28 Jul 2022 (IndependentAustralia) the global pandemic has proven to be a breeding ground for corruption, with "urgency of response" offering a cover for corrupt decision-making made worse by a scarcity of information, writes Bella Farrelly. AS FAR AS rich, highly vaccinated countries are concerned, Omicron is a relic of yesteryear. With...
30 Jun 2022 (9to5Mac) Apple’s former senior director of corporate law and corporate secrecy has officially admitted to partaking in an insider trading scheme. Gene Levoff was first indicted for insider trading in 2019, and while he was initially fighting the charges, he has now admitted to his role in these...
25 Jul 2022 (Reuters) South Africa has formally asked the United Arab Emirates to extradite Rajesh and Atul Gupta, brothers who face corruption charges relating to former president Jacob Zuma's time in power, the justice minister said on Monday. "We can confirm that the extradition request has been...
14 Jul 2022 (THE TICO TIMES) “The cost of living is what has the people on the streets, the people are asking for social justice,” Sergio Gallegos tells AFP. He is one of the thousands of people who have protested in the last two weeks to demand the...
21 Jul 2022 (The Guardian) Britain’s most senior anti-bribery prosecutor has been personally criticised in an independent review that examined flaws in a major corruption trial. Lisa Osofsky, the director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), was judged to have made a “number of mistakes and misjudgments” in her handling...
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...