April 30, 2020Mike J. Masoud [note]Mike Masoud, CPA, CACM, CFE, MBA is the Sr. Director of The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) in the Middle East and Africa. You may reach him at Mike@THEAACI.com[/note]Networking is always necessary for human social, economic, and political development. The information and technology revolution created all...
May 14, 2020On February 28, 2020, Bob Rijkers, senior economist [note] https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2020/03/03/elite-capture-of-foreign-aid accessed on May 14, 2020, [/note] at the World Bank, presented the results of a Policy Research Working Paper on “Elite Capture of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts.”You may watch the 51 minutes video presentation followed...
Technical StaffMay 11, 2020On February 19, 2020, the World Bank published a working paper, entitled ‘Elite Capture of Foreign Aid,’ [note] Andersen, J., Johannesen, N. and Rijkers, B., 2020. Elite Capture Of Foreign Aid: Evidence From Offshore Bank Accounts. [online] Documents.worldbank.org. Available at: <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/493201582052636710/pdf/Elite-Capture-of-Foreign-Aid-Evidence-from-Offshore-Bank-Accounts.pdf> [Accessed 11 May 2020]. [/note] where the authors...
May 5, 2020Ernst & Young (EY) faces difficult times where its audit for specific clients are under investigation by the UK watchdog and other regulators. The following are limited relevant news that forms developing stories. May 4, 2020Watchdog investigates EY audit of scandal-hit NMC HealthMove piles further pressure on EY,...
April 30, 2020Technical StaffSince last December, the fraud and corruption red flags came out loud and clear. Since then, news reports say that many UAE banks are exposed to more than USD 4.2 billion due to suspected fraud at this healthcare provider conglomerate. On March 2, 2020, the Guardian newspaper...
April 5, 2020Technical staffThe Coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented in human history. Therefore, its implications on the fight against corruption shall be unusual as well. Unfortunately, the ultimate price of corruption under the era of Corona is expressed in terms of people’s lives. When the Red Cross fought the Ebola disease,...
January 31, 2020These are selected fraud and corruption news published during January 2020. Click on the topic to read more. You will find more stories posted daily (except weekend) on our Facebook and Twitter.Mitsubishi denies fraud in German probe over devices to beat emissions testsWhy are people protesting?Corruption no longer a serious problem...
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