3 Aug 2022 (South China Morning Post) China’s state-run chip industry investment fund, a central plank in Beijing’s efforts to achieve “semiconductor independence”, has become engulfed in anti-corruption probes, with a number of its executives under investigation, according to official announcements and local media reports. While authorities have...
3 Aug 2022 (News Channel 21) In the shadow of a glossy, thousand-dollar campaign billboard, one of many across Kenya’s capital, street vendors struggle to make even 200 shillings ($1.68) a day and often pocket none. Kenya’s Aug. 9 election is ripping open the scars of inequality and...
3 Aug 2022 (Middle East Monitor) The Public Prosecution in the southern Gafsa Governorate of Tunisia has issued an arrest warrant for former Minister of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition Mongi Marzouk on suspicion of financial and administrative corruption. One report said that the warrant was issued after...
13 Jul 2022 (The Washington Post) A luxury-building collapse, a grain-import swindle, an incompetent minister accused of nepotism — a string of cases linked to government corruption has cast a grim light on the year-old presidency of Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line judge who came to power...
23 Aug 2022 (MSN) A whistleblower complaint by Twitter Inc.’s former head of security alleging widespread mismanagement spurred new scrutiny of the social-media company, adding to its challenges as it prepares for its legal battle with Elon Musk. The complaint, which was submitted to the Securities and Exchange...
3 Jun 2022 (Iran International) The head of Iran’s Educational Evaluation Organization has denied corruption in holding the standardized university entrance exams, but many remain unconvinced. Responding to allegations that test questions were leaked and sold for huge amounts of money, Abdolrasoul Purabbas, head of the higher education...
27 Jul 2022 (VOA News) Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera launched a nationwide anti-corruption campaign Tuesday at the end of a two-day conference on graft. While many Malawians have welcomed the campaign as a step forward, others are skeptical and note that similar efforts in the past have...
28 Jul 2022 (Radia Free Europe) Ukraine has named a new specialized anti-corruption prosecutor after an almost two-year hiatus, a move Western countries have been pressuring it to make to stem graft many see as endemic to the country. Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential office, said in...
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...