World: Isis cannot be defeated unless corruption in governments ends, Transparency International UK warns
Feb 21, 2017 08:00 pm
Transparency International UK has accused western governments, including Britain and the US of ignoring corruption and thereby allowing Islamic State (Isis) to thrive across the world, particularly in the Middle East. In a report titled The Big Spin, released on...
The arrest of Samsung Group’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong last week is feared to be causing a butterfly effect of adversely affecting the conglomerate’s attempt to make its affiliate Samsung Life Insurance a financial holding company. Worries rose Monday...
Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar said here on Mondaythat Saudi Vision 2030 would ensure transparency and the fight against corruption in its march toward the Kingdom’s development. The prince was making the inaugural address on behalf of King...
Malaysia: Malaysia PM Najib insists he is not public officer in bid to strike out 1MDB suit filed by Mahathir
Feb 21, 2017 06:30 pm
Feb 21, 2017 06:30 pm
Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has applied to strike out an abuse of power lawsuit filed by predecessor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and two others against him over the investigation into corruption-tainted state investment fund 1MDB. Mahathir and two...
Barcelona player Neymar and his club will stand trial on corruption charges over his transfer from Brazilian team Santos, after losing a final appeal. The case relates to a complaint from Brazilian investment group DIS, which owned 40% of Neymar’s...
Lyu Xiwen, former deputy Party chief of Beijing, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking bribes on Monday. According to the court, Lyu was also fined 2 million yuan (290,816 U.S. dollars), and her illegal gains shall be...
World: Eleven countries team up to jointly investigate Odebrecht corruption
Feb 20, 2017 08:00 pm
Feb 20, 2017 08:00 pm
Officials from 11 countries have agreed in Brazil to carry out a joint investigation into the widespread Odebrecht bribery scandal, the Mexican prosecutor-general (PGR) announcedFriday (February 17 2017). A statement announced that a meeting held Thursday saw representatives from...
A court in China jailed a former senior official at one of the country’s business regulators for 18 years on Friday(February 17 2017) for corruption, state news agency Xinhua said. Sun Hongzhi was a deputy head of the State...
Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente had been charged in Portugal with corruption and money laundering, the Prosecutor General’s office in Lisbon said on Thursday(February 16 2017). Vicente, seen as a possible successor to President Jose Eduardo dos Santos who...
French activists are demonstrating against corruption amid a presidential campaign marked by a fake jobs investigation and other legal scandals. Inspired in part by the weeks of anti-corruption that have rocked Romania, demonstrators from left-wing parties and other groups gathered...
Woo Byung-woo, a former top presidential aide, on Saturdaywas questioned by a special prosecutors’ team investigating an explosive scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye. “I will faithfully respond to prosecutors’ questions,” Woo, Park’s former senior secretary for civil affairs, told...
Malaysia: MACC ready to probe claims of corruption, abuse of power in SEA Games supply tender
Feb 20, 2017 05:30 pm
Feb 20, 2017 05:30 pm
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will investigate News reports that the tender exercise for the supply of gymnastics equipment for the 2017 SEA Games had elements of corruption and abuse of power. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission will investigate claims that...
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