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March 30, 2021Mike J. Masoud Last April, there was an exceptional UK Court Judgment: “EY ordered to pay whistleblower $11m in Dubai gold audit case” 1. Yesterday, it is another exceptional day for justice when EY dropped its appeal to April 17, 2020, UK court judgment that awarded Amjad Rihan,...
February 28, 2021 Fighting corruption in Lebanon is different from any other country in the Middle East and Africa due to the complex political structure and the high levels of corruption. Though the economy has been deteriorating over the past several years, Gina Chammas continued leading the fight against corruption...
February 19, 2020Technical Staff We were not surprised by the higher education news published in the Guardian newspaper on February 19, 2020. The phenomenon of the Diploma Mills is not new. It goes back many many years. Google defines diploma mills as “an institution or organization that grants large numbers...
M. J. MasoudJanuary 15, 2020 Corruption manifests itself through conflict and permanent contradiction in human societies. Absolute power most likely leads to corruption. Justice is the basis of governing. When domestic and international efforts are united to fight corruption, corruption deterrence tends to prevail. But fighting corruption alone will not...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020Beirut – Lebanon Counsellor Dr. Ahmad al-BarrakCommissioner of Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC)Your excellencies, delegates, and colleagues, It is my pleasure to celebrate with you the International Anti-Corruption Day, a day the whole world stands up united saying no to corruption. I already submitted my conference PowerPoint presentation...
December 10, 2020 A Keynote speech by Dr. Choong Y. Lee, University Professor at Pittsburg State University (https://www.pittstate.edu/), Kansas, USA, delivered at the first international anti-corruption conference of Lebanon Certified Anti-Corruption Managers (LCACM) – https://lcacm.org, Beirut – Lebanon on December 9, 2020. LCACM conducted the conference in cooperation with The...
December 10, 2020 Ms. Gina Chammas’s presentation discusses whether there is a Ponzi scheme at the Central Bank of Lebanon or not based on discussing the CBL audited financial statements and the audit report of the year ended December 31, 2018. In addition, Ms. Chammas discusses the Ponzi scheme news...
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