Новости по теме Corruption

Kazakhstan toughens punishment for corruption The new Kazakhstan Criminal Code that will enter into force next year introduces a tougher punishment for bribes.

29 August 2014

Alexander Vinokourov charged with corruption Belgian prosecutors have charged Kazakhstani Olympic Champion in Cycling Alexander Vinokourov with private corruption.

26 August 2014

Anti-corruption fight in Kazakhstan is not an easy ride Kazakhstan holds the 140th place in the Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index and struggles to create a comprehensive anti-corruption program.

15 August 2014

China arrests Shanghai ex-official over graft Chinese President's anti-graft campaign is turning its focus to the power base of his predecessor , announcing a former official's arrest.

12 August 2014

Financial Police abolished in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan has abolished its Financial Police. President Nazarbayev made the announcement.

06 August 2014

China's former security chief under investigation: Xinhua China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang is under investigation, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, in a move targeting one of the ruling Communist Party's most powerful men.

30 July 2014

Mexico arrests 32 cops for alleged organized crime ties More than 30 police officers have been arrested in Mexico for alleged organized crime ties and possible involvement in the killing of fellow cops, authorities said.

28 July 2014

Kazakhstan's anti-corruption movement to eradicate corruption through education A nationwide anti-corruption movement Zhanaru was initiated in Kazakhstan in the beginning of this year.

27 July 2014

Turkey arrests more than 50 senior police officers: TV Turkish authorities arrested 55 senior police officers in a criminal probe over alleged corruption and abuse of office, the latest apparent crackdown on opponents of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of presidential polls.

22 July 2014

Corruption in Kazakhstan's education system Corruption in the education system of Kazakhstan has been increasing lately in spite of all the measures taken to harness it.

16 July 2014

Argentine vice president appeals corruption charges Argentina's Vice President Amado Boudou filed an appeal against charges of corruption allegedly carried out during his time as finance minister from 2009 to 2011.

11 July 2014

Nazarbayev enacts additional monitoring of suspicious transactions Nazarbayev have signed amendments to the law on ratification of the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime.

06 July 2014

'40 percent' of Madagascar budget lost to corruption: PM Madagascar's Prime Minister Roger Kolo has vowed to stamp out corruption after revealing that 40 percent of his country's budget is lost to graft.

05 July 2014

French ex-leader Nicolas Sarkozy charged with corruption France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption and influence peddling, French prosecutors said Wednesday, a dramatic move in a criminal probe that could wreck his hopes of a political comeback.

02 July 2014

Sarkozy detained for questioning in French graft probe: judicial source Nicolas Sarkozy was detained for questioning in a widening corruption probe, a judicial source told AFP, in an unprecedented move against a former French president.

01 July 2014

China state copper firm chief jumps to his death: report The head of a $2.0-billion Chinese copper producer fell to his death from a building, the firm announced Wednesday, and a state-run newspaper said he committed suicide following corruption allegations.

25 June 2014

Prevention is better than punishment to fight corruption: Massimov Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov considers that preventive methods are a more effective way of fighting the shadow economy and corruption rather than punitive measures.

25 June 2014

Spain's Princess Cristina faces trial threat Spain's Princess Cristina, a sister of the new King Felipe VI, will discover Wednesday whether she faces the threat of an unprecedented criminal corruption trial.

25 June 2014

Heavy jail terms for Chinese anti-graft trio: lawyer Three Chinese anti-corruption activists were sentenced to up to six and a half years in prison on Thursday, a lawyer said, the latest in their grass-roots movement to be jailed despite an official drive against graft.

19 June 2014

Over $1.5 billion embezzled in Kazakhstan since 2013: Financial Police Nearly 300 billion tenge ($1.6 billion) has been embezzled in Kazakhstan since 2013.

06 June 2014

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