China - Madagascar - UK

China's Liaoning province sees third police chief in a row accused of corruption. "China's top anti-corruption watchdog is investigating a provincial police chief as part of a crackdown that has snared at least 11 senior law enforcement and judicial figures in the past five years." 

South China Morning Post: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3168992/chinas-liaoning-province-sees-third-police-chief-row-accused 

 

Call for better transparency and management around Covid-19 emergency funding. "On February 18, the Malagasy Ministry of Justice released the Court of Auditors' first audit report reviewing the financial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Transparency International joins Transparency International - Initiative Madagascar and partners in celebrating the release of this first report, while continuing to call for greater transparency and accountability around COVID-19 funds to ensure the Malagasy people receive the support they need during this pandemic." 

Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/transparency-international-initiative-madagascar-call-transparency-accountability-covid-19-emergency-funding 

 

The problem of tracing dirty money from Russia: How 'illegal' are 'illicit' flows? "In this article, we pinpoint three difficulties in conceptualising and, hence, tracing illicit financial flows, and suggest that, given these challenges a wider approach to studying the transnational reach of dirty money is needed." 

London School of Economics (LSE) Blog: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-problem-of-tracing-dirty-money-from-russia/