Friday, September 6, 2019

New Kickback podcast / Viet Nam ex-minister bribes / Maldives ex-vice president

New Podcast Episode, Featuring Cristina Bicchieri (Blog/Podcast).  “University of Pennsylvania Professor Cristina Bicchieri [talks] about her interdisciplinary work on corruption and anticorruption, which addresses a range of questions including why corruption can be so “sticky,” the role of social norms in shaping corrupt or non-corrupt behavior, how and why perceptions and attitudes toward corruption may differ between men and women, and what the implications of social norm theory are for effective anticorruption strategy.”

The Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2019/09/03/new-podcast-episode-featuring-cristina-bicchieri/

 

Vietnam ex-minister took US$3 million bribes in MobiFone case: Police.  “Nguyen Bac Son received the money to facilitate a deal in which MobiFone overpaid for a 95 per cent stake in a loss-making pay television provider, the official Vietnam News Agency said, citing the results of a police investigation.

Channel News Asia: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/vietnam-minister-3-million-bribe-mobifone-corruption-11868322

 

Maldives' ex-vice president seeks India asylum after boat escape.  Ahmed Adebb, a former Maldives vice president accused of spearheading the island nation's biggest corruption scandal has sought political asylum after fleeing to India as a stowaway on a tugboat.

Zaheena Rasheed/Aljazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/maldives-vp-flees-india-stowaway-seeks-asylum-190801204802805.html

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