— 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…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Jacob Zuma‘s lawyers have alleged the former South African president is being treated unfairly by prosecutors amid a bid by the erstwhile leader to have corruption charges levelled against him dropped. Zuma, who resigned last year amid intense public pressure after nine scandal-plagued years in…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News A mysterious letter, believed to be correspondence between the National Prosecuting Authority and the Hawks, surfaced late on Thursday at the ongoing application for a permanent stay of prosecution by former president Jacob Zuma. At the 11th hour on Thursday, advocate Muzi Sikhakhane…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The U.S. Justice Department took a win and a loss this week in its prosecution of an alleged $2 billion corruption scheme in Mozambique that destabilized the impoverished country’s economy. On Monday, a former banker at Credit Suisse Group AG became the…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The Kenyan track team coach who was sent home from the 2016 Olympics was banned for 10 years Wednesday for seeking a bribe of $12,000 to help athletes beat doping tests. Michael Rotich was banned by the IAAF ethics board following a…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News A 53-year-old municipal manager at the Dihlabeng Municipality in the Free State, and a 51-year-old security company owner, have been arrested by the Hawks’ National Clean Audit Task Team on Wednesday morning on charges of corruption and fraud. The arrests come two…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s deputy president, David Mabuza, who has long been dogged by accusations of corruption, abruptly postponed the ceremony to swear him in as a lawmaker on Wednesday, casting doubt on his future as the country’s second in command. Just…