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The Latest Breaking News from Corruption

As all parliamentary meetings will officially end on Feb 28, members of the Upper and Lower Houses are rushing to deliberate draft laws and wrap up their proposals and probes into corruption.

Bangkok Post

Peru's top prosecutor opens corruption probe of ex-President Castillo

Peru's top prosecutor's office has formalized an investigation into former President Pedro Castillo, it said on Tuesday, regarding criminal allegations from before Castillo was ousted and detained in December after attempting to illegally dissolve Congress.

Reuters

Chuvit challenges PM to stop the rot

Whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit took his anti-corruption crusade to Government House on Tuesday, calling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to put an end to police-run gambling among other problems.

Bangkok Post

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Chuvit to take triad evidence to PM

Whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit is going to formally present information about the police officers involved in recent corruption cases, mostly involving online gambling, Chinese grey businesses, and bribery, to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Bangkok Post

Karnataka: IAS-IPS Women Officers Battle Out Over Social Media With Private Pics Posts

An IPS officer released personal pictures of a female IAS officer after allegations of corruption. Must read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Want Less Corruption? Try Having Smaller Government.

People can never be made incorruptible. We can, however, design governmental systems filled with checks and balances that limit the temptations.

Reason

Biden says he'll back Ukraine as long as it takes. But some take aim at the price tag

Polls show a growing number of Americans feel the United States is giving too much aid to Ukraine. That's helped lead to calls for more scrutiny of how the aid is being used.

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Ex-BCCI panel chief Neeraj Kumar's book talks of 'malpractices' in Indian cricket

NEW DELHI: Former IPS officer Neeraj Kumar, who strayed into the world of cricket when he was appointed head of BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in 2015, says during his stint, he realised fixing is the proverbial tip of the iceberg of corruption in cricket and a "minuscule percentage of the…

The Times of India

Sudani Calls on Europe to Support Iraq’s Anti-Corruption Efforts

Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani has called on the European Union to support the government's anti-corruption efforts. He also urged the global police agency Interpol to facilitate the extradition of wanted persons. Al-Sudani met on Saturday with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Munich…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gender equality in Nigeria: Three reasons why women aren't represented in politics

In March 2022, Nigerian women suffered backlash in their pursuit of gender equity. Five gender bills presented to the National Assembly were thrown out.

The Conversation

Bassil Accuses Hezbollah Candidate for Lebanese Presidency of Corruption

Head of Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MP Gebran Bassil ended on Saturday all hopes for a “comprehensive settlement” over the presidency after launching a scathing attack against the FPM’s ally, Hezbollah. During an address before an FPM youth gathering, the MP delivered messages to “internal and foreign players, rivals…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rangers fans in furious 'lies and corruption' Nicola Sturgeon farewell message

Supporters held aloft banners citing drug deaths and strain on the NHS.

The National (Scotland)

The real story on corrupt cop Ronald Watts

There was no woke mob conspiring against Watts, the former police sergeant responsible for one of the city’s worst cases of police corruption.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chaiwat promoted at national parks department

Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, who helped expose a major corruption scandal at the top of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP), has been promoted to a new job within the department.

Bangkok Post

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Al Jazeera

Q&A: The opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’

The revival of opium production in the Golden Triangle comes on top of a booming synthetic drug industry.

Chicago Sun-Times

Notorious West Side dump site known as Mount Henry turning into ‘beacon of hope’

On Friday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot took the first step toward turning a symbol of corruption and neglect into a $68 million project that will transform the notorious, 21-acre dump site at Roosevelt and Kostner into a solar-powered hub.

The Independent UK

Ohio ex-speaker ill, corruption trial pauses after big week

The racketeering trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges was cancelled again Friday due to illness

Chicago Sun-Times

FBI’s secret political support for ex-Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg could be an issue in brother’s upcoming corruption trial

An undercover agent posing as a strip club manager lent $143,300 to a committee that backed Kellogg in his 2007 reelection for mayor — part of an investigation that never resulted in charges against the politician.

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Los Angeles Times

Trial in New York has Mexico riveted as jury contemplates fate of former Mexican security chief

MEXICO CITY — He has talked about the case for months, likening it to a television crime drama and saying its revelations dramatize the deep corruption of his predecessors.

Reuters

Peru Congress passes complaint against ex-President Castillo for alleged corruption

Peru's Congress passed a constitutional complaint on Friday against former President Pedro Castillo, who was ousted in December, for alleged crimes of corruption in his administration .

The Texas Tribune

Paxton whistleblowers urge lawmakers not to oppose settlement that will be paid with taxpayer dollars

In a statement, the attorneys for the four former top deputies who accused Attorney General Ken Paxton of crimes said state employees “cannot be expected to report government corruption in the future if they know the Legislature won’t back their rights.”

Newslaundry

Delhi library led by BJP leader didn’t have funds for branches, but issued salaries to her son

More than eight branches shut, an unrelenting protest by 75 employees over lack of salaries, a funds crunch, and at the centre of it all, one of Delhi’s oldest municipal libraries and a BJP leader mired in allegations of corruption and mismanagement.

Foreign Policy

Haiti Is on the Brink of State Failure

From criminal gangs to elite corruption, cascading ills are almost entirely homegrown.

The Texas Tribune

D.C.-based DOJ investigators take over corruption probe into Attorney General Ken Paxton

Paxton’s lawyer had argued that federal prosecutors based out of San Antonio had an “obvious conflict” in the investigation.

The Independent UK

Justice Dept. in DC taking over Texas AG corruption probe

Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who’d long been leading the the probe

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