Ethical Alliance Daily News - 24 July 2017

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World: Nigeria’s ex-oil minister battles slew of graft cases both at home and abroad
Jul 24, 2017 08:00 pm
Nigeria’s former oil minister faces charges only at home but her name crops up in a growing number of international cases that lift the lid on the scale of alleged corruption in the country’s oil sector. Since leaving office in...
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An ex-RSAF engineer was charged on Friday (July 21) with cheating the government into awarding contracts relating to aircraft repair and maintenance worth $1.76 million to companies he had an interest in. Rajkumar Padmanthan, while employed as a Republic of...
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday (July 21 2017) finished hearing arguments on a scathing corruption report into the family wealth of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and will begin deliberating whether to disqualify the premier. The court is expected to make...
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Mexican prosecutors say an ex-governor accused of corruption and other crimes has been ordered to stand trial. The Attorney General’s Office said late Saturday (July 22 2017) that a judge ruled that Javier Duarte be tried on charges of organized...
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Despite having only three months left before retirement, Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) secretary-general Prayong Preeyajit is committed to vigorously chasing culprits behind high-profile graft cases. The PACC, which was formed in 2008, focuses on corruption cases involving low-ranking state...
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Wang Min, former Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of northeast China’s Liaoning Province and senior national legislator, stood trial for bribery, corruption and negligence of duty Friday (July 21 2017). Wang was accused of abusing his power to help...
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