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.
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018 The International Monetary Fund will systematically address corruption and its impact on economic growth with all its member countries under new guidelines launched on Sunday. The stricter new policy also aims to tackle how rich countries contribute to corruption in the developing world by failing to...
Published: Apr 20, 2018 Wells Fargo fine ranks only behind Ocwen at CFPB Organization Fine (In millions) Date Violation Ocwen Financial and Loan Servicing $2,125 12/19/2013 Consumer protection/Mortgage abuses Wells Fargo $1,000 4/20/2018 Consumer protection/Mortgage abuses Bank of America, N.A. $747 4/9/2014 Consumer protection/Banking Citibank N.A. $733 7/21/2015 Consumer protection/Credit card...
April 5, 2018 Mike Masoud and Dr. Wole_TheGuardian_April 2018 Corruption is a global phenomenon that has its roots back in history and will always be present. While there is a consensus on the socioeconomic and political damages corruption causes, experts and researchers do not have well-established agreement on what causes it....
January 9, 2018 A former anti-corruption investigator in Malta has told BBC Newsnight he fears for his life after looking into allegations made by murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Jonathan Ferris is seeking full police protection amid concerns he could be targeted after looking into her claims against top political...
December 26, 2017 As 2017 will be closing its chapter in few days, and 2018 has many fraud and corruption scandals looming on the horizon, I contemplate the corporate of developing countries and the actual role of the board of directors in preventing and deterring corruption, money laundering, and financing...
The AACI’s View December 25, 2017 Panama Papers scandal is marked as the most significant leak of private financial data to the public in history. Even though it shocked the entire globe in 2016, its consequences are still unraveling, and impacts are unfolding. The EU to force firms to reveal...
Misconceptions About Fraud and Corruption The following is not an exhaustive list of misconceptions about fraud and corruption that is widely spread all over the world. The lower the illiteracy, the lower the level of these misconceptions. The higher the anti-corruption literacy, the lower the level of these misconceptions. Corruption...
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