Ethical Alliance Daily News (27 and 24 Feb 2017)
South Korea: South Korean graft investigators say they won’t be able to question president Park
Feb 27, 2017 08:00 pm
Feb 27, 2017 08:00 pm
South Korean President Park Geun Hye told the Constitutional Court in a statement disclosed on Monday (Feb 27) that she did not advance her own interests while in office as the court prepares to rule on whether to uphold her...
Brazilian police said they launched a probe into bribes and overbilling in two large railway contracts, serving search and seizure warrants on Friday in six states and the capital Brasilia. Prosecutors said the operation was based on testimony from plea...
Digital payment can check black money and play a key role in fighting graft, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he asked the youth to become an “anti-corruption cadre” as part of the “cleanliness” drive. Addressing his monthly ‘Mann...
South Africa: South African deputy finance minister named in police probe – newspaper
Feb 27, 2017 06:30 pm
Feb 27, 2017 06:30 pm
South Africa’s Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas is being investigated by the Hawks elite police unit as part of a probe into allegations of corruption at state-owned South African Airways (SAA), the City Press newspaper reported on Sunday. As part...
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has admitted there has been no progress in its investigation into the Rolls-Royce bribery scandal involving two major state enterprises. The observation was made ahead of the meeting of a newly-appointed joint committee on anti-graft...
Three more army personnel have been picked up by anti-graft officers as investigations into alleged corruption involving a maintenance unit of the Defence Ministry (Mindef) widens. The three, aged between 33 and 43, are supervisors of army camps in Kota...
Brazil: Brazil police target Rio money laundering in corruption probe
Feb 24, 2017 08:00 pm
Feb 24, 2017 08:00 pm
Brazilian police made two arrests and carried out 15 search warrants in the state of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday in the latest phase of a sweeping investigation into corruption at state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA. Federal police said...
Israel: Israeli police say find evidence of corruption involving former aide to Netanyahu
Feb 24, 2017 07:30 pm
Feb 24, 2017 07:30 pm
Israeli police said on Thursday they have evidence that a former chief-of-staff to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu illegally advanced his own business interests while holding the position. The allegations against Ari Harow have been widely reported in Israeli media, and...
Romania: Romania’s corruption crackdown needs stable support – anti-graft chief
Feb 24, 2017 07:00 pm
Feb 24, 2017 07:00 pm
Romania needs clear prevention measures and consistent parliamentary support to tackle corruption, the chief anti-corruption prosecutor said on Thursday, after the government was forced to abandon plans to decriminalise several graft offences. Presenting her department’s annual figures, Laura Codruta Kovesi...
Former vice mayor of Shanghai Ai Baojun yesterday stood trial on charges of corruption at a court in the city of Zhangzhou, east China’s Fujian Province. Prosecutors alleged that from 2002 to 2014, Ai, a former member of the Standing...
Tunisia’s parliament on Wednesday approved a law to fight widespread corruption that has plagued the North African country’s economy since the 2011 revolution. One hundred and forty-five lawmakers out of 217 voted to pass the 36-article law, which criminalises any...
A former senior mainland Chinese official responsible for Taiwan affairs was removed from the country’s top advisory body, state media reported on Thursday. Sources said Zheng Lizhong’s removal from the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference could be a sign that...