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Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork ) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar instead. Four myths about corruption (opinion) .  " Like any insidious disease, corruption presents multiple myths or red herrings to obfuscate its source and elude attempts to cure it." Bo Rothstein, Professor of Government and Public Policy, University of Gothenburg/World Economic Forum: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/four-myths-about-corruption/ Fake News: An Emerging Threat to Anticorruption Activists (opinion) .  "Anti-anti-corruption forces are beginning to deploy the "fake news" tactics that garnered so much attention in recent elections, especially though not exclusively in the United States." Shanil Wijesinha/Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2017/12/15/fake-news-an-emerging-threat-to-anticorruption-activists/ ...

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork ) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar instead. Anti-graft award for Bengaluru-based ipaidabribe.com .   I Paid A Bribe - an anticorruption platform run by citybased non-profit Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy - was conferred the International Anti-Corruption Excellence (ACE) Award 2017 at the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG) on December 8. The Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/anti-graft-award-for-bengaluru-based-ipaidabribe-com/articleshow/62046217.cms Civil servants give Korea anti-corruption law thumbs up.   Nine in 10 civil servants see the anti-graft law, criticized for being too tough and set to be watered down, as being helpful in combating corruption in South Korea, according to a poll released nearly 15 months after the law came into effect....

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork ) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar instead. Iranian Media Urged to Report Corruption at All Levels .  Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani has highlighted the need to constantly fight corruption and said media, while enjoying judicial immunity, should precisely and openly report proven cases of corruption at any level. Iran Front Page: http://ifpnews.com/exclusive/iranian-media-urged-report-corruption-levels/ A new glimmer of hope for combating the scourge of corruption .  "The appointment of a new Anti-Corruption Commission headed by a respected former minister signals the start of a fresh campaign to tackle a problem that shames Myanmar." Sithu Aung Myint/ Frontier Myanmar:  https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/a-new-glimmer-of-hope-for-combating-the-scourge-of-corruption Malaysia Corrup...

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork ) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar instead. Netflix documentary series 'Rotten', 'Dirty Money' tackle food, corporate corruption .  Having tackled the topics of corruption and injustice through critically acclaimed documentaries like  13th , The Keepers  and  Making a Murderer , Netflix is setting its sights on the corporate world and global food production.  Ray Flook/Bleeding Cool: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/12/14/rotten-dirty-money-netflix-doc-series/ Suspicious Transaction Reports Up at Macau Casinos .  Casinos are required to report such activity to the Financial Intelligence Office if the "natural, complexity, [or] the amount involved…indicates any activities of money laundering or terrorist financing." Kevin Horridge/casino.org: https://www.casino.org/news/suspicious-transaction-repo...

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork ) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar instead. Corruption and Complicity: Perceptions from across Sri Lanka . People from Jaffna, Ampara, Colombo, Deniyaya and Maskeliya were asked what the word "corruption" meant to them and whether they recognized their own complicity in corruption when, for instance, paying a bribe. Groundviews -- Journalism for Citizens: http://groundviews.org/2017/12/15/corruption-and-complicity-perceptions-from-across-sri-lanka/ Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Anti-Corruption Forum 2018 .  This annual forum gathers legal experts, in-house compliance professionals and government leaders together to discuss pertinent issues, corruption investigations and enforcement trends across Hong Kong and the Greater China.  Asian Legal Business: http://www.legalbusinessonline.com/conferences/hk-anticorruption-2018 ...

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork ) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar instead. Loyalties of head of Thailand anti-graft agency to be put to test .  National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) president Pol Gen Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit faces a tough test to prove he and the anti-graft agency will handle the case involving Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, his former boss, without fear or favour. Nattaya Chetchotiros & Kornchanok Raksaseri/Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1374691/watcharapols-loyalties-to-be-put-to-test Need documents from the gov't? The Philippine Post Office's 'Zip Lane' is waiting .  The 'Zip Lane,' based in Philippine Postal Corporation stations, can accept requests for and print documents from the National Bureau of Investigation, Social Security System, Philippine Health Insurance Corp., and...

Get AP-INTACT posts on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/apintactnetwork ) If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar instead. ICC booklet on financial investigations and asset recovery .  "While the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") does not have jurisdiction over financial crimes as such (e.g. money laundering or corruption), clear links exist between the mandate of the Court and the efforts of the international community to combat these crimes." International Criminal Court: https://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/other/Freezing_Assets_Eng_Web.pdf Corruption termed major social impediment in Pakistan .   Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said corruption was not just a moral hazard but a major hindrance in establishing a just, peaceful and prosperous society during his remarks at "United Against Corruption for a Just, Peaceful and Prosperous Pakistan", a seminar organised...