Our selection of this week's anti-corruption stories from TrustLaw and other media
LONDON (TrustLaw) - Here is our selection of recent anti-corruption stories from TrustLaw and other media.
Global
The world’s most corrupt diplomats, as told through parking tickets
Forbes, U.S.
Economists have found a correlation between the levels of in-country corruption and the number of parking tickets received by U.N. diplomats (in New York) from that country.
Africa
Bad governance fuels Nigeria conflicts - state governor
TrustLaw, Senegal
Bad governance is the cause of many conflicts and slowed development in Nigeria, the governor of Benue State in the centre-east of the West African nation has said.
Corruption threatens South Sudan
Toronto Star, Canada
Leaders of South Sudan, the world’s newest country, “enjoy a good life” while the majority of their countrymen live in poverty, the Toronto Star reported.
Corrupt ministers in trouble – Nigerian president
Daily Champion, Nigeria
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has warned ministers and top government officials that he is ready to direct anti-corruption agencies against anyone who abuses his position.
Kenya allows public online access to govt data
The East African, Kenya
Kenya has launched an Open Data portal, the first African country to make government data accessible to the ordinary citizen on an internet-based platform. “This platform will move the country forward from personality-based politics to evidence and issue-based politics,” said Bitange Ndemo, from the Ministry of Information and Communication.
Most Rwandan corruption cases are administrative – ombudsman
The New Times, Rwanda
A report by Rwanda’s deputy ombudsman in charge of preventing corruption found that 53 percent of corruption cases in Rwanda were in local administration while 43 percent were in the justice sector.
South Asia & Asia-Pacific
India defence minister warns arms firms over graft – report
TrustLaw, India
India's defence minister has called on companies and officials involved in the acquisition of arms and other supplies to ensure procurement procedures are transparent and graft-free, the Times of India reported.
INTERVIEW-Indonesian jail corruption stokes extremism - analyst
TrustLaw, Thailand
Corruption between Indonesia’s jail wardens and prisoners is bolstering extremism and risks the emergence of new radicalist cells, a leading analyst on extremism has told TrustLaw.
Graft convict found wandering Indonesian mall
TrustLaw, Thailand
A politician convicted and jailed for graft was found wandering around a mall with his family in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, prompting House Speaker Pramono Anung to call for the prison warden to be questioned, the Jakarta Post reported.
Indonesia widens hunt for political graft suspect
TrustLaw, Thailand
Indonesia’s immigration department has requested help from countries in the regional bloc ASEAN, of which Indonesia is a member, in the hunt for missing politician and graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin, the Jakarta Post reported.
“Pandora’s box” of corruption permeating S. Korean society
TrustLaw, UK
South Korea’s decision to suspend several troubled savings banks earlier this year has opened a “Pandora’s box” of corruption engulfing its society, according to the Korean Herald.
TI Vanuatu urges probe of embassy dealings in China
Radio New Zealand International, New Zealand
Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International Vanuatu has called on police to initiate investigations over allegations of widespread corruption in the Vanuatu embassy in China.
Corruption tops list of ‘netizen' concerns – Chinese think tank
China Daily, China
Between 1998 and 2010, official corruption was the chief cause of concern amongst China’s online communities, a leading Chinese think tank said.
Europe
Silvio Berlusconi's firm told to pay €560m over bribery
The Guardian, UK
Fininvest, a company owned by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has been ordered to pay €560m for bribing a judge. Marina Berlusconi, daughter of the prime minister and president of Fininvest, told an Italian newspaper that Fininvest would appeal the ruling.
Turkish fans riot amid soccer fix claims
Sky News, UK
Turkish soccer fans clashed with police after the chairman of soccer club Fenerbahce was jailed amid match-fixing claims. Fenerbahce supporters threw stones and bottles at police and journalists outside the courthouse in Besiktas where Aziz Yildirim was jailed.
Latin America
Woman uses media to expose graft in Guatemala
Fast Company, U.S.
Sylvia Gereda, a founder of the Guatemalan newspaper El Periodico, told a leadership conference in the United States that she has had a gun put to her head because she campaigns against corruption in her newspaper.
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