“Adel al-Jubeir, 58, the current Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs, was the authority who allegedly endorsed the origin of the $100 million that was transferred to an account linked to Spain’s then-King Juan Carlos I in Swiss private bank Mirabaud. That’s according to documents from a probe in...
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...
June 12, 2020Impacts of COVID-19 PandemicDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, we replaced the two days CACF review course and exam with a blended online CACF review course. Though, we are committed to delivering the two days CACF review course and exam “when it is possible“!Blended Online CACF Review Course We...
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,...
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