Oil: ‘Mother of corruption’ in Venezuela
Corruption in Venezuela’s oil industry is a many-headed monster that has devoured billions of dollars in taxpayers’ money in the past 20 years, experts say. Long the country’s only notable…
Malaysia PM Anwar’s reform agenda in doubt as allies freed from graft charges
A string of dropped corruption cases in Malaysia has raised questions over Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s commitment to fighting graft, with lawmakers and analysts warning it could risk alienating voters,…
The corruption challenge
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued regulations granting banks access to asset declarations of high-level federal civil servants for purposes of AML/CFT compliance of customer due diligence in February…
Corruption in Central America frustrates US plan to tackle migration ‘root causes’
More than a year into US President Joe Biden’s sweeping effort to tackle the “root causes” of migration with aid to Central America, projects likely worth millions of dollars have…
Accountability, corruption & HR…
The recent Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) reveals that corruption levels are standstill and there is no visible change noted for the tenth year in review. It shows that…
Corruption-poverty nexus
Goal 16 of the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs) makes the case that fighting corruption is at the heart of delivering a better world. Transparency International (IT), according to its…
Vaccinating against corruption
More than 7,000 participants across the globe spent the week (Nov. 30 to Dec. 5, 2020), virtually listening to 500 anti-corruption experts at the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Seoul,…
Costs of corruption
WE were promised Riyasat-i-Madina. Instead, Transparency International’s National Corruption Perception Survey, conducted this year across all four provinces, reiterates how rampant corruption is in Pakistan. The report’s findings have already…
Corruption without borders
The Nawaz Sharif episode shows that pervasive corruption has not only acquired respectability in a perverse manner in Pakistan but left to the National Assembly (NA), may even acquire legality.…
Corruption without borders
The Nawaz Sharif episode shows that pervasive corruption has not only acquired respectability in a perverse manner in Pakistan but left to the National Assembly (NA), may even acquire legality.…
