Posts cover the costs of corruption of all kinds. Such costs include, but not limited to, those associated with and have negative impacts on the rule of law, public funds, and resources, education, healthcare, poverty, civil society, economic sustainability, foreign direct investment (FDI), interest rate, citizenship, and citizens trust in public institutions.
These posts also cover the negative consequences of corruption on the proper separation of powers (legislative, judicial, and executive), and tax collections.
October 10, 2020The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) presented the ten principles of fighting corruption at the Malta Chamber on October 8, 2020. In an online webinar panel setting, the event was in cooperation with Malta Chamber and GetGovernanz. Mike J. Masoud, CPA, CACM, CFE, MBA, The AACI’s Director of the Middle East...
September 25, 2020Technical StaffA German court ruled that VW must pay for the damages it caused to its customers due to the fraud it committed via the emission scandal. Since September 18, 2020, when VE admitted to its fraud, we had serious doubts that there must be a wrongful doing...
Al Jazeera Investigative Unit reported that Cypress sold its citizenship to criminals and money launderers. Reported by Al Jazeera in the weblink below, the Cypriot Member of Parliament Eleni Mavrou said: “The way the programme was implemented the last few years was obviously a procedure that allowed cases for which...
August 12, 2020The Financial Times reported on August 10, 2020, that more than one related party (controlled entities by NMC founder BR Shetty) obtained bank loans fraudulently and funneled these loans to NMC Health. We hope that the ongoing investigation shall reveal how the banks approved those loans. We are...
August 11, 2020The magnitude of the devastation of the Lebanese port’s blast of last week (August 4, 2020) is unprecedented locally and regionally. The explosion was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, as the Lebanese government said.“What kind of government leaves a mountain of explosive chemicals lying around unsafely...
July 29, 2020Technical StaffThe IMF published on its blog a post entitled ” Corruption and COVID-19″ [note] Read more on the IMF blog on https://blogs.imf.org/2020/07/28/corruption-and-covid-19/ Accessed on July 29, 2020[/note]. The IMF emphasizes the importance of governance and the fight against corruption. While the IMF defines corruption as “the abuse...
July 25, 2020Photo by Carlos César from PexelsThe International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in its “Luanda Leaks” provides an explicit example of how corruption works at the top in one of the oil-rich countries. Many studies found that there is “a positive correlation between economic dependence on natural resources and increased corruption, and...
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