21 Jul 2022 (eurasianet) Bribery is a booming business in Kazakhstan. That, at least, appears to be the case judging from official data revealing that the number of recorded bribe-taking cases has jumped a third this year. Law-enforcement agencies registered 374 cases of bribe-taking in the first half of...
20 Jul 2022 (GREEK REPORTER) A staggering 98 percent of Greek citizens think corruption is “widespread” in their country, according to the latest European Union survey on the subject. That percentage among Greeks is far higher than the 68 percent of respondents among all EU member states who...
20 Jul 2022 (Military.com) Harris Jewelry, a New York-based national jewelry outlet that catered to military bases across the country, agreed on Wednesday to pay $34.2 million to settle claims that the firm targeted service members using shady credit transactions and "misleading" sales tactics, according to court...
2 Jul 2022 (ALJAZEERA) On June 21, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera fired the country’s chief of police, suspended several senior government officials and also took the extraordinary step of stripping his deputy, Saulos Chilima, of all powers after they were accused of receiving kickbacks from UK-based businessman...
12 Jul 2022 (THE HILL) A former Chester County, S.C., sheriff and two of his deputies were sentenced to prison on Monday on a range of corruption charges. Chester County Sheriff George Underwood and Lieutenant Johnny Neal Jr. were sentenced to 46 months, while Chief Deputy Robert Sprouse...
6 Jul 2022 (VOA) The Taliban say they will not hold former Afghan officials accountable for the massive corruption that derailed donor-funded development projects and contributed to the collapse of the former Afghan Republic. "Those who nurtured and enriched themselves during the previous invasion and from the U.S.'s...
8 Jul 2022 (POLITICO) A Swiss criminal court ruled a delayed payment from FIFA to Platini was not illegal. Former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini have been cleared of corruption charges, Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court ruled on Friday. Prosecutors had accused Blatter and Platini of...
6 Jul 2022 (AP News) HONOLULU (AP) — A former Hawaii state senator was sentenced to 40 months in prison Tuesday for taking bribes in exchange for shaping legislation while in office. Former Senate Majority Leader J. Kalani English, 55, pleaded guilty to honest services wire fraud in...
29 Jun 2022 (OCCRP) Iraqi tycoon Nizar Hanna Nasri sits atop an empire spanning pharmaceuticals, liquor imports, and some of Erbil’s most spectacular real estate developments. But his success was built on a far less visible foundation: A globe-spanning trade in black-market cigarettes. Key Findings: Nizar Hanna Nasri’s facilities...
28 Jun 2022 (CBS NEWS) Ernst & Young cheated on the ethics section of the Certified Public Accountant exam and withheld evidence of the behavior from regulators, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC has fined EY $100 million — the largest penalty ever for an...