— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The discovery that hackers could snoop on WhatsApp should alert users of supposedly secure messaging apps to an uncomfortable truth: “End-to-end encryption” sounds nice — but if anyone can get into your phone’s operating system, they will be able to read your…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News A top US law enforcement urged frustrated Kenyans on Thursday to “be a little bit patient” concerning the outcome of corruption cases. “Anti-corruption investigations are particularly complex,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Heather Merritt said in a press briefing. “They tend to…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The number of reported SIM-swap fraud incidents in South Africa has doubled in the past year, according to cybersecurity experts from Kaspersky. SIM-swap fraud happens when someone convinces your mobile operator to switch your phone number over to a SIM card that…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The longer India’s election drags on, the more rattled Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears. In a long campaign that moves finally toward its conclusion on May 19, Modi could have laid out a bold economic vision. Instead, he took potshots, not at…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News PARIS — BeIN media group CEO Yousef Al-Obaidly was handed preliminary charges of corruption as part of an investigation into the bidding process for the 2019 track world championships in Qatar, a judicial official was quoted as saying by the Associated Press on…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Three women are accused of taking almost $900,000 in bribes, which they spent on fur coats, designer handbags and property in Florida, to help people snatch affordable New York apartments from thousands of families waiting on a list. Anna Treybich, 71, Irina Zeltser, 66,…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Money laundering Money is the main cause for people to engage in almost any type of criminal activity. Money-laundering is the process of concealing the source of illicit funds or “dirty money.’’ Money laundering crimes are fraud and drug trafficking. It is…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Loomis AB said it would investigate allegations it played a role in a Danish money laundering scandal, the Swedish cash-handling company said on Thursday. At its annual general meeting a day earlier a journalist from Denmark’s TV2 alleged that…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a subpoena to French luxury group LVMH as part of its probe into media buying transparency in the US, Campaign has learned. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by LVMH, which owns brands including Louis Vuitton, Moët &…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine (SAPO) intends to call in the former president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko for interrogation concerning the possible involvement in the corruption in the electric and thermal energy producing company Centerenergo, as the Ukrainian News reported. “He will be…