defendants guilty in a wide ranging corruption trial that revealed a system of kick-backs and intimidation to gain control of city contracts. But the court did not convict the defendants of mafia-style association, a key element of prosecutor’s case and which would have been the first in Italy to unite findings of corruption with the trappings of organized crime. Source: Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP.
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Italy Rome Corruption

This material belongs to: The Gazette. A defendant sticks his arm out of the cage in the bunker court of the Rebibbia prison during the…
Brazilian acting President Michel Temer gives the thumbs up during a meeting with mayors at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on July 13, 2016. / AFP / EVARISTO SA (Photo credit should read EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images)
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House panel rejects corruption claim, boosting Brazil leader

This material belongs to: The Washington Post. Brazil’s President Michel Temer arrives for a ceremony to sign a controversial labor reform into law at Planalto…
Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV pushed for the Office of the Ombudsman’s investigation against President Rodrigo Duterte citing his “admission” of corruption as grounds.Senate PRIB
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Trillanes: Duterte’s corruption ‘admission’ ground for ombudsman probe

This material belongs to: PhilStar Global. Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV on Monday pushed for the Office of the Ombudsman’s investigation against President Rodrigo Duterte…
Gustavo Moreno, Fiscal Anticorrupción, detenido por pedir soborno. Source: La Otra Cara.
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Corruption Case…Corrupt

This material belongs to: Legal Reader. Sometimes corrupt politicians feel more at ease in engaging in illegal transactions after crossing borders, supposedly away from adoring…
Then-president Lula, with his hand on the wheel, at the groundbreaking for Petrobras’s Abreu e Lima refinery in 2007 (left). A protest in the streets of São Paulo on March 15. More than a million people marched in Brazil’s cities on that day. Source: Bloomberg.
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Brazilian construction firm UTC fined 175 mln USD for corruption

This material belongs to: Xinhua.net. Brazilian construction engineering company, UTC Engenharia S.A., one of the country’s largest, will pay 574 million reais (175 million U.S.…
BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 11: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives at the Chancellery to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on November 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Sharif is on a two-day official visit to Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Microsoft’s default font is at the center of a government corruption case

This material belongs to: thenextweb.com. After creating a font in 2004, its creators probably never thought it’d be used as evidence in a government corruption…
FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2016 file photo, federal police put items seized from the Federal Senate Legislative Police headquarters into a vehicle as part of an investigation into the Car Wash operation in Brasilia, Brazil. What began as a probe of money laundering has sprawled into a mega-scandal, primarily uncovering a scheme by construction companies to overcharge in contracts with the state oil company. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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Brazilians questioning whether big probe will end corruption

This material belongs to: ABC News. For three years, Brazilians have become used to waking up to images of top politicians or captains of industry…
Brazil’s President Michel Temer speaks during a economic ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Monday, June 26, 2017. President Michel Temer is expressing defiance in the face of possible corruption charges, the lowest approval rating for a Brazilian leader in a generation and calls for his resignation. He says nothing will "destroy" his government. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Brazil’s Temer hurries defense against corruption charge

This material belongs to: ABC News. Embattled Brazilian President Michel Temer quickly presented his legal defense against corruption allegations to lawmakers on Wednesday, a move seen as…
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) put his hand on the shoulder of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) after introducing him before Sessions's swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House February 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump also signed three executive orders immediately after the swearing in ceremony. Also pictured is U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L). (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Trump top law enforcement officer, Jeff Sessions, lied under oath about his Russian contacts. Source: Getty Images.
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Ethics watchdog at Justice Department resigns over Trump’s corruption

This material belongs to: Daily Kos. A former federal prosecutor and veteran ethics officer at the Department of Justice left her job in June because…
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions carry an effigy of South Korean President Park Geun-hye as they march during a rally calling for Park to step down in Seoul, South Korea. The jailed confidante of the disgraced president begins a trial Monday, Dec. 19 that will explore a scandal that led to Park's impeachment after millions took to the streets in protest. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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Corruption scandal in South Korea: The story

The biggest corruption scandal in South Korean history unfolded during 2016 and resulted in Park Geun-hey being impeached in December. On March 10, 2017 Supreme Court…
File: Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu disclosed the number in the commercial capital Lagos. He said 113 suspects had been sentenced. Photo: Free press via Flickr/Creative Commons
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Over 100 arrested in Nigerian anti-corruption raid

This material belongs to: ENCA.com. Nigerian anti-corruption agencies have recorded more than 100 convictions on economic and financial crimes since the beginning of the year. Chairman of…
Президент и Исполнительный Директор Clark Development Corporation (CDC) Ноель Ф. Мананкил (в зелёной футболке) в окружении отвечающих за общественную безопасность сотрудников CDC. Источник фото: листовка CDC.
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CEO of Filipino state company Clark Development Corporation denies involvement in corruption

On 29th of June 2017 Noel F. Manankil, head of an economy zone in Pampanga, a Filipino province, denied corruption allegations following the country’s president Rodrigo Duterte threat to fire Manankil…
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Бразильский президент Михель Темер (Michel Temer) делает официальное заявление для прессы в Planalto Palace во вторник 27 июня 2017 года. Источник фото: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
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Brazilian president Temer is not going to G20 summit

According to the official sources and El Periodico the Brazilian president Michel Temer refused to participate in the upcoming summit of G20, which this year will be held…
Принц Уильям (Prince William), Дэвид Кэмерон (David Cameron) и Дэвид Бэкхам (David Beckham) накануне голосования, определявшего страны, принимающие ЧМ в 2018 и 2022 годах. Источник фото: Daily Mirror.
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Prince William and David Cameron implicated in FIFA corruption scandals

The Duke of Cambridge and former UK PM David Cameron were implicated in FIFA corruption scandal following the leak of some 430 pages of former FIFA’s…
This Wednesday, June 21, 2017 a car is decorated with voting posters at an election rally in the Papua New Guinea capital, Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea voters are going to the polls in elections dominated by corruption allegations hanging over their prime minister and the South Pacific island nation's deepening economic woes. ABC via AP Eric Tlozek
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Papua New Guinea votes with corruption and economic woes key

Material belongs to: The Olympian. Papua New Guinea voters are going to the polls in elections dominated by corruption allegations hanging over their prime minister…
Президент Конго Сассо Нгуессо (Sassou Nguesso), дочери и зятю которого предъявлены обвинения в коррупции. Источник фото: AFP.
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Congo president’s daughter charged with corruption in France

This material belongs to: France24. Investigators have widened a corruption probe into the French assets of three African ruling families, charging the daughter and son-in-law…
Представители египетских правоохранительных органов на фоне высотного здания, упавшего в квартале Azarita египетской Александрии. Источник фото: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA.
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How Alexandria’s ‘leaning tower’ became an emblem of the city’s corruption

This material belongs to: The Guardian. When the 13-storey tower block toppled it exposed problems at the heart of the construction industry in a country…