Afghanistan security sector corruption / Public beneficial ownership register / Pakistan food controller scandal

Corruption and Self-Dealing in Afghanistan and Other U.S.-Backed Security Sectors (Commentary).  “The Afghan security forces’ gradual and then sudden collapse is a cautionary tale about other U.S. efforts worldwide to bolster foreign security sectors that are hamstrung by corrosive and endemic corruption.”

Jodi Vittori/Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/09/09/corruption-and-self-dealing-in-afghanistan-and-other-u.s.-backed-security-sectors-pub-85303  

 

Out in the open: how public beneficial ownership registers advance anti-corruption.  “Information about the real individuals behind companies is critical for everything from a fair tax system to stopping corruption and wildlife trafficking. The advantages of having beneficial ownership information easily available to authorities as well as to the public are so abundantly clear, that neither anti-corruption professionals nor the wider public can make sense of the slow pace of improvements in this area.”

Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/news/how-public-beneficial-ownership-registers-advance-anti-corruption  

 

Food controller fined Rs297 million in corruption case.  “The investigation into the massive embezzlement in the food department revealed that the accused Assistant Food Controller Shakkar Khan, as in charge PRC center Quetta [city in Pakistan], embezzled millions of rupees in purchase and sales of thousands of government wheat bags.”

Mohammad Zafar/The Express Tribune: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2319629/food-controller-fined-rs297-million-in-corruption-case