Global Anti-Corruption Updates
Monday, July 21, 2014
The Ethical Alliance Daily - 17 July 2014
The Ethical Alliance Daily - 17 July 2014
Romania: Former Microsoft Romania
GM, questioned in ‘IT licenses for schools’ corruption case
Indonesia: KPK expects hefty
sentence for Budi Mulya in Century trial
United States: Former New Orleans
Mayor Nagin to appeal bribery conviction
China: China Communist Party expels
military firm executive
Kuwait: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health
faces corruption probe
Taiwan: Ex-Taoyuan deputy magistrate
confesses to Linkou bribe: prosecutors
Myanmar: Residents protest against
hospital corruption
Malaysia: Senior GLC official under
MACC probe
Australia: Former WA Police
detective Carl Salvatore Casilli sentenced to nine months jail for corruption
Pakistan: Education officer was
removed on corruption charges, AAG tell court
The Ethical Alliance Daily - 16 July 2014
The Ethical Alliance Daily - 16 July 2014
United Kingdom: SFO launches formal
investigation of UAE bribery claims at Sweet Group
United States: Showdown in Delaware:
Walmart fights to keep its secrets
China: Attack On Bank Of China For
“Money Laundering” Screams Infighting In Beijing
Vietnam: Three Japanese officials
prosecuted for suspected bribery in Vietnam
Romania: Romanian prosecutors start
hearings in EADS corruption case
Italy: Italian governor under
investigation over Expo job contracts
Indonesia: Dates for ministry
investigated as possible gratuity
Bulgaria: Plovdiv court orders
district mayor removed from office pending trial on corruption allegations
Greece: Corruption Sentence for
Greek City’s Ex-Mayor Cut
Bangladesh: Genuine or not, bribe is
must
(WSJ) Corruption Currents: From A Loan Not a Bribe to Corrupt Anti-Corruption Officials. 18 July 2014.
(WSJ) Corruption Currents: From A Loan Not
a Bribe to Corrupt Anti-Corruption Officials. 18 July 2014. By Ben DiPietro.
WACA WACA - West And Central Africa Weekly Anti-Corruption Announcements - 18 July 2014
WACA WACA - West And Central Africa
Weekly Anti-Corruption Announcements - 18 July 2014
The
Fight Against Corruption in the Field
Liberia: Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), Craves Moral Support
From United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The Executive Chairperson of
the LACC, Cllr. James N. Verdier, has appealed to UNMIL and other missions in
Liberia to provide moral support the Commission to enhance its work. Cllr.
Verdier said while the LACC welcomes technical and logistical support from
partners, the Commission would appreciate their moral support which will help
boost its work and discourage perpetrators of corruption.The LACC boss made the
appeal last Thursday when the new Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary
General for Consolidation of Democratic Governance, Antonio Vigilante, paid a
familiarization visit to the Commission. Read
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Nigeria: UK prosecutor reviews alleged link between UK aid and jailed Ibori.
Britain's leading fraud prosecutor is evaluating material alleging UK aid might
have been channelled to companies linked to James Ibori, a jailed Nigerian
former oil state governor, a top government lawyer said on Wednesday. Read
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Nigeria: Bien mal
acquis - Le Liechtenstein va restituer 167 millions d'euros au Nigeria
détournés par Sani Abacha. Le Liechtenstein s'est engagé à restituer au Nigeria
167 millions d'euros détournés par l'ancien président Sani Abacha dans les
années 1990. Lire
la Suite
Sierra
Leone: Anti-Corruption Commission talks about the
new national anti-corruption strategy to officers of eastern police. Over
seventy (70) police officers of the Eastern Police Division were educated
on the new National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS 2014-18) and activities of
the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Read
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Cote
d'Ivoire: Hôpital général d'Abobo - Négligence, racket et corruption. Une
affaire Richard Niangoran, risque d'indigner l'opinion publique nationale et
même internationale. Tout commence le mardi 8 juillet 2014 aux environs de 13
heures lorsque le chauffeur de taxi à Cocody St-Jean, Richard Niangoran
ressentant un malaise au niveau de son bas ventre, décide de se rendre Ã
l'hôpital général d'Abobo non loin de la gare. Lire
la Suit
Burundi: Un
militant anticorruption interdit de manifester. L'une des principales
figures de la société civile du Burundi, Gabriel Rufyiri à la tête de
l'Observatoire de lutte contre la corruption et les malversations économiques
(Olucome) avait annoncé, mardi, son intention de manifester seul.
Lire la Suite
Congo-Brazzaville: Lutte
contre la corruption: la localité de Djambala déterminée à combattre ce
phénomène. Les autorités politico-administratives se sont montrées
favorables pour lutter contre ce phénomène dans leur domaine d’activité. Cet
engagement fait suite à la campagne de sensibilisation menée du 14 au 19
juin à Djambala, dans le département des Plateaux, par la Commission nationale
de lutte contre la corruption, la concussion et la fraude (CNLCCF). Lire
la Suite
African
News on Anti-Corruption
Analysis: Lawyers,
judges and corruption. Chief Justice, Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, pushed her anti-corruption efforts
a notch higher when she sought to identify forces fostering illicit activities
in the judiciary. Read
More
Analyse: Afrique:
Les mafias prospèrent aussi sur le colossal marché des déchets. L'Italie
appelle à une coordination internationale pour contrer le phénomène
d'exportation illicite des déchets qui touche aussi l'Afrique La justice
italienne estime qu'il n'y a plus de temps à perdre : il faut contrer au plus
vite le phénomène de l'éco-mafia dont l'activité devient de plus en plus
internationale. La multiplication des contrôles et des saisies en Italie a
poussé les barons de la criminalité organisée à étendre et multiplier leurs
aires d'activités en dehors de la péninsule. Parce que proche, mais aussi parce
que vulnérable aux frontières et peu regardante, l'Afrique reçoit désormais,
avec ou sans son accord, les résidus légaux ou pas de l'activité industrielle
européenne et occidentale. Lire la suit
Corruption
and Justice: Ex-CEO
of Tanzania ports faces fraud charges over bloated Chinese contract. The former
head of Tanzania Ports Authority and his deputy were charged on Monday
with fraudulently awarding a bloated contract worth more than $523 million to a
Chinese company to expand the city’s main port. Read
more
Analysis:
Why anticorruption
reforms fail-systemic corruption as a collective action problem. Read
more
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Zimbabwe working to enact Whistle Blower Protection Law
Deputy Home Affairs minister Ziyambi
Ziyambi says government is working on the enactment of the Whistle Blower
Protection Law to protect those who report corruption. "Zimbabwe is a
signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and it is the
first global legally binding international anticorruption instrument,"
Ziyambi said.
Read the story in Bulawayo 24 News.
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