A selection of this week's anti-corruption stories from TrustLaw and other media
LONDON (TrustLaw) - Here is our selection of this week’s anti-corruption stories from TrustLaw and other media:
By Luke Balleny
Africa
South Sudan to probe theft of education funds
TrustLaw, Kenya
A parliamentary inquiry will be launched in South Sudan to investigate the alleged theft of money intended for student scholarships.
Kenyan president to name new anti-graft team
TrustLaw, Kenya
Kenya’s president is expected to name a nine-member panel that will select new commissioners to head the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC).
Internal audit shows misuse of funds in Kenya’s water ministry
TrustLaw, Kenya
Some 80 percent of $8 million given to Kenya’s ministry of water and the government-owned Tanathi Water Services Board was misused, according to an internal audit.
Corruption at South Africa Public Works Ministry
Independent Online, South Africa
South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has uncovered more than 40 cases of tender irregularities at the Public Works Ministry.
South Asia & Asia-Pacific
Indonesian anti-corruption chief slams weak sentences – report
TrustLaw, Thailand
Chief of Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission Busyro Muqoddas lamented the leniency of judgments on corruption suspects and said judges “have lost the spirit to stand for the interests of the people.”
Indian anti-graft yoga guru begins pilgrimage against corruption
TrustLaw, UK
Popular yoga guru, Baba Ramdev, has announced that he will go on a 100,000 km pilgrimage to “awaken people about corruption and black money.”
I did not pay a bribe: NYT India blog
TrustLaw, UK
The New York Times has asked its readers in India to write in and describe a time when they resisted paying a bribe.
China to list convicted bribers online
TrustLaw, UK
China’s public prosecution service, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP), is to create an online database of people who have bribery convictions.
Ex-PNG minister flees to Australia after served with summons over fraud claims
TrustLaw, Thailand
Papua New Guinea's former planning minister Paul Tiensten has fled to Brisbane, Australia, after being served with a summons to answer fraud and corruption allegations over the misappropriation of 10 million kina ($4.65 million) in development funds in his electorate.
Indonesian ministry slammed for ignoring anti-graft body’s advice
TrustLaw, Thailand
Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said it would report the Home Ministry to the president for ignoring its corruption-prevention recommendations for the electronic citizen identity card program (e-KTP).
India anti-graft chief calls for corporate oversight
TrustLaw, UK
The head of the agency charged with fighting corruption in India has called for corporations to be included in a much-debated anti-corruption bill, known as the Lokpal bill.
Europe
Czech billionaire says corruption out of control
Czech Position, Czech Republic
One of the Czech Republic’s richest men said that the Czech Republic is the most corrupt country in Central Europe.
UK refuses to sign up to oil, mining and gas transparency initiative
The Telegraph, UK
The UK Government has declined to follow the example of the United States, instead saying it would be "inappropriate" to participate in a two-way initiative that would publicly reveal all domestic financial dealings with extraction companies.
North America
Corruption rife in Quebec construction industry - report
TrustLaw, UK
Corruption and collusion in the construction industry of Canada’s Quebec province is systemic according to a leaked government report.
Latin America
$8bln laundered each year in Colombia
TrustLaw, Colombia
Money laundering in Colombia totals $8 billion each year, a sum equivalent to 3 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, Colombia’s interior minister, German Vargas said.
Brazil’s leading daily sets up “Folhaleaks”
TrustLaw, Colombia
Brazil’s leading newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo has set up a new website that it hopes will allow its team of investigative journalists to expose more corruption scandals and the misuse of public funds.
Massive leak of intelligence documents in Colombia - report
TrustLaw, Colombia
Tens of thousands of classified documents from Colombia’s intelligence agency have been sold to illegal armed groups, foreign governments and drug traffickers, according to the Colombian magazine La Semana.
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