Recent News Headlines : Political Corruption

FOREIGN POLITICAL DONATIONS TO BE BANNED UNDER SWEEPING NEW ANTI-ESPIONAGE LAWS


Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made the announcement on Tuesday in what he labelled the most significant reforms to foreign interference laws in decades... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 0

SAP FACES U.S. PROBE INTO SOUTH AFRICA KICKBACK ALLEGATIONS


SAP overhauls sales practices as it faces US probe on South Africa... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 78

MICHEL TEMER, BRAZIL'S UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT, AVOIDS CORRUPTION TRIAL


This accusation is fragile, inept and worse than the first one, legislator Celso Russomanno said while voting in favor of Temer... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 566

BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT TEMER AVOIDS A NEW CORRUPTION TRIAL


Temer is the first sitting president of Brazil to face criminal charges... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 216

A THIRD OF LATIN AMERICANS PAY BRIBES TO OFFICIALS


Survey conducted in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries estimates more than 90 million people paid a bribe last year in the region... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 50

HOW A PLAYER GETS SUCKED INTO THE DARK, CORRUPT WORLD OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL


A player's descent into the dark and illicit world of college basketball pay-for-play doesn't start with bribes or threats -- it starts with a friendly conversation... READ MORE

27th September, 2017 16

WHY NIGERIA WANTS TO REMOVE POLICE ROADBLOCKS


Nigeria's police chief Ibrahim Idris has ordered the immediate removal of all police roadblocks across the country... READ MORE

27th September, 2017 203

IN PICTURES: SENATOR MENENDEZ BRIBERY TRIAL IMAGES ARE SHOWN TO JURORS


Menendez's attorneys cast their client as a diligent public servant who was simply helping a friend, as he had helped other constituents... READ MORE

21st September, 2017 498

BRAZIL'S BRIBERY SCANDAL HAS WORLDWIDE TENTACLES


And there have been two CEOs since Marcelo Odebrecht was jailed but tellingly, neither has had the surname Odebrecht... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 557

Trending News Headlines : Political Corruption

SOUTH KOREA SEEKS ARREST OF SAMSUNG HEIR AS BRIBERY SUSPECT


Samsung Electronics is South Koreas biggest and most valuable company... READ MORE

16th January, 2017 9905

YOUNG IDEALISTIC BUT DETERMINED SLOVAKS LEAD ANTICORRUPTION CRUSADE


A month later, protests against corruption that featured large numbers of young people erupted across Russia, too... READ MORE

30th April, 2017 7013

NO ONE HAS EVER MADE A CORRUPTION MACHINE LIKE THIS ONE


Brazilian police had discovered Odebrecht's accounts in the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda and were pressing authorities there to share them... READ MORE

8th June, 2017 6036

FIVE THINGS EUROPE COULD LEARN FROM THE PROTESTS IN ROMANIA


Corruption is not new, it goes back centuries and has been endemic not only in Romania and Europe... READ MORE

2nd March, 2017 4826

LEFT-WING PARTY IN MADRID MASS RALLY


Bangkok post buoyed by greek vote spain's podemos calls mass rally 6 hrs ago... READ MORE

31st January, 2015 3473

THE U.S. SPENT BILLIONS BUILDING ROADS IN AFGHANISTAN. NOW MANY OF THEM ARE BEYOND REPAIR.


In this 2013 photo, a vehicle drives along a stretch of Highway 1 damaged by a roadside bomb in Sayedabad, Afghanistan... READ MORE

31st October, 2016 2842

RANA PLAZA OWNER JAILED FOR THREE YEARS OVER CORRUPTION


Bangladesh has the world's second-largest garment industry, with nearly 4,000 factories... READ MORE

29th August, 2017 2644

GO FIGURE: SOROS-FUNDED WATCHDOG SAYS POPULIST POLITICIANS 'UNDERMINE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION'


Transparency International sounded the alarm over these political con artists who are reactive, nativist and often right-wing..... READ MORE

31st January, 2017 1596

ROMANIAN MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER ANTI-GRAFT PROTESTS


Romania's top judicial watchdog has filed a constitutional court challenge to the decree, which will take effect in 10 days unless blocked by a court ruling... READ MORE

2nd February, 2017 1541

OVER-THE-TOP POLITICAL CORRUPTION CASE ENRAGES MEXICANS


As power was decentralized from the federal government in Mexico City, state capitals became destinations for ambitious politicians, Estevez said... READ MORE

28th April, 2017 1385

CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION, BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT COULD BE SAVED BY POLITICIANS ALSO UNDER SUSPICION


Brazil's chief prosecutor accused President Michel Temer of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from the world's largest meatpacking company, JBS... READ MORE

29th June, 2017 1263

WHY TRUMP SHOULDN'T FIRE PREET BHARARA


The Trump administration dropped a political bombshell late Friday as all 46 holdover United States attorneys were ordered to immediately resign -- including New York's political-corruption-busting ..... READ MORE

12th March, 2017 1188

HOW ISLANDS OF HONESTY CAN CRUSH A SYSTEM OF CORRUPTION


After the Sewol disaster, Ms. Park promised to attack the layers of corruption that had contributed to it... READ MORE

10th December, 2016 1080

ROMANIAN MP JAILED FOR BRIBING VOTERS WITH 60 TONNES OF FRIED CHICKEN


Romanian MP Florin Popescu The case had come to light after the chicken producer reported Popescu to the authorities... READ MORE

18th March, 2016 1062

WHICH ARE THE MOST CORRUPT CITIES IN THE WORLD?


Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks nations according to expert perceptions of public-sector corruption, assigns each country a score between 100 very clean and 0 very corrupt ... READ MORE

21st June, 2016 1028

EGYPT BANS TV INTERVIEW WITH CORRUPTION CRITIC


Egypt's former chief auditor Hesham Genena went on trial after exposing corruption totaling 75bn between 2012-15... READ MORE

31st October, 2016 1002

THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST CORRUPT LITTLE TOWN IN AMERICA


Former Crystal City mayor Ricardo Lopez, who faces federal indictment, is shown outside his home in Crystal City... READ MORE

6th March, 2016 989

NIGERIAN PRESIDENT BUHARI 'NOT DEMANDING' CAMERON APOLOGY


Speaking at an anti-corruption event in London, Mr Buhari said he was more interested in the return of stolen assets held in British banks... READ MORE

11th May, 2016 813

KERRY HAILS PROGRESS TOWARD TRANS-PACIFIC TRADE PACT


He plans to visit Hanoi, Vietnam, on Friday to observe the 20th anniversary of the re-establishment of United States-Vietnamese diplomatic relations before returning to Washington... READ MORE

4th August, 2015 808

ANOTHER NAVY OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAKING BRIBES FROM 'FAT LEONARD'


On Friday, Jesus V. Cantu, 59, a retired Navy captain and Stanford graduate, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to conspiracy to commit bribery... READ MORE

20th August, 2017 795

COMMENTARY: THESE BALLOT INITIATIVES COULD HELP FIX OUR BROKEN ELECTION SYSTEM


On Tuesday, voters in South Dakota and Washington State can give all Americans hope that saving American democracy is still possible... READ MORE

8th November, 2016 695

6. IS THE PROBE CONNECTED TO OTHER CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS?


Notably, JBS SA and BRF SA, Brazil's two biggest meat suppliers... READ MORE

22nd March, 2017 692

BRAZIL'S CORRUPTION SCANDAL SPREADS ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA


Odebrecht agreed to pay 3.5bn in penalties to authorities in Switzerland, the US and Brazil to settle the case... READ MORE

11th February, 2017 686


Instead, Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index assesses perceptions of corruption across every country... READ MORE

4th December, 2014 667

ANGER AND OUTRAGE OVER WIDESPREAD RHINO HORN POACHING


Our corruption is endemic in every sphere of the wildlife industry... READ MORE

13th November, 2016 627

A DOCUMENTARY EXPOSING WRONGDOINGS OF THE MALDIVES' GOVERNMENT WINS A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD AT THE ONE WORLD MEDIA CEREMONY.


Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has won the Corruption Reporting Award at the annual One World Media ceremony in London... READ MORE

8th June, 2017 612

RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS MARK APRIL FOOL'S DAY WITH ELECTION HACKING GAG


The Russian Foreign Ministry proved its diplomats have a sense of humor by offering free election interference - on April Fool's Day... READ MORE

2nd April, 2017 609

LEADER OF EFFORT TO OUST BRAZILS PRESIDENT LOSES SEAT


Mr. Cunha faces an array of corruption charges, making him a symbol of the widespread graft and impunity in Brazil's political system... READ MORE

13th September, 2016 599

CANADA RANKED 9TH LEAST CORRUPT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD


Denmark remained at the top and North Korea and Somalia remained at the bottom of Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index... READ MORE

27th January, 2016 555

BRAZIL JUDGE TARGETS DOZENS OF POLITICIANS FOR 'CORRUPTION'


It includes almost a third of President Michel Temer's cabinet and Rio de Janeiro's mayor during the Olympics... READ MORE

12th April, 2017 534


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