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16 Mar 20
Nearly 300 Saudi officials have been arrested during a crackdown on corruption, accused of offences including bribery, embezzlement and abusing their public positions.
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2 Mar 20
A party vowing to stamp out corruption has been given a big win in the Slovakian parliamentary elections on Saturday by an electorate angry at graft.
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21 Jan 20
The Honduran president has insisted that he remains committed to the fight against corruption on the same day his government closed down an anti-graft organisation.
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19 Dec 19
Angola has recovered more than $5bn in stolen assets in 2019 as a result of its efforts to stamp out corruption.
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11 Dec 19
Corruption is a barrier to creating a better, fairer and more equal society, a top UN official has said.
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9 Dec 19
The managing director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva has hailed Ukraine’s “impressive” economic progress and approved a $5.5bn loan over three years.
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2 Dec 19
A city mayor in Kurdistan will lead a regional anti-corruption campaign, he has told reporters.
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8 Nov 19
An anti-graft programme has been adopted by Budapest’s new municipal assembly, which hopes to make its finances and operations more transparent.
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9 Sep 19
People pushing thousands of smaller cases through the Supreme Anticorruption Court of Ukraine could hamper work to punish unscrupulous officials, the country’s president has said.
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5 Jul 19
A prominent Iraqi cleric has reportedly called for a “slow coup” to replace senior government officials for a failure to tackle growing corruption.
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4 Jun 19
The European Commission has called for Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš to repay millions of euros in subsidies after finding him to be in conflict of interest, according to reports of a draft...
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11 Apr 19
Trinidad and Tobago’s government has passed an “unexplained wealth” law that gives authorities the power to seize the profits of crime.
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7 Feb 19
Saudi Arabia has set up a new office to monitor public spending, despite ending its official crackdown on corruption.
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31 Jan 19
Mongolia’s parliamentary speaker has been forced to quit amid corruption allegations after weeks of public protests.
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29 Jan 19
Retired judges have branded a planned Australian anti-corruption watchdog as a “sham” to shield politicians from scrutiny.
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15 Jan 19
South Africa has recently been plagued by controlled power cuts organised by the single, state-owned electricity provider Eskom - a firm integral to the country’s economy but mired in accusations of...
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11 Jan 19
Guatemala’s constitutional court has blocked the government’s decision to kick out a UN-backed anti-corruption body, which has been investigating the country’s president.
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16 Nov 18
Can Mexico’s new president fund his ‘peaceful social revolution’ by tackling corruption? Asks Gavin O’Toole.
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23 Oct 18
In the second of our regular fraud columns CIPFA’s Les Dobie looks at ways to tackle corruption globally against a backdrop of an ever-shifting threat.
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7 Sep 18
Italy’s cabinet has put forward a controversial ‘bribe destroyer’ bill to meet election pledges by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to root out corruption.
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6 Jul 18
The Swiss government should improve measures to fight corruption by state officials and departments after actions were found to be inadequate, auditors have said.
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1 Mar 18
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to create an anti-corruption court to ensure it receives a loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund to reform and boost economic development.
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26 Feb 18
The majority of countries around the world are moving too slowly in their efforts to fight corruption, Transparency International has said.
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16 Feb 18
South African’s ruling party leader Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in as the country’s new president after Jacob Zuma resigned amid pressure to step down.
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5 Jan 18
Bulgaria’s president has blocked anti-corruption legislation passed by the parliament, saying it failed to provide effective measures to investigate corruption networks.
16 Mar 20Nearly 300 Saudi officials have been arrested during a crackdown on corruption, accused of offences including bribery, embezzlement and abusing their public positions.
2 Mar 20A party vowing to stamp out corruption has been given a big win in the Slovakian parliamentary elections on Saturday by an electorate angry at graft.
21 Jan 20The Honduran president has insisted that he remains committed to the fight against corruption on the same day his government closed down an anti-graft organisation.
19 Dec 19Angola has recovered more than $5bn in stolen assets in 2019 as a result of its efforts to stamp out corruption.
11 Dec 19Corruption is a barrier to creating a better, fairer and more equal society, a top UN official has said.
9 Dec 19The managing director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva has hailed Ukraine’s “impressive” economic progress and approved a $5.5bn loan over three years.
2 Dec 19A city mayor in Kurdistan will lead a regional anti-corruption campaign, he has told reporters.
8 Nov 19An anti-graft programme has been adopted by Budapest’s new municipal assembly, which hopes to make its finances and operations more transparent.
5 Jul 19A prominent Iraqi cleric has reportedly called for a “slow coup” to replace senior government officials for a failure to tackle growing corruption.
4 Jun 19The European Commission has called for Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš to repay millions of euros in subsidies after finding him to be in conflict of interest, according to reports of a draft...
11 Apr 19Trinidad and Tobago’s government has passed an “unexplained wealth” law that gives authorities the power to seize the profits of crime.
31 Jan 19Mongolia’s parliamentary speaker has been forced to quit amid corruption allegations after weeks of public protests.
29 Jan 19Retired judges have branded a planned Australian anti-corruption watchdog as a “sham” to shield politicians from scrutiny.
15 Jan 19South Africa has recently been plagued by controlled power cuts organised by the single, state-owned electricity provider Eskom - a firm integral to the country’s economy but mired in accusations of...
11 Jan 19Guatemala’s constitutional court has blocked the government’s decision to kick out a UN-backed anti-corruption body, which has been investigating the country’s president.
16 Nov 18Can Mexico’s new president fund his ‘peaceful social revolution’ by tackling corruption? Asks Gavin O’Toole.
23 Oct 18In the second of our regular fraud columns CIPFA’s Les Dobie looks at ways to tackle corruption globally against a backdrop of an ever-shifting threat. fraud-bribery-in-room-istock-876037340...
6 Jul 18The Swiss government should improve measures to fight corruption by state officials and departments after actions were found to be inadequate, auditors have said.
1 Mar 18Ukraine’s parliament has voted to create an anti-corruption court to ensure it receives a loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund to reform and boost economic development.
16 Feb 18South African’s ruling party leader Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in as the country’s new president after Jacob Zuma resigned amid pressure to step down.
