Last night (Thursday 12 May 2016), London hosted the Anti-Corruption Summit. Attended by world leaders, business people, professionals, interest groups and other organisations, the summit is the first of its kind. With three main objectives, the summit was designed to … Read the rest
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LIVESTREAM The Anti-Corruption Summit – London, UK
The Anti-Corruption Summit is currently being held in London.
You can watch the Summit live on The Guardian’s website HERE http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/may/12/david-cameron-london-anti-corruption-summit-live
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Exposure and Accessibility in the Public Interest
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has announced it will release an interactive and searchable database of firms, companies, trusts, foundations, tax havens, linking people in over 200 countries and territories, implicated in the Panama Papers investigation. The release of … Read the rest
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Legal Corruption in the Ukraine; corruption as a rule of law
The Ukraine has the unenviable status of being one of the poorest countries in one of the poorest parts of Europe. While corruption is a prevalent, albeit decreasing problem across much of Eastern Europe, this in depth piece, written by … Read the rest
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The Role of the Whistleblower: The LuxLeaks Trial
The Panama Papers scandal continues to spark calls for transparency and accountability. Investigations are underway left, right and centre. But before Panama, was LuxLeaks – leaked documents and confidential information led to the exposure of arrangements and tax deals that … Read the rest
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Calls for Action: Increasing Concerns of Corporate Corruption within Australia
With the recent spotlight on Unaoil’s role in facilitating bribery on a global scale, calls have been made for individual countries, Australia included, to increase (or implement) measures to prevent such behaviour.
Late last week, Transparency International Chair, Anthony Whealy … Read the rest
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Legal Corruption in the former Eastern Bloc; Czech Republic vs Poland
Poland and the Czech Republic are both culturally rich and newly developed countries in Central Europe, sharing many differences, and similarities, economically, socially, and politically.
In this article, a comparative legal academic research essay written by legal experts in the … Read the rest
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Part 3: Shifting the focus to Asia
Fairfax Media and Huffington Post’s investigations further reveal Unaoil’s facilitation of corruption in Asia. The involvement of well-known companies Samsung, Hyundai, Singapore’s Keppel and South Korea’s ISU, is documented in emails and leaked documents, demonstrating the ‘pervasive culture of corruption
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Part 2: Unaoil’s expansion into former Soviet states and commencement of international investigations
Part Two of the exposure of Unaoil’s astounding global reach investigates the company’s corruption of high-level government officials and businessmen, and fraudulent contractual arrangements in former Soviet states. Managers from Italian oil company Eni, US firm Halliburton and Kellogg Brown … Read the rest
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