Anti-Corruption

Anti-graft committee will ‘create new era of financial transparency’

Jeddah - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia’s new super-committee to fight corruption will give confidence to investors, protect public funds and create a new era of financial transparency, government ministers and experts said on Sunday. The committee would enforce anti-corruption regulations within the rule of law and to international standards, said Mohammed Al-Jadaan, the minister of finance. Its work would “consolidate the reform approach adoptedRead more

Saudi Arabia to freeze accounts of those arrested in crackdown

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia said Sunday that bank accounts of dozens of high-profile figures arrested in an anti-corruption sweep will be frozen. "The accounts and balances of those detained will be revealed and frozen. Any asset or property related to these cases of corruption will be registered as state property," the kingdom's information ministry said. Source:AFPRead more

Saudi Arabia says no special treatment for corruption suspects

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia on Sunday pledged a "firm application of justice" after an anti-corruption sweep that reportedly saw the arrests of dozens of senior figures including princes, ministers and a top business tycoon. "The suspects are being granted the same rights and treatment as any other Saudi citizen. A suspect's position or status does not influence the firm and fair applicationRead more

Ukrainian anti-corruption detectives raid top mayor

Kiev - Muslimchronicle

Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators on Monday raided the home and office of a powerful mayor at the centre of a politically charged embezzlement probe. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said the searches were conducted at the premises of Odessa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov and his associates. The Black Sea city's authorities are suspected of pocketing money from contracts assigned forRead more

Kuwait Speaker lashes out at critics, highlights achievements

Manama- Arab Today

Under intense fire from the opposition, Marzooq Al Ghanem, speaker of the Kuwaiti parliament that was dissolved last month, has lashed out at his critics, pledging he would continue to fight those who are intent on “burning down the country.” Al Ghanem who was elected Speaker following the parliamentary elections in 2013 has been accused of failing to protect KuwaitisRead more

Romania's parliament endorses president's anti-graft referendum

Bucharest - Arab Today

Romania's parliament on Monday unanimously endorsed a presidential plan to hold a national referendum over anti-corruption reforms after mass street protests forced the government into an embarrassing U-turn over a graft decree. President Klaus Iohannis, a former leader of the centre-right opposition, blasted the government over the decree that would have effectively shielded dozens of public officials from prosecution andRead more

Ukraine judge embroiled in bribe scandal

Kiev - Arab Today

A judge who served under Ukraine’s ousted Russian-backed president has been caught accepting large bribes, with the cash kept in a glass jar, the chief anti-corruption prosecutor said Wednesday. The announcement comes one month after Ukraine launched an anti-corruption bureau aimed at breathing new life into its fight against graft, an endemic problem that has concerned western allies and beenRead more

Former Egyptian anti-graft official spread ‘false news’

Cairo - Arab Today

An Egyptian court has convicted the country’s former top anti-corruption official of “spreading false news,” sentencing him to a year in prison and a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($2,250) which, if paid along with an additional 10,000 pounds, will allow him to avoid incarceration. Judge Haitham El-Saghair passed the Thursday verdict against former chief auditor Hesham Genena, who hadRead more

Second minister in new Brazil government quits

Brazilia - Arab Today

The anti-corruption minister in Brazil's interim government has resigned, after a recording suggested he tried to derail an investigation into the state oil company, Petrobras, the BBC reported. Fabiano Silveira is the second interim minister to step down, a week after the planning minister resigned following the release of a similar recording. Silveira said his remarks have been taken outRead more