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Anti-Corruption Daily Newsletter for 06/05/2020
Anti-Corruption Daily Newsletter for 06/05/2020
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Your source for international risk & compliance related news, insights, and best practices.
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The new home of the FCPA Newswire edited by Mike Kenealy
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Anti Corruption Digest is the most comprehensive source for global risk & compliance related news, insights, and best practices.
Readers are welcome to research the Anti Corruption Digest’s curated database of over fifteen thousand risk and compliance related articles, offer comments on any article as well as submit material for publication.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 10:35 am
Suspected digital fraud incidents in the Philippines more than doubled during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, data released by information solutions provider TransUnion LLC. on Thursday showed.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 10:34 am
MONTREAL (AFP) - An investigation into the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) found widespread corruption and dozens of covered up drugs tests, officials said on Thursday (June 4).
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 10:30 am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Lundbeck’s (LUN.CO) fight against a 2013 EU antitrust fine imposed for deals with rivals to delay sales of generic copies of its anti-depressant citalopram hit a hurdle after a top court adviser said its appeal should be rejected.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 10:28 am
Serbia, Turkey and Slovakia did not fully implement any GRECO recommendations on preventing corruption among parliamentarians in 2019, the latest annual report of the Council of Europe’s Strasbourg-based Group of States Against Corruption, published on Wednesday said.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 10:27 am
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament approved on Thursday a law to remove decades-old banking secrecy rules in order to better fight rampant corruption that has pushed the country to the edge of economic collapse.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 10:25 am
In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, Palestinian residents of the Old City of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, found themselves fighting another battle that, for them, holds far higher stakes than the spread of Covid-19.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 10:20 am
A former Ecuadorean president has been detained after authorities raided his home Wednesday and found a gun and medical supplies including masks as part of a wider investigation into corruption during the pandemic.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 10:16 am
Have you ever considered a non-touch life before COVID-19? An experience where you can accomplish all of your login, banking, payment, eCommerce and other activities on your mobile handset, avoiding contact with public ATM keypads and Point of Sale devices, is now possible. Boloro already envisioned this “contactless” future long before physical distancing by developing a unique technology that is compatible with all mobile phones, including smartphones and feature phones.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 10:14 am
Cape Town - The specialised anti-corruption task team established in 2017 arrested 15 suspects, including senior police officers, on Thursday during a pre-dawn raid.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 09:53 am
“Learning about ethics isn’t like a vaccine — where you take one or two philosophy classes and you’re set for life — but more like eating your vegetables every day to stay healthy,” says Kate Trimble, senior associate dean and director of the Office of Experiential Learning. “It’s a muscle that you develop over time, with repeated exposure, in different contexts, and by talking to people who have different perspectives and experiences than you do.”
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 09:52 am
Democracy is inefficient. It is a lot easier for a single ruler or one with an obedient legislative body to make decisions and take action. Arriving at compromise is slow, painful and gives us strange results on occasion but I still believe it’s the best system available. We have a long history of local governance that dates back to before independence. It is part of the fabric of these United States of America and definitely a long tradition in San Mateo County.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 09:41 am
STA, 4 June 20202 - The Slovenian art market could be in for an overhaul, as two private agencies have been founded to improve transparency in what is often an opaque field, where the majority of all are sales happen on the black or grey market.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 09:36 am
After a weekend of protests in Canada and the United States against racism and police brutality, the workweek arrived and executives were ready with statements, tweets and LinkedIn posts.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 09:34 am
After much pressure and criticism from international partners against its rulings, the Office of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved the use of an independent investigation to look into the allegations of whistle blowers regarding the governance of Akinwumi Adesina.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 09:32 am
Bribery and corruption are often perceived as a public sector issue. However, the increasing frequency of reports of cases of corporate wrongdoings shows that corruption is also endemic in the private sector.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 09:30 am
Democratic Senate candidate John Hickenlooper declined to appear at an ethics hearing about his alleged violations of a gift ban in defiance of the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 09:09 am
Malaysian prosecutors have dropped money laundering charges against The Wolf of Wall Street film producer and stepson of ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak in a move slammed by Human Rights Watch on Friday as a "triumph for impunity and corruption."
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 09:06 am
Westpac Banking Corporation has said "a mix of technology and human error" and "deficient financial crime processes" were to blame for its failure to comply with anti-money laundering obligations.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 08:55 am
Experts predict that Bitcoin ATMs (BATMs) will face stricter regulations worldwide, with countries including Canada and Germany already moving to tighten up anti-money laundering requirements.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 08:51 am
The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday (June 4) adopted two draft laws on anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) and on combating the financing of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 08:50 am
PARIS (Reuters) – A French court on Wednesday approved the transfer of Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga to a United Nations tribunal.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 08:47 am
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - A court in Brazil has accepted charges filed against two men formerly linked to Sembcorp Marine's (Sembmarine) wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, the mainboard-listed firm said on Thursday (June 4).
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 08:43 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Alaska man accused of laundering $1 billion held in South Korea for Iran funneled nearly all the money through the United Arab Emirates, U.S. federal court documents released early Thursday show.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 08:37 am
Las Vegas Sands’ Singapore casino Marina Bay Sands (MBS) is reporetedly being investigated by the US Department of Justice for potential violations of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 08:00 am
The coronavirus pandemic has spawned a huge increase in cyberthreats and attacks. While much of this is aimed at consumers, a lot has also targeted companies whose employees must now access critical infrastructure, such as industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) networks, from home.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 07:59 am
Amidst the turmoil, chaos and outrage that has followed the death of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis, a familiar presence returned to our news feeds: the Guy Fawkes-masked face of Anonymous.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 07:55 am
Cyber crime services have become cheaper and easier to obtain on the dark web marketplaces, according to Trend Micro’s whitepaper dubbed ‘Shifts in Underground Markets.’ The paper analyzed various dark web marketplaces and cybercriminal forums as well as their trends over time. The paper found that prices have fluctuated sharply and services have become more available. Language barriers have also been surmounted with criminals being able to participate in multilingual forums. However, the report indicates trust among criminals has followed a reverse trajectory.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 07:54 am
Punjabi actress Sonam Bajwa became a victim of cyber-bullying when several accounts created fake chats of her and posted them online. The 27-year-old actress slammed the fake users and said: "Their lives are full of lies".
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 07:51 am
BlackBerry and KPMG’s UK Cyber Response Services uncovered a new ransomware strain that uses an obscure file format to avoid detection, according to new research published Thursday.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 05, 2020 07:49 am
In recent years, the threat of "DDoS attacks," which cause web services to stop functioning by placing a large amount of processing load on servers and networks, has been increasing. In the "Top 10 Information Security Threats 2019" released by the Information-Technology Processing Agency (IPA), DDoS attacks were ranked 6th in the list of information security incidents that had a significant social impact in 2018, up from 9th place in the previous year.
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Anti-Corruption Daily Newsletter for 06/03/2020
Anti-Corruption Daily Newsletter for 06/03/2020
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Your source for international risk & compliance related news, insights, and best practices.
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The new home of the FCPA Newswire edited by Mike Kenealy
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Anti Corruption Digest is the most comprehensive source for global risk & compliance related news, insights, and best practices.
Readers are welcome to research the Anti Corruption Digest’s curated database of over fifteen thousand risk and compliance related articles, offer comments on any article as well as submit material for publication.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 04:47 pm
The COVID-19 crisis has triggered a resurgence of fraudulent international wire transfers. Companies and banks should therefore be extra vigilant when dealing with international wire transfer orders.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 04:45 pm
For the past two months, the Covid-19 pandemic has understandably been the centerpiece of anti-corruption writings, on the FCPA Blog and in other publications. The emergence of corruption risks during emergencies negatively affects all countries, yet the impact on developing countries is undeniably greater.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 04:43 pm
The Singapore-headquartered commodity trading firm Trafigura, owner of one-third of troubled mining firm Talvivaara, is under investigation by US authorities for suspected corruption and market manipulation, according to UK newspaper The Guardian. The allegations relate to the firm’s oil trading division.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 04:38 pm
For just one minute, forget everything you think you know about how Milan was acquired by current owners Elliott Management. At the time, the public narrative blamed almost everything on the Chinese investor Yonghong Li, questioning his authenticity, his intentions and his business practices.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 04:36 pm
Against the background of the shooting in the Zhytomyr region, rape in Kaharlyk, the shooting in Brovary, another scandal related to the law enforcement sphere goes almost unnoticed in Ukraine – the conflict between Prosecutor General Iryna Venedyktova and head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Nazar Kholodnytsky.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 04:18 pm
Has Dominic Cummings’s eye-test-by-driving jaunt broken Britain’s lockdown? There is some evidence that it has. On May 31, a De Montfort University survey of 1,201 people found that the number of Britons flouting social distancing guidance because they didn’t agree with the rules had more than doubled – from four to nine per cent – in the aftermath of the revelations about Cummings’s trip to Durham.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 04:05 pm
Banks are key components in financial systems and economies that provide specialized financial services in a manner that allocate funds from savers to borrowers and facilitates in fulfilling all functions of money and its circulation in economies.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 04:01 pm
Imagine rushing through a crowded airport with your locked suitcase. Before you can get to your closing gate, someone steps in front of you, blocking your way. Your belongings are safe in your suitcase, but you can’t proceed with your travel plans. In this analogy, your suitcase functions like cybersecurity — protecting against the attacks you can anticipate. However, because you’re lacking cyber resilience — the ability to withstand unanticipated disruption — your travel plans are foiled nevertheless.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:56 pm
A Java-based ransomware known as PonyFinal has galloped onto the scene, targeting enterprise systems management servers as an initial infection vector.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:54 pm
“Anonymous” is the name of a loosely-connected international group of hackers that often commits cyber-attacks for political reasons.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:53 pm
SINGAPORE - Digital hijackers are taking over computers to mine for cryptocurrency, with cyber-security firm Kaspersky saying that Singapore has had a spike in cryptojacking attempts in the first three months of 2020.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:51 pm
The Middle East and Africa region is home to some of the world’s most innovative and ambitious telecoms operators and will be at the front of the queue when it comes to cutting edge network security technology, according to industry experts from NetNumber.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:50 pm
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The men panted from exertion as they climbed the mist-covered hill carrying a coffin with another body in Peru’s largest cemetery, where the dead from the new coronavirus are being buried.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:48 pm
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Myanmar has moved to bolster cyber prevention and defence capabilities through a security-focused partnership with SK Telecom.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:40 pm
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque was reacting to criticisms of the bill that seeks to repeal the Human Security Act (HSA) of 2007 and which was certified as urgent by the President on Monday afternoon.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:35 pm
On the 19th of May 2020 Sri Lanka celebrated the National War Heroes Day and there was a surprise: Tamil Ealam Cyber Force attacking and defacing several government websites.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:33 pm
International security dynamics in Central Asia are often framed in the “great game” terms of great power competition, but this shorthand can obscure the complexity of great power involvement in the region. The nature of existing competition can be further difficult to capture, in part, because the sovereign states of the region can affect, to varying degrees, how their powerful neighbors seek to wield influence in political, economic, military, and social spheres.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:31 pm
Malware developers have a new trick up their sleeve when it comes to evading detection – hiding their code inside a virtual machine.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:30 pm
The massive shortage of cyber professionals is a national security threat, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:28 pm
The Middle East was already plagued by war, famine, and wholesale death in the form of multiple civil wars when the outbreak of Covid-19, a novel coronavirus, added pestilence to the mix. The pandemic offers a unique prism through which to assess the way China interacts with Middle Eastern states in time of crisis.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:25 pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 3, 2020 /CNW/ -- Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, 2020 Outlook of the KSA and UAE F&B Market, finds that the food and beverage (F&B) market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will register steady growth throughout 2020. The overall expenditure on F&B in the UAE is estimated to increase by 6.9%
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:23 pm
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was also subject to Anonymous hackers this week, with the local branch of the international band of info warriors revealing addresses, income, and other personal assets in a data dump first posted on Twitter last night.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:12 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruptions to the global economy, causing far-reaching impact on liquidity, market volatility, valuation adjustments, and significant changes to forward-looking return expectations for many asset classes. The crisis has also driven down interest rates and oil prices, and wreaked havoc on the fiscal solvency of many government and private institutions.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:10 pm
NEW YORK, May 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Corporate culture can have mortal consequences, as shown by deadly outcomes at Boeing (737 MAX), Vale SA (dam collapse in Brazil) and Pacific Gas and Electric (California wildfires). Each case exposed a gap between the content of companies’ ethics and compliance programs and the realities of the companies’ culture and conduct.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:08 pm
Long known for entrenchment and all-too-cozy relationships with shareholders, Japan has made a concerted effort in recent years to bring corporate governance up to a higher standard. But as the case of Kyushu Railway Company shows, progress can be slow. Now, a longtime shareholder is making a second push to get the company on the right track.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:06 pm
The brewing crisis of succession at the African Development Bank (AfDB) calls for serious concern. It has thus deservedly elicited a series of comments across the continent and even beyond. The bank, which is the outcome of Pan-African diplomacy in the earlier years of political independence from colonialism, was structured to be an engine of economic development on the continent, following from an agreement of August 1963 by the founding fathers, which came into effect in September 1964, leading to an inaugural Assembly in November 1964 in Lagos, Nigeria. According to
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:04 pm
The European Commission is asking for views on how online platforms should be regulated in future, launching a public consultation today on the forthcoming Digital Services Act (DSA).
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:03 pm
Africa Development Bank Group (AfDB) or Banque Africaine de Développement , (the financial provider to African government development projects in the regional member countries (RMC), is in the news for everything but it’s primary mandate of financing development and eradicating poverty.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 03:01 pm
The coronavirus lockdown is wreaking havoc on many economies, and in several Latin American countries, the curve seems far from flattening out. What are the challenges of returning to normal in Colombia and Latin America? When will we see a vaccine? What challenges await Latin American countries during this pandemic?
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 03, 2020 02:53 pm
A recognized international scholar on drug cartels and money laundering has pleaded guilty to money laundering over his involvement in a Venezuelan bribery and corruption scheme.
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Anti-Corruption Daily Newsletter for 06/01/2020
Anti-Corruption Daily Newsletter for 06/01/2020
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Your source for international risk & compliance related news, insights, and best practices.
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The new home of the FCPA Newswire edited by Mike Kenealy
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Anti Corruption Digest is the most comprehensive source for global risk & compliance related news, insights, and best practices.
Readers are welcome to research the Anti Corruption Digest’s curated database of over fifteen thousand risk and compliance related articles, offer comments on any article as well as submit material for publication.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 08:20 am
The US will consider rejoining the World Health Organization if it ends corruption and reliance on China, the White House said on Sunday.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 08:19 am
MIAMI — Even in a pandemic, there's no slowdown for swindlers in Latin America.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 08:11 am
Global commodities trader Trafigura is under investigation by US authorities for alleged corruption and market manipulation relating to oil trading, the Guardian has learned.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 08:08 am
Malta needs an umbrella investigation that combines strengths across States and disciplines to effectively investigate corruption and its links to the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, her son told The Shift, listing companies in the midst of scandals as “weapons used in the same crime of corruption that led to the assassination”.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 08:06 am
The prime minister of Bosnia's autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation has been questioned in a potential corruption case involving the purchase of 100 respirators from China for coronavirus patients.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 08:04 am
Saudi Arabia has filed a total of 117 administrative and financial corruption cases against those who attempted to exploit government institutions throughout the past month during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 08:03 am
Dubai: The quagmire of corruption and cover-ups in the world of athletics will once again raise its ugly head when the trial of former IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) President Lamine Diack comes up for hearing in France from June 8.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 08:02 am
BEIRUT: Lebanese security forces on Friday began handing out fines to enforce the wearing of face masks, as the country recorded four new coronavirus cases to bring its tally to 1,172.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 08:00 am
This paper studies the effect of digitalization on the perception of corruption and trust in tax officials in Africa. Using individual-level data from Afrobarometer surveys and several indices of digitalization, we find that an increase in digital adoption is associated with a reduction in the perception of corruption and an increase in trust in tax officials. Exploiting the exogeneous deployment of submarine cables at the local level, the paper provides evidence of a negative impact of the use of Internet on the perception of corruption.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:58 am
BAGHDAD: Iraq has only 190,000 tons of rice available in its coffers for its food rationing program, the Trade Ministry said in a statement late on Saturday.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:55 am
Judicial officials have detained former member of Iran's parliament Mohammad Azizi who must serve his 61 months sentence for corruption related to the country's beleaguered auto industry.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:20 am
As the Covid-19 lockdown has forced companies to allow their staff to work from home, there has been a sharp increase in the use of cloud-based e-collaboration tools. It’s not just employees of IT companies, a bulk of the workforce of firms across verticals have moved home to carry out work.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:19 am
Whether it’s those eager to read news about COVID-19, see updates on pending Paycheck Protection Program loans or check the status of stimulus checks, businesses and their employees have found reasons to be fast on the draw when it comes to link-clicking on the web.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:18 am
On 27 May, the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) was briefed by the Department of Defence (DoD). It heard that the SANDF has been in a critical decline since the last defence review (drafted in 2012 and approved in 2015). The review then described the SANDF as being “characterised by force imbalance, unaffordability of its main operating systems, inability to meet current standing defence commitments, and the lack of critical mobility”.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:16 am
On March 12, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan called in the National Guard to aid in the coronavirus pandemic response by executive order. Since then, the Guard has been helping the state increase with COVID-19 tests and screening and assisting but also pitching in with cybersecurity assessments.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:14 am
The city of Minneapolis was the target of a cyberattack this week while protests fueled by the police killing of George Floyd were also underway.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:12 am
The COVID-19 outbreak poses an array of cyber security challenges for lenders in Australia. The ACCC's cyber monitor, ScamWatch, has reported a significant increase in cyber security incidents since the global pandemic evolved, with over 2,000 reported scams relating to COVID-19 to date. This is of particular concern for the financial services industry, which was already the second highest reporting sector for data breaches, with 64% of all notifiable data breaches consisting of malicious or criminal attacks.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:10 am
Of the articles I have written so far this year, one of the most popular has been a piece I wrote in January for The Electronic Intifada, about an Israeli lobby operative’s bizarre video claiming to have “slaughtered” Jeremy Corbyn in the election.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:09 am
Criminal groups across Latin America have been forced to dig deep by the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Moving drugs and contraband, shaking down extortion victims and getting migrants across borders have all become far more difficult amid increased scrutiny and the lack of human activity.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 07:08 am
Naikon, a Chinese threat group, has been engaged in a five-year-long cyber espionage campaign targeting several governments across the Asia Pacific region, including that of Western Australia. This is according to findings revealed by intelligence researchers at security firm Check Point.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 06:51 am
For large portions of the population, targeting healthcare organizations during a global pandemic is a step too far. It is hard to justify the actions of ransomware gangs at the best of times, but attacks on organizations that are the front line against the COVID-19 health emergency is beyond the pale. In the past, a hacker could claim such an attack was an accident, then decrypt the data free of charge. However, in an age of human-operated big game hunting ransomware strains that are highly targeted, such an excuse is without any merit and cannot be accepted.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 06:49 am
When Apple announced Sign in with Apple at the June 2019 worldwide developers conference, it called it a "more private way to simply and quickly sign into apps and websites." The idea was, and still is, a good one: replace social logins that can be used to collect personal data with a secure authentication system backed by Apple's promise not to profile users or their app activity.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 06:46 am
Hong Kong's freedoms were declared dead today after China's parliament rubber-stamped a new security law to give Beijing sweeping powers over the city, sparking global outrage.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 06:45 am
Security officials on Sunday defended the approval of the bill for the new Anti-Terrorism Law amid growing fears and concerns that this would be weaponized against opposition and progressive groups and personalities.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 06:42 am
PANAMA CITY – The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean could potentially leave around 14 million* vulnerable people in severe food insecurity this year, warranting urgent attention to save lives, according to projections by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 06:41 am
The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has announced its withdrawal from agreements with Israel, including security coordination. Although this is not the first time that he has talked about doing this, such a move must still be evaluated. It raises the possibility of a new era in Israeli- Palestinian relations and serious repercussions on the ground. Will we see armed attacks against Israeli targets in the West Bank, including illegal settlers, in the coming days, for example? And what is Israel’s response to Abbas’s position?
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 06:40 am
Smart cities have the potential to unlock considerable business potential for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to a new report, but it also warns of the considerable cybersecurity threat brought by the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices.
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 06:36 am
BRAZIL’S FEDERAL POLICE carried out a pair of operations on consecutive days this week targeting political opponents and allies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. The operations raised questions surrounding mounting evidence that the Brazilian equivalent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations — the agency at the center of a
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 05:33 am
Conventional wisdom holds that peaceful and non-violent change is in the ultimate best interest of a social system. Seldom is the use of force seen as socially productive. By and large this is true. Regardless of the causes, very few civilizations have survived cataclysmic violent internal upheavals, or the long-term decay of their institutions of social control (which amounts to the same thing, for institutional decay results in unreasonable resort to force and repression, thereby causing violent social reaction).
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By Anti-Corruption Digest on Jun 01, 2020 05:32 am
Last year auditor-general Kimi Makwetu hammered home the point that accounting scandals have dented South Africa’s image as an investment destination.
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