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Policy-level corruption rife, anti-graft body says

Policy-level corruption remains rife in Thailand despite progress being made to address the issue, according to the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT).

Bangkok Post

Argentine court sentences VP Fernandez de Kirchner to 6 years in prison in graft case

An Argentine federal court on Tuesday found Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner guilty of corruption in a case related to public works in a highly-charged legal case that has rattled the country.

Reuters

Argentina awaits VP Cristina Fernández corruption verdict

All eyes in Argentina are on the court where three judges are preparing to announce their verdict in the corruption trial of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

The Independent UK

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Mongolians clash with police in protest against inflation and graft

Mongolian protesters clashed with police as they tried to storm parliament after thousands gathered in freezing temperatures to demonstrate against soaring inflation and government corruption.

Reuters

Argentina court hands VP Cristina Kirchner 6-year jail term in graft case

An Argentine court sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in jail and disqualified her from holding public office in a high-profile corruption case on Tuesday.

Reuters

Mongolians protest alleged theft of coal sold to China

Protesters have tried to force their way into Mongolia's State Palace, incensed by allegations of corruption linked to the coal trade with China

The Independent UK

The daunting task facing new Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim: uniting a divided country

It’s been some journey for Anwar Ibrahim, the new Malaysian prime minister appointed last month. It took 24 years to go from being the country’s deputy prime minister in 1998 to becoming the prime minister today, at 75 years old. Along the way, he was jailed twice, found guilty on…

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Protesters in Mongolia try to storm state palace

Thousands gathered to demand action over the economy and surging inflation amid a simmering corruption scandal.

Al Jazeera

End graft in public works

About 4,500 people commit suicide each year in Thailand, or about 12 people every day. But the suicide of a 27-year-old engineer last week garnered massive public and media attention, after his three-page farewell note -- in which he wrote about the rampant corruption in his workplace -- was published…

Bangkok Post

Judge drops corruption charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Benjamin

The U.S. government filed an appeal Monday to dismiss the judge's order to drop some of the charges against Benjamin.

Axios

France's Sarkozy seeks to overturn corruption conviction at Paris appeal trial

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sought to convince a Paris court to overturn his March 2021 conviction for bribery and influence-peddling in an appeal hearing that started on Monday.

France 24

Swiss mining giant Glencore to pay $180 million to DRC over graft claims

Glencore said Monday it has agreed to pay $180 million (€170 million) to the Democratic Republic of Congo to cover corruption allegations, the latest payment in a series of graft cases it has faced worldwide.

Radio France Internationale

France's Sarkozy seeks to overturn graft conviction at appeal trial

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sought to convince a Paris court to overturn his March 2021 conviction for bribery and influence-peddling in an appeal hearing that started on Monday.

Reuters

Former WA Liberal MP Phil Edman admits hindering corruption probe, tipping off others

Phil Edman is handed a suspended jail term and fined $12,000 for obstructing a secret corruption investigation into his misuse of his taxpayer-funded electoral allowance for travel and sex, as well as tipping off others about it.

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Who will clean up Indonesia’s dirty cop problem?

Corruption is rife within Indonesia’s police ranks but it’s unclear whether there is the appetite to clean up their act..

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How people power can counter corruption

When it comes to fighting corruption, citizens can be drivers of disruption and change.

Newsroom.co.nz

Oligarchs weaken Indonesia’s fight against corruption

Indonesia’s efforts to fight government corruption are being corrupted from within parliament, backed by big business, write Charles Simabura and Haykal, in part three of a series on combatting corruption in democracies

Daily Mirror

Tory donor’s demolition firm named as part of a £150million corruption plot

Brendan Kerr's firm Keltbray has given £280,000 to the Tories since 2008 and was among 10 demolition firms involved in an illegal cartel which was rigging tending bids

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To change corrupt behaviour, change the message

Telling people not to do something because everybody's doing it will often backfire, write Nic Cheeseman and Caryn Peiffer in part two of a series on combatting corruption in democracies.

The Guardian - UK

Was Aspire project a vehicle to deliver votes to Qatar’s World Cup bid?

Football Dreams was ostensibly about players in developing countries but its story makes for remarkable reading now

Newsroom.co.nz

Australia’s fight against corruption risks failure

When fighting official corruption, prevention can be the cure. But, asks Professor Janet Ransley, what does that look like? Part one of a series on combatting corruption in democracies

AAP

Work starts on federal corruption watchdog

With the passing of laws to set up the National Anti-Corruption Commission, work has begun to get it operating by mid-2023.

Reuters

U.S. imposes sanctions on two Haitian politicians over drug trafficking

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a current and a former Haitian senator, accusing the two politicians of engaging in international drug trafficking activities, Washington's latest action targeting corruption in the Caribbean country.

Reuters

Nigeria's $11 billion London trial will expose corruption, court hears

A British lawyer representing Nigeria in a London court case in which $11 billion are at stake said on Friday the trial would reveal corruption "on an industrial scale", not only of Nigerian officials but also of British lawyers.

The Conversation

Corruption in South Africa: new book lifts the lid on who profits - and their corporate enablers

The new book The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity is welcome for the way it contextualises corruption. It shows how politicians and bureaucrats could not implement corruption without their corporate and professional enablers – the accountants, auditors and advocates who make it all possible.

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