United States: South Dakota GOP uses ’emergency’ rules to repeal anti-corruption law
Feb 03, 2017 08:00 pm
South Dakota Republicans on Thursday repealed a historic anti-corruption law approved by voters in a statewide referendum on Election Day. The measure, which passed with more than 51% backing in November, would have created an independent ethics commission, limited lobbyist...
RBS unit Coutts & Co was ordered to pay 6.5 million Swiss francs (US$6.57 million) for breaching money-laundering regulations in its relationship with Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, said Switzerland’s financial regulator on Thursday (Feb 2). “The bank failed to...
Panasonic Corp. fell in Tokyo trading after the company said its in-flight entertainment and communications systems subsidiary is under investigation by U.S. authorities for allegedly breaking bribery and securities laws. The shares fell as much as 2.7 percent to 1,137...
Brazil’s Supreme Court named a new justice on Thursday(Feb 2) to oversee cases against politicians caught in a giant corruption probe after the previous judicial pointman was killed in an air crash. Justice Edson Fachin, picked to replace the...
Malaysia: Bribery breaking point, MACC urges those pressured to grease the palms to file complaints
Feb 03, 2017 06:00 pm
Feb 03, 2017 06:00 pm
A whopping 80 per cent of corruption cases built against civil servants involved them soliciting from their clients — the public. In cases where they were offered “dirty money”, many were in fact triggered by the fear among “givers” that...
Hong Kong: Graft-buster issues guides on election rules amid suspicions of foul play in chief executive race
Feb 03, 2017 05:30 pm
Feb 03, 2017 05:30 pm
The city’s anti-graft watchdog has produced an information leaflet and a booklet with guidelines stating it is unlawful to dissuade someone from running in an election by offering benefits, amid suspicions of foul play in the city’s coming leadership race....
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