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Top corruption prosecutor held in jail as Guatemalan elite bids to purge foes

Virginia Laparra detained in conditions ‘bordering on torture’, which supporters say is retaliation for her efforts to fight corruption

The Guardian - US

Malaysian ex-PM's wife guilty of corruption

KUALA LUMPUR: Rosmah Mansor, the wife former Malaysian premier Najib Razak, was found guilty of graft on Thursday, just over a week after her husband began serving a 12-year jail term.

Bangkok Post

Malaysian court sentences former first lady Rosmah to jail for bribery

The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Thursday sentenced Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, to 10 years in prison for each of three bribery charges and fined her 970 million ringgit ($216.45 million).

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China expels ex-national security official from Communist Party

A senior Chinese official formerly in charge of investigating corruption within the national security ministry has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and from public office after being found guilty of corruption himself.

Reuters

Politics of defamation, blackmail started: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA: Replying to charges of corruption levelled at her and her family, CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said: “I have never seen such dirty politics. I do not like this politics of defamation, lies, use of unprintable words, not giving minimum respect to people.” She added the “politics of blackmail…

The Times of India

Malaysian court to rule on graft case of jailed ex-PM's wife

The wife of jailed ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has arrived in court for a verdict in her corruption trial involving a solar energy project in schools

The Independent UK

Malaysia's former first lady Rosmah sentenced to 10 years in jail for graft

A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, to a decade in prison for seeking and receiving bribes in exchange for government contracts, just days after her husband was jailed for corruption.

Reuters

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Iran Jails 21 over Deadly Building Collapse

Iran's judiciary said on Wednesday that 21 people including high-ranking local officials have been jailed after they were convicted over the deadly collapse of a building that triggered widespread anti-corruption protests. The 10-storey Metropol building that was under construction in the city of Abadan in southwestern Khuzestan province collapsed on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Liberia's corruption culture linked to failure to pursue war criminals

Liberia’s pervasive culture of impunity, which has been brought into focus by recent US sanctions against three senior officials, has its roots in the failure of the country’s justice system after the civil war, according to a Liberian analyst.

Radio France Internationale

A win against corruption: Citizen initiative sees Delhi high-rise leveled after 9-year legal battle

Onlookers cheered and smiled as the two 100-metre towers crumbled to the ground, leaving a cloud of dust and debris in their wake. The Supertech Twin Towers in Noida, India were demolished on August 28 after a nine-year legal battle. Residents counted it as a win against corruption in India’s…

France 24

Municipal Corporation Faridabad and Wakf Board officials arrested caught taking Rs 80,000 bribe

CHANDIGARH: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has arrested two officials posted in Municipal Corporation Faridabad and Waqf Board, Bhiwani red-handed while accepting bribe worth Rs 50,000 and Rs 30,000 respectively. Both have been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The Times of India

Gabon sets example of how to preserve the Congo Basin rainforest

As Gabon hosts the Africa Climate Week, its environmental industry is setting the pace for the region and continent.

Al Jazeera

Nazi scientist Otmar von Verschuer's correspondence with British biologist illuminates corruption of medicine

In the archives of the University of Adelaide is an exchange of letters between an infamous German geneticist and a famed British biologist that reveals much about how Nazi scientists were able to reinvent themselves after the war.

ABC News

Sri Lanka is bankrupt because of the Rajapaksas, says Chandrika Kumaratunga

Sri Lanka’s former President thanks India for aid

The Hindu

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The Conversation

Corruption in South Africa: new book sets out how ruling ANC lost the battle

One of the greatest benefits of South Africa’s democracy is freedom of speech and publication. Mpumelelo Mkhabela’s book, The Enemy Within, is the latest in a cascade of publications over the last decade that record corruption and theft by leading politicians in the country’s ruling party.

Radio France Internationale

Liberia's George Weah under pressure over handling of corruption allegations made by US

Liberian President George Weah is facing a backlash over how he has handled corruption accusations made by the United States against three top officials.

The Hindu

Supreme Court drops contempt case against Prashant Bhushan for ‘corruption’ remarks in Tehelka

Contempt proceedings against journalist Tarun Tejpal, who headed the magazine, has also been terminated. The case was last heard in 2020.

AAP

Anti-corruption body moves step closer

The Albanese government will introduce its anti-corruption commission legislation to parliament in the coming sitting fortnight.

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Reuters

Joao Lourenco, who surprised Angola with corruption crackdown, gets 2nd term

A second term for Angolan President Joao Lourenco may have disappointed many voters keen to break with five decades of one-party rule, but many would still admit he's done much to tackle corruption within its ranks.

The Independent UK

Turkish opposition seeks probe into bribery allegations

Opposition parties in Turkey have filed legal complaints with court authorities to press Turkish prosecutors to investigate corruption allegations made by a fugitive mafia boss against a group of people close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party

Reuters

Kenya's Odinga still says he won election, but will respect court ruling

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who is contesting his loss in this month's presidential election in the Supreme Court, said he will respect the court's ruling - but still believes he won.

ABC News

China charges 28 and launches corruption investigation into 15 officials including police after attack on women at Tangshan restaurant

The men threw a chair at the women and dragged one of them out of a barbecue restaurant before assaulting her and those who tried to help, leading to charges against the alleged attackers and a wider probe into police corruption.

The Independent UK

Israeli tycoon appeals corruption conviction in Swiss court

Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz is returning to a Geneva courthouse to appeal his conviction on charges of corrupting foreign public officials and forging documents

Reuters

Bolsonaro and Lula face off in Brazil presidential debate

Brazil's main presidential candidates took their gloves off on Sunday and laid into each other in the first presidential debate for the October general election with accusations of corruption and threats to democracy.

Reuters

Peruvian judge sends Castillo's sister-in-law to jail over corruption allegations

The sister-in-law of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was given 30 months of pre-trial detention on Sunday, the most serious escalation so far of a host of criminal investigations that have targeted the leader's inner circle.

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