From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 8 Sept 2016

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Denmark: Panama Papers: Denmark buys leaked data to use in tax evasion inquiries
Sep 08, 2016 08:00 pm
Denmark has become the first country in the world to apparently buy data from the Panama Papers leak, and now plans to investigate whether 500-600 Danes who feature in the offshore archive may have evaded tax. Denmark’s tax minister, Karsten […]
Malaysians have been rocked by the arrests of various high-powered government officials and corporate captains in recent weeks, even as Prime Minister Najib Razak battles worldwide graft allegations regarding state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Though the arrests by the […]
Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae offered a public apology Tuesday over the latest corruption scandal involving a senior judge. “Representing the judiciary, I apologize for causing public concern, and pledge to take stern measures according to the findings of […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s call to fight corruption, made at the recent Group of 20 (G20) summit, resonates deeply in Latin America, according to Mexican economist and China expert Enrique Dussel Peters. As a region that has long been held […]
The Tennis Integrity Unit, the sport’s primary anti-corruption body, is investigating a women’s singles match at the U.S. Open after irregular betting patterns were detected. The first-round match, in which 15th-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland beat Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia, […]
Scores of luxury clubs in China have been forced to shut down or downgrade, media said, as Beijing’s anti-corruption drive continues to bite. The clubs are popular with local officials and have membership fees as high as 200,000 yuan (£22,500) […]

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