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EU parliament waives immunity of two lawmakers in graft probe

The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to waive the immunity from prosecution of two lawmakers following a request by Belgian investigators to question them over a cash-for-influence corruption scandal.

Reuters

EU assembly lifts immunity of 2 lawmakers linked to scandal

The European Parliament has removed the protective immunity of two lawmakers linked to one of the EU’s biggest corruption scandals

The Independent UK

Pope rallies Congo's youth, and gets a thunderous response

Pope Francis is urging Congo’s young people to work for a peaceful and honest future

The Independent UK

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Home of Ukrainian oil tycoon raided in anti-corruption purge

Ukraine is taking a hard line against corruption as it continues talks to join the European Union.

Al Jazeera

How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show."

WEKU

Ukraine billionaire among those targeted in fresh anti-corruption raids ordered by Zelensky

Ihor Kolomoisky – who has denied wrongdoing – is a former political ally of President Zelensky

The Independent UK

The legal woes of former South African president Jacob Zuma

The judge presiding over former South African President Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial recused himself this week and said he didn’t want there to be any chance that the proceedings could be viewed as biased against Zuma

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Head of Kyiv tax authority accused of multimillion-dollar fraud

One of unnamed woman’s four homes raided along with home of former Zelenskiy ally amid president’s crackdown on corruption

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine's Zelenskiy vows further anti-graft moves amid raids

Ukrainian authorities raided an influential billionaire's home on Wednesday, part of what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said was a drive to root out corruption and help the country meet Western standards of clean governance.

Reuters

Iran: Dancing Couple Given 10-year Jail Sentence

An Iranian couple in their 20s have been given jail sentences totaling 10 years after posting a video of themselves dancing on a Tehran street, the BBC reported. They were reportedly convicted for promoting corruption, prostitution and propaganda. The video showed them dancing by Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Tower, BBC said.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sportsman and garda arrested as part of corruption investigation

The arrests came after it was suspected that the sportsman, aged in his 40s, used information the officer gave him to give to an organised crime gang that he is allegedly associated with

Dublin Live

Austria's far-right Freedom Party regains national momentum

Nearly four years ago, Austria’s populist far-right Freedom Party was ousted from the national coalition government over a major corruption scandal, and voters punished it at the ballot box

The Independent UK

Ex-Ohio speaker's lawyer questions 'vibes,' judge's fitness

An attorney for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has questioned the fitness of U.S. District Judge Timothy Black to preside over the Republican’s corruption trial

The Independent UK

Thailand improves in corruption survey

Thailand has improved by nine places to 101st out of 180 countries in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index from 110th in 2021, Transparency International (TI) said on Tuesday.

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Young snooker stars 'receive threats to family members' to deliberately lose matches

Ten Chinese snooker players are embroiled in a corruption probe that has rocked the sport and youngsters are now said to have been targeted with threats to fix matches

Reuters

Corruption rife across Latin America; Guatemala, Nicaragua reach all-time lows: report

Guatemala, Nicaragua and Cuba reached all-time lows on Transparency International's corruption index released on Tuesday due to increased organized crime by public institutions, co-optation by political and economic elites and increased human rights abuses.

The Independent UK

EU lawmakers move to lift immunity of scandal suspects

The European Parliament's legal affairs committee has voted unanimously to lift the protective immunity of two lawmakers wanted for questioning over a major corruption scandal

The Times of India

Haryana government renames State Vigilance Bureau as Anti-Corruption Bureau

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Tuesday announced to rename State Vigilance Bureau as Anti-Corruption Bureau.

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The Guardian - UK

UK drops down global corruption index after string of scandals

Transparency International warns of UK’s ‘woeful inadequacies’ as Qatar, UAE and Russia slide down list

The Conversation

UK slides in corruption perception index after series of political scandals

The UK has fallen down Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index (CPI) after a year of high-profile government scandals.

The Independent UK

Global report highlights link between corruption, violence

A closely watched study by an anti-graft organization has found that most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption, with 95% of countries having made little to no progress since 2017

The Conversation

After a decade of decline, Australia is back on the rise in a global anti-corruption ranking

Just months after Australia legislated to establish the long-anticipated National Anti-Corruption Agency, our standing is back on the rise in Transparency International’s annual Global Corruption Perceptions Index. This is a small but important turn-around following a decade of steady decline.

The Guardian - AU

Australia lifts ranking on global anti-corruption index after hitting record low

Improvement attributed to new anti-corruption commission, but Transparency International warns more whistleblower protections are needed

AAP

Aussie integrity rises in global rankings

Australia has scored 13th in global anti-corruption rankings, notching up an improvement but still trailing "very clean" Denmark and former winner New Zealand.

France 24

South Africa: Judge in Zuma graft trial recuses himself

The arms corruption trial of former South African leader Jacob Zuma could be in for further delays, two decades after the murky dealings that sparked the charges, as the presiding judge steps aside. Also, as Germany expresses uncertainty about its troops' long-term participation in the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali,…

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