From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 27 July 2016

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Africa: New Panama Papers series exposes secret deals in Africa
Jul 27, 2016 08:00 pm
New revelations published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), in collaboration with more than a dozen news organizations in Africa, expose fresh details about the misuse of corporate secrecy and hidden wealth in Africa, the world’s poorest continent. […]
Read our recent interview with Ariel Meyerstein, Vice President, Labour Affairs, Corporate Responsibility & Corporate Governance at the United States Council for International Business and member of the Ethical Alliance Advisory Council, to hear his thoughts on anti-corruption, responsible business conduct and human rights issues.
The UK’s white-collar crime prosecutors have launched a fresh investigation into Unaoil’s alleged corruption. This next step in the ongoing episode shows that the scandal is moving beyond mere press reporting over the dubious practices of the Monaco-based oil industry consultancy. […]
The chair of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has called for the commission to be given the authority to investigate corruption in the private sector; its investigation authority is currently limited to cases involving more than Rp 1 billion (US $76,274) and implicating […]
Barely a month into his term as president, Rodrigo Duterte on July 25, Monday, reminded law enforcers and the public at large that the “fight against criminality and illegal drugs and corruption will be relentless and sustained.” “During my inauguration…I […]
Top-level turmoil inside the Independent Commission Against Corruption has taken a new twist after it emerged that the agency is to rehire a long-retired senior investigator to beef up its key investigative arm. Just when it looked like weeks of […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday (Jul 25) defended state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), currently at the centre of an international money laundering scandal. Despite widespread allegations of fraud and misuse of public funds, Mr Najib said […]

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