Новости по теме Corruption

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

Corruption in Kazakhstan is a major obstacle to FDI: MP Bribe is the only way to obtain a public service in Kazakhstan, MP Tursunbek Omurzakov said quoting Transparency International.

05 June 2014

Ecuador sentences ex-president to 12 years in absentia An Ecuadoran court on Thursday sentenced exiled ex-president Jamil Mahuad to 12 years in jail for corruption.

30 May 2014

OECD to examine corruption in Kazakhstan The OECD has arrived to Astana to monitor Kazakhstani legislation as a part of the Istanbul Anti-corruption Action Plan

28 May 2014

Iran hangs man convicted of $2.6 bn bank scam An Iranian businessman convicted of masterminding a $2.6 billion banking scam, the biggest fraud case in the country's history, was hanged on Saturday, state media reported.

24 May 2014

Kazakhstan MP doubts upcoming legalization Omarkhan Oksikbayev, Member of the Lower Chamber of the Kazakhstan Parliamentб doubts success of the forthcoming legalization of property in Kazakhstan.

23 May 2014

$138 billion offshored from Kazakhstan At a meeting of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan it was announced that according to international estimates the money offshored from Kazakhstan amounts to $138 billion.

23 May 2014

Questions remain as China remembers 6 years since quake Six years after a huge earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in China, questions over poor building work and corruption were still being asked on Monday's anniversary, as online posters remembered the dead.

12 May 2014

Corruption in Kazakhstan Universities makes $100 million a year Corruption in higher education institutions in Kazakhstan has grown to $100 million per year.

30 April 2014

Senegal tense as exiled former president returns home Exiled former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade made a controversial homecoming with security forces on high alert on Friday, two years after he lost office in an election marred by violent protests.

26 April 2014

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