Jacob Zuma, South Africa's president, looks at a document as he attends the annual budget speech at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan cut his spending ceiling and stuck to deficit targets, holding his ground in a feud with Zuma for control of the nations finances.
Jacob Zuma, South Africa's president, looks at a document as he attends the annual budget speech at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Source: Halden Krog/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
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Magashule, Duarte deliver formal recall letter to Zuma

This material belongs to: SABC. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Ace Magashule and Deputy Secretary General Jessie Duarte have arrived at President Jacob Zuma’s…
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov attends a session on the third day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 19, 2017. A London property owned by Shuvalov could come under investigation using a new British law.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov attends a session on the third day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 19, 2017. A London property owned by Shuvalov could come under investigation using a new British law. Source: AP.
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Britain Targets Global Corruption With Law to Seize Unexplained Wealth

This material belongs to: Voice of America. LONDON — Politicians, public figures and criminals suspected of buying property with corrupt money will be forced to explain…
Israel's Netanyahu Faces Criticism For Delayed Reaction To Charlottesville Rally because he wanted to avoid angering Trump.
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands in Jerusalem in May. Some critics say Netanyahu responded cautiously to the Charlottesville rally because he wanted to avoid angering Trump. Source: NPR.
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Israeli police recommend indicting Netanyahu for corruption: report

This material belongs to: The Hill. Israeli police chiefs will recommend to the country’s attorney general that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption…
Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner outside the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, on December 4, 2015, following the hearing of his legal challenge to avert being extradited to the United States. Source: ALVA VIARRUEL/AFP/Getty Images.
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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…
This photo released by the Vietnam News Agency shows former Ocean Bank general director and former chairman of giant state oil firm PetroVietnam, Nguyen Xuan Son (C), being excorted at a Hanoi court on the final day of his trial on September 29, 2017. Source; VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/AFP/Getty Images.
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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…
President Rodrigo Duterte said the dismissal of the policemen is part of a “purging” at the Philippine National Police, which he once described as “corrupt to the core.” Source: Robinson Ninal/Presidential Photographers Division, Malacanang Palace via AP, File.
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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…
From left: Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdularahman Dambazau; Director General, Bureau for Public Procurement, Mamman Ahmadu; Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu and Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu at the Federal Executive Council Metting. Source: Callistus Ewelike/NAN.
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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…
Suspended ANCYL president Julius Malema (L) gestures as his secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa looks on during a media briefing at the party's headquarters in Johannesburg, November 16, 2011. South Africa's ruling African National Congress kicked its firebrand Youth League leader out of the party for five years last Thursday after finding him guilty of sowing division. Source: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko.
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#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…
A Steinhoff International Holdings NV logo sits on display outside the company's offices in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. Source: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
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#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’…
Col. Haji Habib Rahman, father of the slain Almar Habibzai, stands over the site where his son was killed outside their home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Source: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times.
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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…
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced the investigation in a brief statement on Monday, Xinhua said. Picture taken on March 3, 2013. Source: REUTERS/Jason Lee.
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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…
President President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, left, and Nelson Martínez, then the oil and mining minister, in Caracas in January. Mr. Martínez was arrested on Thursday. Source: Juan Barreto/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.
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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…
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. Source: AP Photo/Molly Riley.
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Interview: Amnesty to Ben Ali-Era Officials Is to Remove ‘Policy Paralysis’, Says Tunisian FM

Tunisia has been investing a lot in security infrastructure despite the economic slowdown. The interior ministry’s budget for 2018 has been increased by 12.5%. At the same…