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Kazakhstanis were offered a new way to report bribes
Tengrinews.kz - The Anti-Corruption Agency has introduced a new way for Kazakhstanis to report bribery.
24 February 2025
Police officers and civil servants will be tested for propensity to corruption in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - Deputies of the Mazhilis have adopted a bill, with the adoption of which testing for professional integrity will be introduced
22 January 2025
Tokayev received the head of Anti-Corruption Agency
Tengrinews.kz - The Head of State received the Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Agency Askhat Zhumagali, according to a statement from Akorda.
17 January 2025
For whom will the punishment for corruption in Kazakhstan be toughened
Tengrinews.kz - The responsibility for committing corruption crimes will be toughened, but not for everyone in Kazakhstan.
15 January 2025
Kazakhstan to introduce criminal liability for promising a bribe
Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstanis will be punished for offering or promising a bribe. Such a measure is contained in a new bill on combating corruption.
15 January 2025
New article will be added to the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - The Criminal Code of Kazakhstan is being amended with a new article that will introduce responsibility for the illegal provision
15 January 2025
Kazakhstan plans to join anti-corruption convention
Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstan intends to join the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, according to the Anti-Corruption Agency.
16 October 2024
Poland will tighten its visa regulations
Tengrinews.kz - Poland plans to tighten visa rules, citing the Independent.
14 October 2024
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard detained: corruption suspicions and investigation details
Tengrinews.kz - The Ministry of Internal Affairs has commented on the detention of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard.
04 September 2024
Thailand's Prime Minister has been removed from his post
Tengrinews.kz - The Constitutional Court of Thailand found Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin guilty of gross ethical violations.
14 August 2024
Chinese officials under investigation for selling data
Hundreds of employees at China's top statistics bureau are being investigated after selling data.
28 April 2016
Brazil debates economic cost of corruption investigation
Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is warning that the Petrobras corruption probe is paralyzing the Brazilian economy.
28 March 2016
Blatter compares FIFA ethics probe to 'inquisition'
Sepp Blatter said that he was the target of "an inquisition" by FIFA's ethics committee, which has suspended him for 90 days and called for further sanctions over corruption charges.
26 November 2015
Football: Blatter, Platini lose FIFA suspension appeals
A FIFA appeal committee rejected a bid by president Sepp Blatter and UEFA chief Michel Platini to overturn their 90-day bans while Swiss police pursue a criminal inquiry.
19 November 2015
BTA Bank accuses American businessman of money laundering for Ablyazov and Khrapunov
An American businessman Joseph Chetrit is accused of helping Ablyazov and Khrapunov launder $40 million.
18 November 2015
Putin orders action over explosive doping claims
Vladimir Putin ordered an inquiry into allegations of "state-supported" drug abuse in athletics that have left Russia facing a possible Olympics ban, but insisted any punishment should be individual and not collective.
12 November 2015
Pope deplores Vatican leaks, vows to continue reforms
Pope Francis pledged to forge ahead with reforms within the Church, while decrying "deplorable" leaks over uncontrolled spending by the Vatican.
09 November 2015
Ukraine leader says arrest of oligarch ally just 'the start'
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned that the arrest of a millionaire associate of one of the country's most powerful oligarchs was only "the start" of a fight against the corruption plaguing the ex-Soviet country.
02 November 2015
Blatter blames 'bad losers' as seven candidates retained
Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter blamed England, the United States and Michel Platini for the corruption scandal engulfing the organisation.
29 October 2015
Malaysia becoming 'police state' as govt battles scandal: HRW
Malaysia increasingly resembles a "police state" as the government uses repressive laws to silence critics including those demanding the prime minister answer corruption allegations.
27 October 2015