11 Mar 2023 ( Pokertube ) The online gambling industry has long struggled with a negative reputation, despite continuing efforts to implement stricter regulations to protect vulnerable customers. Unscrupulous business practices threaten to sully the reputation of an industry that is continually on the back foot batting off...
09 Mar 2023 ( CBSNews ) Former state House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges were convicted Thursday in a $60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors have called the largest corruption case in state history. A jury in Cincinnati found the two guilty of conspiracy...
28 Feb 2023 ( allafrica ) The fight against corruption has for many years failed to yield results in Zambia, with the most gains recorded under President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa's New Deal government when he centred his administration on zero tolerance to corruption". The fight against corruption in Zambia...
03 Mar 2023 ( The National News ) Senior officials in Iraq's Ministry of Migration and Displacement will be questioned over the allocation of funds for a major project in Nineveh province, the country's anti-corruption body said on Friday. The Iraqi Integrity Commission has summoned officials including the ministry's undersecretary...
02 Mar 2023 ( Reuters ) Hundreds of opposition supporters and rights activists rallied peacefully in Belgrade on Thursday to protest the replacement of two deputy prosecutors who were investigating a high-profile corruption case. The protest comes as Serbia vies for European Union membership by proving it can root out corruption...
04 Feb 2023 ( The Guardian )When Transparency International published its 2022 corruption perception index (CPI) at the end of January much was written about some of the rich countries that saw significant falls in their scores. Austria, Canada and Luxembourg were among those who fell, while the UK slipped to...
28 Feb 2023 ( La Prensa Latina ) Guatemala City, Feb 28 (EFE).- One of Guatemala’s most respected journalists marked seven months behind bars Tuesday by accusing the government of President Alejandro Giammattei of punishing him for his newspaper’s exposure of official corruption. “I have the conviction that I...
28 Feb 2023 ( Foreign Policy ) U.S. petrochemicals giant Dow Inc and the Singapore government said they were transforming old sneakers into playgrounds and running tracks. Reuters put that promise to the test by planting hidden trackers inside 11 pairs of donated shoes. Most got exported instead. At...
28 Feb 2023 ( Foreign Policy ) Protests in Iran spurred by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the country’s so-called morality police have continued, with escalations by the regime—including the executions of a well-known wrestler and a dual national—failing to dampen public anger. Looking for a silver...
28 Feb 2023 ( DiEM25 Communications ) From the construction industry creating unsafe buildings to political appointees with no expertise leading relief operations, Turkey’s earthquake response was made far worse by the AKP’s negligence The devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria caused tens of thousands of deaths and mass property...