Japan Olympics bribery / FinCEN Files implications / Pakistan land corruption

Tokyo Olympics consulting firm paid ¥37 million to IOC member's son, papers show.  “A consulting firm for the Tokyo Olympic bid committee transferred some ¥37 million ($370,000) to the son of one-time influential IOC member Lamine Diack and his company before and after the Japanese capital was picked in September 2013 as the host city”

The Japan Times: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/21/national/tokyo-olympics-consulting-firm-ioc-lamine-diack/

 

FinCEN files: overhaul to global anti-money laundering system needed (Statement).  “the problem is actually bigger than the FinCEN Files show. We know that most of the banks involved in major corruption scandals from the past few years didn’t even file [Suspicious Activity Reports], or only did so when details had already emerged in the media,” according to Maira Martini, Research and Policy Expert on Corrupt Money Flows at Transparency International.

Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/fincen-files-overhaul-to-global-anti-money-laundering-system-needed  

 

Several PLRA officials face inquiries over corruption, fraud.  In Pakistan, the “Punjab Land Record Authority (PLRA) is going through a major overhaul, as a number of its officials are facing probes for allegedly attesting fraudulent mutations, preparing fake tax and municipal fee vouchers/receipts, receiving heavy bribes from beneficiaries and other irregularities across the province.”

Khalid Hasnain/Dawn: https://www.dawn.com/news/1580788