— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The Government has tasked the National Communications Authority (NCA) to liaise with mobile network operators and other relevant state agencies to determine the level of risk posed by the influx of counterfeit mobile devices on the market. Mr George Andah, a Deputy…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Avenatti’s legal troubles escalated on Wednesday as federal prosecutors announced new indictments accusing the lawyer and prominent critic of U.S. President Donald Trump of ripping off porn star Stormy Daniels and extorting Nike Inc. Prosecutors in Manhattan…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The city that reads, Baltimore, is only the latest U.S. city to fall prey to a crippling ransomware attack. This time, the attackers appear to have leveraged a new ransomware variant called RobbinHood, which crept under firewalls crippling key city systems. In all,…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The challenges of video surveillance cybersecurity highlight some of the many issues that plague the use of connected devices in physical security systems. This entry in our BSIMM Monthly Insights series was contributed by guest author Mathieu Chevalier with Genetec. From a…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Several things lay behind the rise of democracy in the region. One was the waning of the cold war. Another was the economic failure of most of the dictators. And democracy was contagious. One country after another in Latin America put down…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday (May 17) sanctioned a Mexican judge and a former state governor for corruption and maintaining links with drug cartels. Judge Isidro Avelar and Roberto Sandoval, a former governor of Nayarit, were among eight Mexicans and six…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News As prosecutors and police officers explained they had an arrest warrant, the former president excused himself to go call his lawyer. He stepped into his bedroom. A single gunshot rang out.Hours later, after an unsuccessful operation to try to save him, he was pronounced…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Peru’s public prosecutor indicted former president Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia on Tuesday for allegedly laundering assets, as part of the wide-ranging Odebrecht corruption scandal. Former Peru president Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia are accused of laundering assets…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News DUBLIN (Reuters) – Google’s main regulator in the European Union, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, opened its first investigation into the U.S. internet giant on Wednesday over how it handles personal data for the purpose of advertising. The probe was the result of…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Johannesburg (AFP) – South Africa’s prosecution on Thursday pushed for ex-president Jacob Zuma to face a corruption trial for a case dating back to the 1990s, saying if he did not it would appear he received special treatment. Zuma, 77, is accused…