News about Corruption

Prince Ali says FIFA leaders knew of corruption Prince Ali bin al Hussein, who led a challenge against Sepp Blatter this year, hit out at FIFA leaders links to corruption ahead of his entry into the FIFA presidential race.

08 September 2015

Brazil graft probe targets two in president's inner circle: reports Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's former campaign treasurer and her chief of staff have been placed under investigation in the Petrobras mega corruption scandal.

07 September 2015

Nobel winner Menchu hails Guatemala's 'great awakening' Guatemalan Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu sees the unprecedented protests calling for the ouster of President Otto Perez as a historic moment for a country long torn by violence.

03 September 2015

Malaysia PM urged to come clean on scandal at anti-graft meeting A global anti-corruption conference opened in Malaysia with a demand for the country's Prime Minister Najib Razak to come clean on a raging financial scandal.

02 September 2015

Pressure on Malaysian PM mounts as ex-leader backs protests Pressure mounted on Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak as influential former leader Mahathir Mohamad threw his weight behind mass protests.

31 August 2015

Guatemala's president may face corruption trial Guatemala's Supreme Court gave a green light for embattled President Otto Perez to be investigated for graft in the corruption scandal rocking his government.

26 August 2015

Brazil speaker, former president charged in Petrobras corruption Brazilian prosecutors lodged corruption charges against the speaker of the lower house -- a key figure in the country's current political crisis -- and also against a former president.

21 August 2015

'Shooting corrupt officials' in Kazakhstan proves controversial A humoristic anti-corruption campaign in Kazakhstan's Kostanai turns sour?

20 August 2015

Newly appointed Chairman Yessimov lays off top management of Astana EXPO-2017 Akhmetzhan Yessimov, the newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Astana EXPO-2017 National Company, has started restructuring the company.

19 August 2015

Brazilians rage against president, corruption Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanded Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's resignation, blaming her and the leftist Workers' Party for runaway corruption,

17 August 2015

Corruption eating away at India 'like a termite': Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Saturday that corruption was eating away at India "like a termite".

15 August 2015

Iraq PM sacks senior cabinet official: statement Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has sacked a senior cabinet official who was a close aide to his predecessor and rival Nuri al-Maliki.

13 August 2015

Iraq parliament approves PM's anti-corruption plan Iraq's parliament unanimously approved Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's reform programme aimed at curbing the corruption and government waste.

12 August 2015

Iraq PM rolls out sweeping reforms after protests Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proposed scrapping top government posts and curbing privileges in an ambitious reform drive sparked by swelling popular anger over corruption and poor governance.

10 August 2015

Ex-Prime Minister of Kazakhstan appears before court Former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov has appeared before the court on charges of large scale corruption.

30 July 2015

US probes banks in FIFA scandal: sources US regulators are probing large banks including Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and HSBC over their possible handling of tainted funds in the FIFA corruption scandal.

24 July 2015

Swiss widen FIFA money-laundering investigation The number of alleged money laundering transactions linked to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups bids won by Russia and Qatar has ballooned from 53 to 81.

13 July 2015

FIFA official agrees to extradition from Switzerland to US: Bern One of seven FIFA officials detained in Switzerland in May as a massive corruption scandal erupted has agreed to be extradited to the United States.

11 July 2015

Head of Kazakhstan's National Movement Against Corruption on Georgian approach to fighting corruption Head of the National Movement Against Corruption in Kazakhstan Zhanaru Murat Abenov told Tengrinews about the methods Georgia uses to fight corruption and whether they could be adapted to Kazakhstan

07 July 2015

Russia, Qatar face losing World Cups if bribery proven: FIFA official Russia and Qatar could lose the 2018 and 2022 World Cups if irregularities are proven in them being awarded the hosting rights.

08 June 2015

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