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1 Sep 23
Better understanding the scale and character of corruption will allow the world to push forward with eradicating it and spending that would-be-lost money on development, a senior figure at the United...
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22 Aug 23
Wartime corruption poses a threat to Ukraine’s survival and officials are working to target “truly top officials” engaging in graft, the chief of the country’s anti-corruption agency said.
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30 May 23
Nigeria's elections didn't follow the script. Do they represent the end of business as usual?
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27 Mar 23
Local authorities in New Zealand have been urged to ensure they have strong procurement controls after a senior officer received a prison sentence for corruption.
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3 Feb 23
To tackle corruption, we need to focus on prevention rather than cure.
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8 Dec 22
Anti-graft investigators in Malaysia have opened a case looking at alleged “misappropriation” of 600bn ringgit (£112bn) of government spending.
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24 Oct 22
A fresh attempt has been made to end graft in South Africa’s institutions.
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6 Apr 22
The European Commission has begun the formal process of keeping money from Hungary over “corruption” issues, announcing the move two days after the reelection of prime minister Viktor Orban.
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4 Mar 22
Government officials in South Africa were paid millions of pounds in brides to award more than £100m of contracts to an outsourcing company, according to a corruption inquiry.
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14 Feb 22
Lebanon’s crisis is so deeply rooted the country needs “a comprehensive social, economic and financial reform programme” to return to stability, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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3 Feb 22
A rail subsidiary of the South African government paid out billions in contracts to companies linked to a family with close ties to former president Jacob Zuma, according to a corruption inquiry.
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13 Jan 22
Malaysia has said money it has recovered related to its state-owned scandal-hit fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad will only pay off the principal amount of its debt this year.
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6 Jan 22
Former South African president Jacob Zuma was under “considerable influence” from private bodies during his tenure, leading to rampant corruption, according to the preliminary findings of a landmark...
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20 Oct 21
A Swiss bank which made "tainted loans" for government projects in Mozambique has been fined $475m by UK and US authorities over "serious financial crime", and will also write off $200m of debt owed...
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31 Aug 21
Solutions to fixing public procurement already exist – the challenge lies in the political will of governments to implement them.
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13 Aug 21
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has told politicians that corruption which has plagued the African National Congress poses an “existential threat”, after his predecessor Jacob Zuma was jailed...
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30 Jun 21
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after failing to attend a corruption inquiry, fearing “significant damage to the rule of law” if he was not...
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24 May 21
Peru’s credit outlook has been revised down to negative because of a polarised and fractured political system, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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21 May 21
Guatemalan authorities have detained critics of the government, including several investigators who built a corruption case against a former president.
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10 May 21
Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund is suing nine institutions and 25 people in an attempt to recover money it said was lost during a corruption scandal that toppled a previous government.
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7 May 21
Qatar’s finance minister has been arrested amid allegations of misuse of public funds.
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2 Mar 21
The billions of dollars governments lose to tax abuse, corruption and money laundering could be used to fight the global challenges of our age, a UN panel has said.
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8 Feb 21
Many public officials in South Africa abandoned procurement procedures amid the Covid-19 crisis, investigators have found while looking into corruption allegations.
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19 Jan 21
Allegations of widespread corruption in the British Virgin Islands have led to a formal inquiry being set up to investigate the problem.
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25 Sep 20
Curbing corruption is more important than ever amid the pandemic, the World Bank has argued in a report.