Global - Nigeria - Iran

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[Opinion] G7 Summit: Leaders recognize need to address kleptocracy, but remain vague on details. "The G7 should urgently close the loopholes that allow dirty money to flow into their economies. Germany and all G7 countries must immediately make additional resources available to national authorities tasked with the fight against corruption and illicit finance." 

Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/g7-summit-communique-leaders-recognise-need-to-address-kleptocracy-vague-on-details 

 

Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says landlords letting houses to internet fraudsters risk 15 years in jail. "Any landlord or landlady that let his or her house to internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys, will henceforth face prosecution." 

Nariametrics: https://nairametrics.com/2022/06/28/efcc-says-landlords-letting-houses-to-internet-fraudsters-risk-15-years-in-jail/ 

 

Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday called on judicial authorities to fight corruption in the country. "In the judiciary, in the executive branch or elsewhere, there are some structures that naturally create corruption; those structures have to be broken down." 

Al Arabiya News: https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/06/28/Iran-s-Ali-Khamenei-urges-judiciary-to-fight-corruption 


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