Wall Street Journal - Corruption Currents: Indian Proposal Considers Sexual Favors as Bribery. 24 August 2016
By Samuel Rubenfeld
http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2016/08/24/corruption-currents-indian-proposal-considers-sexual-favors-as-bribery/
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Friday, August 26, 2016
From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 25 August 2016
World: UNODC, ICSS launch guide for ‘fixing’ investigation
Aug 25, 2016 08:00 pm
Aug 25, 2016 08:00 pm
Following
on from the partnership signed last year at the 13th United Nations
Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and International Centre for Sport
Security (ICSS) launched a new resource […]
Australia: Sundance Resources, Snowy Mountain Engineering Co embroiled in bribery scandals in Sri Lanka and Congo
Aug 25, 2016 07:30 pm
Aug 25, 2016 07:30 pm
Two
Australian companies are being investigated over alleged bribery
scandals linked to the presidents of Sri Lanka and the Congo, after the
firms sought to secure multi-million-dollar contracts in those
countries. A Fairfax Media and 7.30 investigation can reveal Perth’s […]
Malaysia: Lawyer says appointed to act for Najib in Zaid Ibrahim’s 1MDB lawsuit
Aug 25, 2016 07:00 pm
Aug 25, 2016 07:00 pm
Lawyer
Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun today confirmed that he has been appointed
to represent Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in a lawsuit by
ex-minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim over assets allegedly linked to 1Malaysia
Development Berhad (1MDB). Hafarizam said he […]
The former head of athletics in Kenya, under investigation for corruption and a doping cover-up, died on Wednesday
aged 72, his family said. Isaiah Kiplagat ran Athletics Kenya for 23
years, but his career ended in disgrace in November when […]
New Zealand police said on Tuesday
they had reached a deal with a Chinese-born businessman for him to pay a
record NZUS$42 million (23.75 million pounds) fine to settle legal
action following an investigation with China into money laundering.
William […]
Egyptian authorities said on Tuesday
they were asking foreign countries to unfreeze the assets of a close
associate of former president Hosni Mubarak after he paid back
three-quarters of his wealth. Egypt asked Spain, Switzerland and Hong
Kong to unblock […]
From: Transparency International - 25 August 2016
25 August 2016
Today's top story
Egypt: Egypt's wheat corruption struggle
The minister responsible for food subsidies in Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, resigned on Thursday amid a high profile corruption probe.
The minister responsible for food subsidies in Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, resigned on Thursday amid a high profile corruption probe.
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Global: Sepp Blatter says he will accept Cas verdict of appeal hearing against ban
The Guardian Global: US arrests Colombia’s fugitive former agriculture minister Colombia Reports Australia: Labor to relaunch corporate corruption inquiry into Sundance Resources, Snowy Mountain Engineering Co ABC Online Sierra Leone: ‘There is nothing petty about petty corruption’ – says Sierra Leone’s anti-corruption czar Sierra Leone Telegraph Thailand: Thailand's junta suspends Bangkok governor pending graft probes Reuters US: Exclusive: Companies made deals that could run afoul of U.S. whistleblower rules Reuters |
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On the web: Five key lessons from the Rio OlympicsOn the blog: Keeping the Olympic flame alive
Saturday, August 6, 2016
From: WSJ - Corruption Currents: World Vision Worker Accused of Funding Hamas - 4 August 2016
WSJ - Corruption Currents: World Vision Worker Accused of Funding Hamas - 4 August 2016. By Ben DiPietro. http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2016/08/04/corruption-currents-world-vision-worker-accused-of-funding-hamas/
From: Transparency International - Daily Corruption News - 5 Aug 2016
5 August 2016
Today's top story
Brazil: Brazil senate panel recommends impeaching, removing Rousseff
The Wall Street Journal
A Senate committee voted 14-5 on Thursday to recommend a conviction in suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial and that she then be permanently ousted.
The Wall Street Journal
A Senate committee voted 14-5 on Thursday to recommend a conviction in suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial and that she then be permanently ousted.
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Brazil: Brazil Eletronuclear CEO gets 43-year sentence for corruption -paper
Reuters China: Two more of China’s former top commanders taken away for corruption investigation: military sources South China Morning Post Iraq: Iraq court bans parliament speaker from traveling after corruption claims Al Arabiya Uganda: Yogera: New platform launched to fight corruption New Vision US: After 'very embarrassing' blunders, prosecutors offer no-jail deals in L.A. Coliseum corruption case LA Times |
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Global: International graft crackdown takes hold, FBI official says, citing Brazil
Reuters Morocco: Corruption is crippling Morocco’s nascent democracy Middle East Monitor |
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From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 5 Aug 2016
United Kingdom: Honours system is a symbol of ‘very British corruption’, says Steve Hilton
Aug 05, 2016 08:00 pm
Aug 05, 2016 08:00 pm
David
Cameron’s resignation honours list symbolises a “serious type of very
British corruption”, a former 10 Downing Street adviser has claimed.
Steve Hilton, Mr Cameron’s former strategy guru, has said
the recommendations are a symptom of a “corrupt and decaying democracy”.
Mr Cameron prompted a furious […]
Othon
Luiz Pinheiro da Silva, the former chief executive of Brazil’s nuclear
power company Eletronuclear, was sentenced to serve 43 years in prison
by a Rio de Janeiro judge late on Wednesday, the Valor Economico newspaper reported. Court and government […]
United States: Axa, Humana violated sanctions with business tied to alleged narcotraffickers- Treasury
Aug 05, 2016 07:00 pm
Aug 05, 2016 07:00 pm
U.S.
authorities said insurance providers Humana Inc and AXA Equitable Life
Insurance Co violated sanctions by providing policies to three people
blacklisted for alleged ties to narcotraffickers. The U.S. Treasury
Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which enforces
sanctions […]
A
South Korean parliamentary committee on Friday agreed to revise up
price ceilings stipulated in the controversial anti-graft law amid
rising concerns that the limits on exchanges of gifts may weigh down the
consumption of agricultural goods. The Kim Young-ran […]
Italy: Italy’s anti-corruption agency probes Rome rubbish firm as waste piles up
Aug 05, 2016 06:00 pm
Aug 05, 2016 06:00 pm
Italy’s
anti-corruption authority is investigating Rome’s public rubbish
management agency as concerns grow that waste problems plaguing the
capital could turn critical. A spokesman for the ANAC authority
confirmed a preliminary investigation, reported by Italian news agency
ANSA on Thursday, […]
United States: Braskem to start talks with U.S. authorities over corruption accusations
Aug 05, 2016 05:30 pm
Aug 05, 2016 05:30 pm
Braskem SA, Latin America’s largest petrochemical company, said on Thursday
it will start talks with U.S. authorities over accusations of
corruption linked to a massive graft investigation in Brazil. In its
quarterly results statement, the company said talks with the […]
Thursday, August 4, 2016
From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 3 August 2016
United States: Och-Ziff Doubles Reserve to $414 Million to Settle Probe
Aug 03, 2016 08:00 pm
Aug 03, 2016 08:00 pm
Och-Ziff
Capital Management Group LLC, the hedge fund firm run by Daniel Och,
more than doubled the money it’s setting aside for a settlement with
U.S. authorities and is in talks to raise capital from partners to help
cover the […]
China: Former tourism official sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment for graft
Aug 03, 2016 07:00 pm
Aug 03, 2016 07:00 pm
A court in east China’s Anhui Province on Tuesday
convicted and sentenced the former head of the provincial tourism
bureau to 12 years behind bars for bribe-taking. The ruling was handed
down by Anqing City Intermediate People’s Court Tuesday after […]
Brazil: Brazilian police arrest two as corruption probe turns to major builder
Aug 03, 2016 06:30 pm
Aug 03, 2016 06:30 pm
Brazil’s federal police said they had arrested two people and raided properties on Tuesday
over alleged corruption at building firm Queiroz Galvao, widening a
sweeping investigation focused on state-run oil company Petroleo
Brasileiro SA. “Operation Carwash” was launched two years […]
Iraq’s prime minister banned travel by a number of legislators accused of corruption and extortion on Tuesday.
The travel ban, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, will be temporary,
and will remain in force until an investigation is completed. It comes
[…]
Corruption
is widespread at the nation’s three credit ratings agencies as they
accept financial resources from companies they evaluate, then suspend
filing public notice of their negative ratings for more than one year,
an opposition party lawmaker said Tuesday. Rep. […]
China: Prominent Chinese human rights advocates to go on trial in Tianjin a year after sweeping crackdown
Aug 03, 2016 05:00 pm
Aug 03, 2016 05:00 pm
A
prominent mainland human rights lawyer whose firm was at the centre of
last year’s massive government crackdown on rights activists is expected
to stand trial in Tianjin this week on charges of subverting state
power. News also emerged on […]
From: Transparency International - Daily Corruption News - 3 August 2016
3 August 2016
Today's top story
Global: Olympic Games 2016: how Rio missed the gold medal for human rights
The Guardian (TI mention)
Campaign groups have called on the International Olympic Committee to urgently change its host-city contracts to place human rights at their heart, after warning Rio 2016 represented a “huge missed opportunity” to improve the lives of those in the city.
The Guardian (TI mention)
Campaign groups have called on the International Olympic Committee to urgently change its host-city contracts to place human rights at their heart, after warning Rio 2016 represented a “huge missed opportunity” to improve the lives of those in the city.
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Global: Cobalt’s $1.8bn Angola buyer pulls out
Financial Times Global: FIFA bribery trial could start in Sept. or Oct. 2017: U.S. judge Reuters Argentina: Transparencia Internacional es optimista por los avances judiciales (Transparency International is optimistic about the judicial developments) La Nación (TI mention) Iraq: Iraq's key corruption case is taken up by prosecutor general Associated Press Myanmar: Ruling-party lawmakers call for tougher action on graft in Myanmar Radio Free Asia Russia: Mayor in Russia sent to prison for corruption Associated Press |
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On the blog: Thousands of citizens support whistleblower protection law in Italy – you can join them!On the web: Calling all Southern African land and anti-corruption activists!
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