Sep 01, 2016 08:00 pm
The
charity of Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio has been urged to repay
money it received which is linked to the Malaysian state fund 1MDB
currently mired in an embezzlement scandal. The US Department of Justice
says that donations made to […]
Taiwan
has jailed 14 people for up to 17 years in a corruption scandal that
saw railway officials accepting sex services and visits to hostess clubs
in exchange for business contracts. In the biggest graft case to hit
the state […]
China: Mingfa chairman named in investigation by mainland Chinese anti-graft committee
Sep 01, 2016 07:00 pm
Sep 01, 2016 07:00 pm
The
chairman of property developer Mingfa Group, Wong Wun Ming – once among
the top 10 billionaires in Fujian – is “cooperating” with mainland
authorities on an investigation, the company said in filing to the Hong
Kong stock exchange on […]
South Korea’s prosecution on Wednesday
announced a set of measures to fight against irregularities involving
legal professionals amid a series of corruption scandals rocking the
country. The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office said it will establish task
forces under each district prosecutors’ […]
Kenya’s top anti-corruption official said Wednesday
he has resigned after his family business was mentioned as a company
that did business with a ministry implicated in corruption. Since its
inception in 1997, all five heads of the country’s corruption watchdog
[…]
One
of Sri Lanka’s most controversial politicians has been charged with
corruption involving the illegal transfer of state-owned weapons.
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is charged with allowing a private firm to establish
a floating armoury. It is claimed the move deprived the […]
