CARIBBEAN, 11 Feb (InSight Crime) Latin American countries scored poorly on Transparency International’s latest corruption index, with the worst joining the ranks of war-torn nations and dictatorships. Of the 19 Latin American countries ranked, three-quarters scored below 50 in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2021. The worst was...
NEW YORK, 11 Feb (Business Insider) Prosecutors said the executives created a shell company to skirt a ban on political contributions. The executives also allegedly used family members in a scheme to make so-called "straw" donations. Sen. Susan Collins previously said she had no knowledge...
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) A senior Conservative lawmaker accused the British government on Thursday of intimidating and attempting to "blackmail" those lawmakers they suspect of wanting to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson out of power. Johnson, who won a large majority in 2019, is facing growing calls...
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, is running for president of the Philippines. Bongbong has a good chance of victory in May in tandem with the vice-presidential candidate, Inday Sara Duterte, daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte—the “Trump of the East.”...
SARAJEVO, 21 DECEMBER (OCCRP)A U.S. District Court judge last week dismissed the bankruptcy plan of Purdue Pharma that would grant its owners immunity from thousands of lawsuits related to the company’s role in the opioid epidemic.Purdue Pharma has been accused of pushing doctors to prescribe...
PHNOM PENH, 17 DECEMBER (VOD News)A former Cambodian consul general to China was convicted of money laundering Friday morning for purchasing and not declaring a condominium in Phnom Penh, adding to an existing prison sentence for corruption-related offenses.The Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted and sentenced...
Purpose. Transnational organized crime (TOC) poses a direct and escalating threat to public health, public safety, and national security. Transnational criminal organizations engage in a broad range of criminal activities, including drug and weapons trafficking, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, cybercrime, intellectual property...
ORLANDO, 2 DECEMBER (Orlando Sentinel)Top executives at utility giant Florida Power & Light worked closely with the political consultants who orchestrated a scheme to promote spoiler candidates in three key state Senate elections last year, according to documents obtained by the Orlando Sentinel.The records also...
“Corruption threatens United States national security, economic equity, global anti-poverty and development efforts, and democracy itself. But by effectively preventing and countering corruption and demonstrating the advantages of transparent and accountable governance, we can secure a critical advantage for the United States and other democracies.” President...
1 December (OCCRP)In 2018, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko radically restructured the country’s tobacco industry to benefit his close crony Aliaksei Aleksin, who until then had been better known as an energy tycoon.Just months after receiving these favors, Aleksin made a pricey gift of nine cars...