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.
This material belongs to: The Washington Free Beacon. Xi goes full Mao in codifying ‘thought’. China’s anti-corruption czar who is also the Communist Party official…
This material belongs to: Pacific Standard. Behind the devastating crime rates in the region lies an insidious network of political collaboration with violent gangs like…
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.
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…
This material belongs to: LawInSport. The esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) has today launched its esports specific online anti-corruption education tutorial. The tutorial, which can be…
This material belongs to: Namibian. FORMER South African public protector Thuli Madonsela says the cost of doing business increases when there is corruption. Madonsela, who…
This material belongs to: Scroll.in. The state’s BJP government has protected judges and civil servants from being investigated for corruption unless permission is granted by…
This material belongs to: CGTN. Dozens of politicians and big companies have been entangled in corruption allegations in Brazil as police and prosecutors look into…
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.
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.
This material belongs to: CGTN America. The annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund & World Bank has closed in Washington. One sideline agreement to…
This material belongs to: Reuters. BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a High Court ruling to reinstate…
Reform Party chairman Hanno Pevkur at an event launching the party's local election campaign in Tallinn. Source: Siim Lõvi/ERR.
This material belongs to: ERR.ee. Chairman of the opposition Reform Party Hanno Pevkur on Monday filed a bill with the Riigikogu aimed at eliminating the…
This material belongs to: The Economist. Foreign crooks will find it harder to hang on to their London mansions and sports cars. For successful crooks…
Are there disturbing attitudes about what constitutes corruption that lie beneath the recent number of corruption cases? Source: AFP/Roslan Rahman.
This material belongs to: Channel NewsAsia. Ernst & Young Advisory’s Reuben Khoo and Saket Bhartia say that strengthening whistle-blowing measures and public education are key…
Bank of Mexico Governor Agustin Carstens participates in a discussion on the global economy during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting in Washington October 9, 2014. Source: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts.
This material belongs to: Reuters. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Better economic prospects for Mexico depend on a concerted push to end corruption in the country,…
Mohammed Alderajy, former member of parliament for Baghdad. Source: Euromoney.
This material belongs to: Euromoney. Iraq’s former industry minister, Mohammed Alderajy, is brutally honest about the country’s culture of corruption and resistance to reform. The…
This material belongs to: PUNCH. The recent declaration of hostile action against corrupt bank executives and directors by the Central Bank of Nigeria raises some…
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.
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.
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,”…
This material belongs to: 9News. A quarter of Victorian public servants fear losing their job if they report corruption, while just one third are confident…
This material belongs to: OCCRP. Using circular motions, Misael Reyes massages soft wet mud over a copper plate, causing it to flow – and reveal…
United States Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, is on trial on federal corruption charges in Newark. Recent court rulings overturning the convictions of former New York legislative leaders Dean G. Skelos and Sheldon Silver could play a role in Mr. Menendez’s case. Source: Bryan Anselm for The New York Times.
This material belongs to: The New York Times. NEWARK — They were two of the most notable corruption convictions in recent political history, two entrenched…
Photo: SACP deputy general-secretary Jeremy Cronin and other union and SACP members kickstart the anti-corruption march in Cape Town this morning. Source: Rebbeca Davis.
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,…
Dean G. Skelos, and his son Adam leaving Federal Court in Manhattan after being found guilty in December 2015. On Tuesday, their convictions were overturned. Source: Andrew Renneisen for The New York Times.
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…
In Las Claritas, the sewage system has collapsed and raw sewage flows along the main street. Source: William Urdaneta.
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…
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…
From left: Member, Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance Party (APDA), Mr Dan Nwanyanwu; Interim, National Chairman, Malam Shitu Mohammed-Cabiru; and Interim Deputy National Chairman (South), Mr Fijabi Adebo, unveiling the party’s flag in Abuja on Monday (4/6/17). Source: Ernest Okorie/BJO/NAN.
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…
At Molinos Calderón, in the village of La Ramona of El Callao sector, a miner shows portions of gold on a bill of 50 bolivars. Gold is used as currency in towns in the south of the Bolivar state. Source: William Urdaneta.
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…
IBAC outgoing foundation commissioner Stephen O’Bryan has praised the agency after its annual report was released. Source: Herald Sun.
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…
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…
Princess Haya bint al-Hussein of Jordan alongside her brother, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, at the FIFA Congress in Zurich in February 2016. Princess Haya managed her brother’s two campaigns for the FIFA presidency. Source: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images.
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…
April 01, 2016.Mcebisi Jonas,Deputy Finance Minister at the SARS head office in Pretoria. Source: FREDDY MAVUNDA. Business Day.
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…
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,…
Gennady Golovkin throws a left at Canelo Alvarez. Source: Getty Images.
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…
Generic photo of a Victorian ambulance. Source: ABC News.
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…
Dmitry Rybolovlev, the Russian billionaire who allegedly met with Donald Trump during his campaign, received a Cypriot passport in exchange for investing in the Bank of Cyprus. Source: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images.
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…
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…
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Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011. Source: REUTERS/Stringer.
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…
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…
Construction is underway at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C. where Westinghouse Electric Co. is building two AP1000 reactors. The work is behind schedule and over budget. Source: South Carolina Electric & Gas.
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…
A female trainee with the Syrian Democratic Forces at her graduation ceremony in northern Syria on August 9, 2017. Source: Sgt. Mitchell Ryan for US Army.
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…
Youssef Chahed, Tunisia's newly appointed Prime Minister addressing the Tunisian parliament on August 26, 2016. Source: Middle East Monitor.
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…
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…
The United States Department of Justice has been investigating Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia for corruption for over a year. Source: Fazry Ismail/European Pressphoto Agency.
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…
Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan. Source: BIZ News.
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…
The former presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, center, and Dilma Rousseff, in Recife, Brazil, last month. Source: Leo Caldas/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.
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…
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…
Some of the money went towards an international lobbying operation to deflect criticism of Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, pictured with his wife Mehriban outside 10 Downing Street. Source: Luke MacGregor/Reuters.
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…
Moldova only prosecuted two high-profile corruption cases in the past two years, despite scores of investitagions and arrests. Source: Damian Gadal/Flikr.
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…
This material belongs to: The Irrawaddy. YANGON — U Thin Maung, a member of Myanmar’s anti-corruption commission, explained in a recent interview with The Irrawaddy…
CAPE TOWNSOUTH AFRICA, 05MAY11 - Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Economic Development of South Africa, during the Job Creation session at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2011 held in Cape Town, South Africa, 4-6 May 2011. Source: Eric Miller.
This material belongs to: BBC. The son of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has denied involvement in alleged corruption despite his links with controversial businessmen.…
The student saved last money to pay a bribe to a teacher. The highest levels of corruption reported occur in schools. File photo.
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This material belongs to: Sunday Times. The highest levels of corruption reported occur in schools‚ representing 9.9% of the total‚ followed by corruption in the…
This material belongs to: Ekathimerini. In the effort to overcome Greece’s notorious bureaucracy, conflicting laws and corruption that is sabotaging badly need investment, the president…
This material belongs to: Premium Times. Feyi: In terms of the operation of NEXT, you had 13,000 applications and you picked 90 out of them.…
Yingluck's former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom who is accused of falsifying government-to-government rice deals arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 25, 2017. Source: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha.
This material belongs to: Xinhua. A former Thai commerce minister was on Friday sentenced to 42 years in jail under a historical lawsuit involving an…
Former Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand on August 1, 2017. Source: Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
This material belongs to: Time. Thailand’s Supreme Court has issued an arrest warrant for former prime minster of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to show up…
This material belongs to: Premium Times. In this second part of his extensive interview with Feyi Fawehinmi, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Dele Olojede, speaks on why NEXT newspapers, which…
This material belongs to: Chron. AUSTIN – What are the most corrupt state governments in the United States? It’s a question that public interest groups…
A British executive of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has been charged with corruption after a probe found the firm made billions of yuan from bribing doctors and hospitals. Source: AP.
This material belongs to: South China Morning Post. Nicholas Leong says awareness of shifting regulations and due compliance are the safeguards for foreign firms, as…
Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Trump, is looking at his past deals. Illustration by Oliver Munday. Source: Skynesher / Getty (hands).
This material belongs to: Moneyweb. It is the responsibility of all companies to report all potential cases. The recent spate of alleged corrupt activities involving…
Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Trump, is looking at his past deals. Illustration by Oliver Munday. Source: Skynesher / Getty (hands).
Part One. This material belongs to: New Yorker. That wasn’t the only puzzling thing about the loans. At the time that B.T.A. was lending all this…
Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Trump, is looking at his past deals. Illustration by Oliver Munday. Source: Skynesher / Getty (hands).
This material belongs to: New Yorker. What secrets will Mueller find when he investigates the President’s foreign deals? President Donald Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow recently…
This material belongs to: Zambia Daily Mail. Kelvin Siwale THE effects of corruption go as far as causing environmental degradation which culminates into climate change.…
This material belongs to: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “We are heavily counting on Tunisian and international civil society, the media, and every single Tunisian…
Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with Ms. Olajobi Makinwa, Chief, Anti-Corruption & Transparency and Africa, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) while receiving the Best Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Company Award at 2015 African Business Awards held in New York, USA. Source: Newsverge.
This material belongs to: Vanguard. The convention of Business Integrity, has identified anti-corruption as a key to the survival of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises,…
In Nigeria, one anti-corruption campaigner fears that if the era of U.S.-led transparency initiatives is over, the relapse will be stark.Source: Alex Webb / Magnum.
This material belongs to: The New Yorker. In February, in one of its first acts of lawmaking, the Trump Administration, with the Republican-controlled Congress, rescinded…
This material belongs to: Vanguard. Nigeria has lost a whooping N11 trillion to corruption in the power sector since 1999, a university lecturer, Dr Yemi…
President Park Geun-hye (C) was ousted in 2017 after a corruption probe by South Korean authorities. Source: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images.
This material belongs to: Forbes. As Asian economies continue to expand and the region becomes increasingly critical of the success of global business, the need…
Gustavo de Hoyos Walther, Coparmex President. Source: Comparmex.
This material belongs to: Forbes. The Confederation of Mexican Employers (Coparmex), a voluntary membership business organization with 36,000 members that include companies owned by Mexico’s billionaires,…
This material belongs to: Star of Mysore. Therefore, the decision taken by the Pakistan Supreme Court in the Panama Papers Scandal is worth emulating by our…
El presidente mexicano realizará una visita de Estado a Guatemala el próximo 5 de junio. Source: La Vanguardia.
This material belongs to: CNS News. Mexican anti-corruption advocates are giving an enthusiastic thumbs up to sweeping new anti-corruption law that took effect last month, in…
This material belongs to: Mother Jones. “Everyone seems to know (or hope) that the present administration is an exception.” Jessica Tillipman was recently leading an anti-corruption…
This material belongs to: Business Day. The private sector has been complicit in facilitating the illegal removal of money out of SA, warns academic. The…
This material belongs to: The Gleaner. Crime, violence and ‘bad-mindedness’ have emerged as the main issues that cause most Jamaicans to not be so proud…
Corruption uncovered by a proposed ACT Integrity Commission would only see the light of day when they came before the courts, under one model put forward. Source: Karleen Minney.
This material belongs to: InSight Crime. On the surface, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva‘s 9-year sentence for corruption seems reminiscent of numerous…
This material belongs to: Mexico News Daily. Mexico’s National Anti-Corruption System (SNA) goes into force tomorrow but a prosecutor to lead it and special corruption-fighting…
This material belongs to: Telesur.Net. One also remembers what the hacking did — it exposed the Democratic establishment as thoroughly corrupt — so dirty it…
This material belongs to: Forbes. Allegations that corruption is reaching to the highest level of the Sharif government crushed Pakistani stocks on Tuesday. The KSE 100 dropped 2153…
Magu: AGF Malami Disowns Osinbajo for Saying Senate Has No Powers of Confirmation. Source: Signal.
This material belongs to: This Day. The disagreement within the executive will make the implementation of the new anti-corruption policy difficult, writes Tobi Soniyi On…
This material belongs to: Interfax Ukraine. The United States wants to see anti-corruption reforms being implemented effectively in Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson…
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)
This material belongs to: The Sydney Morning Herald. The outgoing acting inspector of NSW‘s anti-graft watchdog has recommended winding back the agency’s ability to label people “corrupt” because he…
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.