Ethical Alliance Daily News (31 Jan 2017)

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Brazil: Brazil Supreme Court approves Odebrecht graft plea deal testimony
Jan 31, 2017 08:00 pm
The president of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Carmen Lucia Rocha, approved plea bargain statements from 77 executives of engineering conglomerate Odebrecht [ODBES.UL] under investigation for paying bribes in the country’s biggest graft scandal, the court said on Monday. The testimony, which...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he planned to push US President Donald Trump to renew sanctions against Iran during a visit to Washington next month, complaining that Iran had once more tested a ballistic missile. Netanyahu has...
Deutsche Bank will pay a $425 million fine in relation to a money-laundering scheme that regulators say moved $10 billion out of Russia, the New York State Department of Financial Services said Monday. The department said Deutsche was moving money...
Former Brazilian oil and mining tycoon Eike Batista has been transferred to a high security prison in Rio de Janeiro after being arrested on arrival from New York. Once Brazil’s richest man, he has been accused of paying millions of...
Six people, including two former HBOS bankers, have been found guilty of bribery and fraud that cost the bank’s business customers and shareholders hundreds of millions of pounds. Lynden Scourfield, a former manager with HBOS, pleaded guilty to six counts...
The Karimnagar District Lorry Owners’ Association leaders have alleged large-scale irregularities and corruption by the State Mineral Development Corporation authorities and police officials at Kodurupaka sand quarry in Rajanna-Sircilla district. Talking to newsmen here on Monday, association president Ama Anand...

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