September 30, 2021“Whistleblowing is a disclosure made by a person with privileged access to an organization’s data or information about a wrongdoing, which implicates the organization, to persons or organizations that may be able to effect action’’ 1,2,3. It is a complex socio-economic phenomenon that requires careful understanding and attention...
September 23, 2021“In February 2020, the Tax Justice Network published its latest Financial Secrecy Index (FSI), which ranked the Cayman Islands as the leading jurisdiction for financial secrecy. To reach this conclusion, TJN had to downplay the Cayman Islands’ strong regulatory regime; stringent procedures to prevent and identify financial crimes;...
Mik MasoudSeptember 15, 2021Earlier this month, the trial of one of the biggest healthcare frauds in U.S. history has started. The currently available information is scary, serious, and alarming. It is the Theranos scandal.On Oct. 16, 2015, John Carreyrou, twice-Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist of The Wall Street Journal, published a report in the Wall Street Journal alleging...
September 7, 2021DW published an excellent documentary entitled “Corruption in South Africa.” As DW said, “When a country falls into the hands of kleptocrats, a state is taken over. This happens again and again, all over the world. Including in South Africa, of all places, where the fight for democracy...
September 3, 2021When one reads the opinion of the eye-witness, Sarah Chayes, on what happened in Afghanistan, he understands the nature, magnitude, and dynamics of corruption that devastated the country. One would not be surprised by the humiliation and shameful scenes at Kabul International Airport. Sarah’s opinion provides insights into how...
August 28, 2021The Danske Bank’s 200 billion euros ($235 billion) of suspicious transactions through its Estonian branch from 2007 to 2015 is the biggest money laundering scheme in history.Danske Bank money laundering ‘is biggest scandal in Europe’ – The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI)Read Moreblog.theaaci.comOn August 25, 2021, “Danske Bank A/S (DANSKE.CO) and former...
Technical staffAugust 26, 2021The government is in charge of fighting corruption in the country. However, to obtain meaningful outcomes, people, civil society, and the media community are required to engage in anti-corruption efforts. We will concentrate on what a government may do to accomplish successful anti-corruption goals in the private...
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