Technical StaffNovember 11, 2020Last month, the Economist, the British famous magazine; broadcasted on YouTube a documentary entitled “how to tackle corruption.” The documentary presented several corruption stories covering many countries. South Africa, Ukraine, and the UK were among what presented in the documentary.The estimated annual direct cost of corruption is,...
October 24, 2020Technical StaffIt is not uncommon that people become frustrated in fighting corruption. They want to achieve fast results. They are in a hurry to exterminate corruption from their communities and countries. They are also surprised by the intensity of the resistance to corruption! Corruption fighters should not expect...
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...
Technical StaffOctober 9, 2020Mr. Masoud, the Sr. Director of The AACI in the Middle East and Africa, published an opinion in the Times of Malta under the title of this post. It is obvious that the fight against corruption is an ongoing one that requires all the nation’s collective efforts....
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...
Mike J. MasoudSeptember 21, 2020It is the third principle of the ten principles of fighting corruption. The following image shows these principles that form the benchmark for assessing and testing the effectiveness of fighting corruption strategies, policies, or plans.The shortest and most inclusive definition of governance is “the system by...
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...
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