17 Apr 2023 ( WRAL News ) Oklahoma's governor is seeking the resignation of four county officials after a newspaper's audio recording apparently captured some of them complaining about two of the paper's journalists and knowing hit men and where two holes are dug. Oklahoma's governor is seeking...
17 Apr 2023 ( thesentry.org ) A group of 146 civil society organisations today express their serious concern about the legal proceedings filed in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Israeli businessman Dan Gertler against Congo’s leading anti-corruption coalition, Le Congo n’est pas à Vendre (Congo is Not for...
17 Apr 2023 ( The Guardian ) The former head of biathlon’s governing body has been charged with “gross corruption” following allegations he accepted bribes, prostitutes and free hunting trips from Russia. Anders Besseberg, who was president of the International Biathlon Union for nearly 26 years, is also...
05 Apr 2023 ( Box Score News ) Sports corruption is on the rise around the world according to international watchdog Sportsradar who analyzes sports data for bookmakers, national and international sports federations, and media companies.In their second annual report on sports betting, corruption, and match-fixing for...
12 Apr 2023 ( New Delhi Times ) Malawi’s president has pardoned a former minister of Homeland Security who was jailed in 2020 for corruption and placed on a U.S. travel ban. Uladi Mussa was among 200 prisoners released as an act of mercy during Easter. But...
14 Apr 2023 ( VOA ) Two journalists in northern Cameroon are calling for government protection after witnesses say a mayor publicly threatened to kill them for investigating corruption in road construction contracts. The Cameroon Journalists Trade Union has condemned the threat, which came after the killings...
13 Apr 2023 ( ProPublica ) The transaction is the first known instance of money flowing from Crow to the Supreme Court justice. The sale netted the GOP megadonor two vacant lots and the house where Thomas’ mother was living. In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s companies...
12 Apr 2023 ( NDTV ) A supreme court judge in China has been jailed for 12 years for accepting bribes worth 22.7 million yuan (USD 3.3 million) over two decades. Judge Meng Xiang, a former director of the Supreme People's Court's enforcement bureau and member of its trial...
06 Apr 2023 ( The Detroit News ) Former House Speaker Rick Johnson received more than $100,000 in cash bribes and free flights while wielding the power to pick which businesses could enter Michigan's marijuana industry, according to prosecutors who unveiled Thursday the largest public corruption scandal in...
07 Apr 2023 ( VOA News ) Activists in Uganda are welcoming the rare prosecution of a government minister on corruption charges but are skeptical that other high-level officials will be charged in the scandal. Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu was charged Thursday with fraud and causing loss...