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Commentary: Don't kid yourself. Doug Mastriano can win

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Tribune News Service · Jul 26, 2022

Ex-health boss's nepotism case in court

After an alleged nepotism scandal involving his daughter, a former boss of Queensland's biggest public hospital service is facing corruption charges.

AAP · Jul 26, 2022

Former Queensland Health Metro North boss Malcolm Stamp returns to Australia to face corruption charges in Brisbane

The CCC alleged Malcolm Stamp dishonestly arranged for his daughter to be given a communication job with Queensland's largest public hospital service, of which he was the chief executive.

ABC News · Jul 26, 2022

Report: Bill Self Held Off Recruiting Trail Amid NCAA Probe

The school is still awaiting potential discipline following the FBI’s findings of bribery and corruption in 2017.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 24, 2022

Congress attacks Smriti Irani over running illegal bar by her daughter in Goa; demands Minister's sacking

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera told reporters that there are serious charges of corruption against Irani's family and her daughter is allegedly running a restaurant in Goa, in which a bar is functioning on a "fake licence". Full story on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 23, 2022

Gutkha scam | Former Ministers B.V. Ramana, C. Vijayabaskar and ex-DGPs to be prosecuted

The Tamil Nadu government accords sanction to the CBI to go ahead in the case

The Hindu · Jul 23, 2022

Guatemala’s former economics minister pleads guilty to using Miami bank accounts to pay bribes

MIAMI — A former high-ranking government official in Guatemala has pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to conspiring to commit money laundering while paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to Guatemalan politicians through the U.S. banking system.

Miami Herald · Jul 22, 2022

Albania's ex-PM says UK has barred him from entering

Albania’s former president and prime minister, Sali Berisha, said on Friday he had been banned by London from entering the UK for supposedly having links with criminal groups.The British embassy in Tirana said only that the United Kingdom had taken action “against several Albanian individuals with ties to criminality and…

Reuters · Jul 22, 2022

Under threat of subpoena, S.Africa's Ramaphosa responds to graft watchdog

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has responded to questions from the anti-corruption watchdog over allegations of criminal wrongdoing related to a break-in at his farm, the ombudsman said on Friday, after saying it would issue a subpoena to compel him to do so.

Reuters · Jul 22, 2022

US blacklists ex-Paraguay President Horacio Cartes for corruption

Washington accuses former president of obstructing a ‘major international investigation into transnational crime’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 22, 2022