Wall Street Journal - Corruption Currents: From
Anti-Cybercrime Platform to Rosneft’s Deal (25 Sept 2014). By Samuel Rubenfeld.
Global Anti-Corruption Updates
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (26 Sept 2014)
Today's top story
China: China's communist party expels senior internet regulator for graft Thomson ReutersA senior Chinese internet regulator has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party on graft charges, China's top anti-graft body said on Friday, as it works to crack down on corruption in media and the internet.
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Global: Blatter: World Cup Corruption Probe To Stay Secret Associated PressGermany: Germany's dire record on protecting whistleblowers Deutsche Welle (TI mention)
Germany: German Bundestag approves ratification of UN anti-corruption convention Deutsche Welle
Indonesia: Indonesian parliament scraps direct elections, undermining Joko Widodo The Guardian
Portugal: Portugal's prime minister denies financial misconduct allegations that brought political storm Fox News
Blogs and opinion
China: China's Real Corruption Challenge: Swatting Thousands of 'Flies' The DiplomatUS: Six ways America is hurting itself with its corporate secrecy obsession Quartz
News from Transparency International
Web Feature: Joining forces to end poverty and corruption Press Release: 11 years after signing, German Parliament approves Global Corruption AgreementGerman parliament approves UNCAC
25 Sept 2014 --- Germany's lower house of
parliament has voted to approve the ratification of the United Nations
anti-corruption convention. The country is one of the last in the world not to
have ratified the measure.
The Bundestag on Thursday evening paved the
way for Germany to ratify the UN Convention against Corruption.
Germany's upper house of parliament, the
Bundesrat, can finalize the ratification process with a further vote when they
meet in October.
More than 170 of the UN's 193 members have
voted to ratify the 2003 convention. Among those countries that, like Germany,
have not yet done so are North Korea, Syria and Somalia.
The convention obliges nations to implement
a series of anti-corruption legal measures, including punishing violating
public officials.
Germany was one of the first signatories of
the convention, but for many years has lacked the proper legislation that
punishes parliamentarians for bribery, which is necessary for ratification.
In February of this year, the Bundestag
introduced a five-year jail sentence for parliamentarians who commit bribery.
Source: http://www.dw.de/german-bundestag-approves-ratification-of-un-anti-corruption-convention/a-17956362
Thursday, September 25, 2014
WSJ - Corruption Currents: From Europol, Banks in Cyberfight to ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ (23 Sept 2014)
WSJ - Corruption
Currents: From Europol, Banks in Cyberfight to ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ (23 Sept
2014). By Samuel Rubenfeld. http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2014/09/23/corruption-currents-from-europol-joins-banks-in-cyberfight-to-operation-fox-hunt/
Transparency International – Daily Corruption News (24 Sept 2014)
Transparency
International – Daily Corruption News (24 Sept 2014).
http://www.transparency.org/news/dcn_news/daily_corruption_news_24_september_2014
The Ethical Alliance (24 September 2014)
The Ethical
Alliance (24 September 2014)
Mexico:
Fugitive Mexico state official pleads guilty to U.S. money laundering charges
Monday, September 22, 2014
The State of REDD+ Finance - Working Paper 378
9/16/14
Marigold Norman and Smita Nakhooda
Abstract
This paper presents a thorough synthesis of available data to illuminate the current global state of finance for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+). It adds to a growing body of work that seeks to understand the size and composition of finance for REDD+ initiatives, as well as the delivery of climate finance more generally. The analysis shows that aggregate pledges of both public and private finance are significant, at more than US $8.7 billion for the period between 2006 and March 2014, but the pace of new pledges slowed after 2010. The public sector contributes nearly 90% of reported REDD+ finance, with the preponderance of funding concentrated among a relatively small number of donors and recipient countries. The paper analyzes early experience with performance-based finance, although such finance represents less than two-fifths of pledges to date. The extent to which new institutions in the climate finance architecture such as the Green Climate Fund will provide a new and effective channel for increasing support for REDD+ remains to be seen.
http://www.cgdev.org/publication/state-redd-finance-working-paper-378?utm_source=140917&utm_medium=cgd_email&utm_campaign=cgd_weekly&utm_&&&
Marigold Norman and Smita Nakhooda
Abstract
This paper presents a thorough synthesis of available data to illuminate the current global state of finance for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+). It adds to a growing body of work that seeks to understand the size and composition of finance for REDD+ initiatives, as well as the delivery of climate finance more generally. The analysis shows that aggregate pledges of both public and private finance are significant, at more than US $8.7 billion for the period between 2006 and March 2014, but the pace of new pledges slowed after 2010. The public sector contributes nearly 90% of reported REDD+ finance, with the preponderance of funding concentrated among a relatively small number of donors and recipient countries. The paper analyzes early experience with performance-based finance, although such finance represents less than two-fifths of pledges to date. The extent to which new institutions in the climate finance architecture such as the Green Climate Fund will provide a new and effective channel for increasing support for REDD+ remains to be seen.
http://www.cgdev.org/publication/state-redd-finance-working-paper-378?utm_source=140917&utm_medium=cgd_email&utm_campaign=cgd_weekly&utm_&&&
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (15 Sept 2014)
Today's top story
Chile: Business corruption in Chile: Nitrate nightmareThe Economist
Chile’s stockmarket regulator dishes out huge fines over a series of illegal share trades.
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Jamaica: Addressing of corruption a priority, says finance ministerJamaica Observer
India: Rajan attacks banks for ‘outsourcing’ of risk assessment
Financial Times
Iran: Tehran’s vendors battle the streets to survive
The Guardian
Israel: Israeli court: Olmert to remain free pending appeal
Associated Press
Russia: Election shows Kremlin’s grip on Russian regions
Reuters
South Africa: Spy vs Spy
The Economist
South Korea: Three lawmakers indicted over bribery
Yonhap News Agency
Blogs and opinion
Global: The British brain surgeon who joined the fight against corruption in UkraineThe Guardian
China: Transparency and strong rule of law are key to fighting corruption
South China Morning Post
News from Transparency International
Web feature: Tell the G20 to take action against secret company ownership: #UnmaskTheCorruptOn the blog: Philippines: Stories from the fight against corruption
Monday, September 8, 2014
Wall Street Journal - Corruption Currents: From ‘Spy Tapes’ to Targeting Executive MBAs (5 September 2014)
Wall Street Journal - Corruption Currents:
From ‘Spy Tapes’ to Targeting Executive MBAs (5 September 2014). By Samuel Rubenfeld.
Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (5 Sept 2014)
Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (5 September 2014)
http://www.transparency.org/news/dcn_news/daily_corruption_news_5_september_2014
http://www.transparency.org/news/dcn_news/daily_corruption_news_5_september_2014
Monday, September 1, 2014
Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (29 August 2014)
Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (29 August 2014)
http://www.transparency.org/news/dcn_news/daily_corruption_news_29_august_2014
http://www.transparency.org/news/dcn_news/daily_corruption_news_29_august_2014
Wall Street Journal -- Corruption Currents: From JPM Attacked to Mogul Raided (28 August 2014)
Wall Street Journal -- Corruption Currents:
From JPM Attacked to Mogul Raided. By Samuel Rubenfeld (28 August 2014)
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