Sunday, January 29, 2017

China Climbs Four Places in Transparency International’s 2016 Corruption Perception Index

Transparency International has launched its latest 2016 Corruption Perception Index. China’s ranking continues to improve, moving up by four places from last year’s rank of 83 to a rank this year of 79. Our post discusses some of the highlights of the 2016 Corruption Perception Index.

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From: Ethical Alliance Daily News (27 Jan 2017)


 

United States: U.S. judge approves Braskem $633 million fine in record corruption case
Jan 27, 2017 08:00 pm
A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced the Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem SA to pay a $632.6 million criminal fine, in connection with a corruption case that led to the largest foreign bribery settlement in U.S. history. Braskem had agreed to...
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Brazilian police are seeking the arrest of fallen commodities tycoon Eike Batista as part of a vast political bribery probe, investigators said on Thursday, adding that the former billionaire appeared to have already flown to New York. Batista, Brazil’s richest...
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Two former Och-Ziff Capital Management Group executives, including the ex-head of the hedge fund’s European office, were sued by U.S. regulators over allegations that they spearheaded a sprawling bribery scheme that involved paying tens of millions of dollars across Africa...
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Over half of those arrested for corruption in the past three years are from the younger age group of below 40, a concerned Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said today (January 26 2017). MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention) Datuk Shamshun Baharin...
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The pursuit of money among some members of South Africa’s African National Congress is becoming so intense that senior officials say it’s threatening to split the ruling party and damage its ability to govern. In power since Nelson Mandela led...
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A Romanian court has sentenced an ex-prosecutor and a former senior tax official to prison for allegedly accepting bribes from a businessman who wanted a court case resolved in his favor. The High Court of Cassation and Justice on Thursday...
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From: Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (27 Jan 2017)

27 January 2017

Today's top story
Brazil: Eike Batista, once Brazil’s richest man, is sought in corruption inquiry
The New York Times
The Brazilian police announced on Thursday that they were seeking the arrest of Eike Batista, the oil and mining tycoon who was once the country’s richest man, in an expansion of the vast corruption investigation that has ensnarled dozens of politicians and business leaders.
More news
Indonesia: Indonesian anti-graft agency detains Constitutional Court judge
Reuters
Israel: Netanyahu interviewed by anti-corruption police for third time
The Guardian
Lebanon: Lebanon committed to oil, gas transparency
UPI
Sweden: Sweden's former finance minister suspected of corruption in hunting scandal
Business Insider Nordic
US: Transparency International has U.S. energy concerns
UPI (TI mention)

Multimedia of the week
Global: Corruption and populism
Deutsche Welle (TI mention)

Blogs and opinion
The Philippines: Duterte's Philippines is getting more corrupt
Forbes (TI mention)

News from Transparency International
Web feature: Corruption and inequality: How populists mislead people
Press release: Corruption Perceptions Index 2016: Vicious circle of corruption and inequality must be tackled
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Thursday, January 5, 2017

From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 4 Jan 2017

Hong Kong: Ex-Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang pleads not guilty to bribery charges
Jan 04, 2017 08:00 pm
Hong Kong’s former leader Donald Tsang, who ended his term in disgrace after accepting favours from tycoons, pleaded not guilty to bribery charges on Tuesday (Jan 3) at his high-profile corruption trial. Tsang, 72, held the leadership post of chief...
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Switzerland’s reputation as a secretive tax haven looks set to end following the introduction of rules over sharing bank account data. The International Convention on the Automatic Exchange of Banking Information (AEOI) entered into force on January 1, pulling Switzerland...
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A top Egyptian government official has killed himself in jail after being arrested in connection with a corruption investigation, reports say. Wael Shalaby was a former secretary general of Egypt’s administrative courts system. He resigned on Saturday, a day before...
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The chairman of China’s Ying Kou Port Group, Gao Baoyu, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for accepting around 26.8 million yuan (3.13 million pounds) in bribes, said the official Xinhua news agency on Saturday. The verdict, handed down...
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Greece’s justice minister on Tuesday promised a “swift and thorough” investigation into suspected corruption by civil servants and Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis. Stavos Kontonis ordered an inquiry after “denunciations concerning bribes paid to functionaries by Novartis” appeared in the press,...
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The business community, industry players, civil servants and Bukit Aman will give their full cooperation to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in the war on graft focusing on the civil service. “I have made it clear that corrupt or crooked...
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