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12 Nov 18
A former deputy labour minister in Vietnam has been arrested on allegations of financial mismanagement as part of a crackdown on corruption.
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7 Nov 18
South Africa is stepping up its efforts to “win this battle” against corruption, the chair of the country’s upper house of parliament has said.
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30 Oct 18
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been charged with six counts of criminal breach of trust related to a case where billions of dollars went missing from a state fund.
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30 Oct 18
More than 45 governments, businesses and organisations signed a joint commitment to step up their fight against corruption and money laundering last week.
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23 Oct 18
The UK government has called on countries across the world to compile lists of companies with anonymous owners to help crack down on corruption.
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22 Oct 18
Romania’s reforms to criminal justice legislation will “seriously weaken” the fight against corruption, a European advisory body has warned.
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8 Oct 18
Ex-president of South Korea Lee Myung-bak has been jailed for 15 years for corruption, making him the latest high-profile politician to receive graft charges.
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1 Oct 18
Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras has agreed to pay the US and Brazil a $853m corruption fine.
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28 Sep 18
The consequences of poorly executed public infrastructure can be deadly but there is a way forward, says Transparency International’s Claire Martin.
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25 Sep 18
The world may never win the fight against corruption but governments must ensure they stay on top of issues, CIPFA’s head of counter fraud training has said.
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31 Aug 18
A series of aid programmes will be set up to stem the flow of money obtained unlawfully or immorally in developing countries, the UK government has announced.
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28 Aug 18
The UK government has pledged £4bn worth of funding to Africa as it looks to deepen economic ties with the continent, the prime minister has announced.
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24 Aug 18
Argentinian police have begun raiding the country’s former president’s properties as part of a major corruption investigation.
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9 Aug 18
Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency has charged the former prime minister Najib Razak with three cases of money laundering after billions of dollars went missing from a state fund during his term.
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8 Aug 18
Argentina’s former vice president has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison after being found guilty of corruption while he was a public servant.
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6 Aug 18
Ukraine is losing more than €4bn a year as a result of corruption schemes at customs, an investigative report has revealed.
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24 Jul 18
Public sector accountants are in the front line of the battle against corruption, a global accountancy body spearheading a new anti-graft initiative has told PF International.
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18 Jul 18
The Tunisian parliament has approved a law to tackle illicit enrichment as part of its efforts to combat corruption.
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6 Jul 18
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on corruption charges related to London property.
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2 Jul 18
Andrés Manuel López Obrador has swept to victory in Mexico’s presidential elections on a pledge to wipe out corruption, which he said was driving social inequality and violence.
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21 Jun 18
More than 40 people accused of corruption in a $100m graft case in Kenya, including state workers, were given bail on Tuesday.
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15 Jun 18
Corruption across all levels of the Kenyan government is threatening the integrity and basic function of the state, according to the country’s auditor general.
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5 Jun 18
Kenyan government procurement and accounting chiefs have been told to stop working in order to take lie-detector tests in a move to root out corruption.
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25 May 18
The European Union €166bn budget for 2019 will “invest in a stronger and more resilient European economy”, it has announced.
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21 May 18
The UK must step up efforts to crack down on money laundering as Russian corruption is putting national security at risk, a group of MPs has warned.