Chinese Court sentences former banker to death for accepting $151 million bribe: Report
May 30, 2024, at 05:12 am
Beijing: A Chinese court has sentenced Bai Tianhui, the former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings (CHIH), to death for accepting bribes amounting to USD 151 million, media reported.
Apr 12, 2024, at 02:15 am
Ho Chi Minh City: A top Vietnamese real estate mogul was sentenced to death on Thursday in one of the largest corruption scandals ever recorded, involving approximately $27 billion in losses, media reports said.
Anti-corruption drive: China fined more than 1 lakh people
Jun 01, 2023, at 05:35 am
Beijing: China has fined more than 1,11,000 people under corruption charges in the first quarter of 2023 after they received nearly 776,000 petitions and reports, media reports said.
Stamping out corruption can give SDGs $3 trillion boost
May 03, 2023, at 08:06 pm
New York: Corruption and its staggering costs have hobbled sustainable development in all countries, but fresh efforts are making inroads, the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) said on Tuesday at a special meeting to tackle the scourge and give the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a much-needed boost.
Nigerian court sentences two Chinese nationals to three years in prison on corruption charges
Apr 03, 2023, at 06:11 pm
Abuja: A Nigerian court has sentenced two Chinese nationals to three years in prison for alleged corruption charges.
Argentine VP Cristina Fernandez sentenced to six years in jail for corruption
Dec 07, 2022, at 07:12 pm
Buenos Aires/UNI: Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been sentenced to six years in jail for corruption and a lifetime ban from holding public office.
Tackling corruption, important step for ‘inclusive, sustainable development’
Dec 14, 2021, at 10:34 pm
New York: Corruption spreads through societies and erodes people’s trust in leaders and institutions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told an anti-corruption conference on Monday, stressing that “greed over need, harms us all”.
Pakistan's anti-graft body claims to have solid evidence of money laundering by high-profile people
Nov 24, 2021, at 04:23 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's anti-graft body, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), has claimed it has concrete evidence of money laundering of billions of rupees using fake accounts by notable personalities, according to media reports.
UN hails new anti-corruption network, as ‘important step’ to build trust, promote justice
Jun 04, 2021, at 11:03 pm
New York: With factors contributing to transnational corruption becoming increasingly complex, the UN launched an initiative on Thursday to “empower all countries” to find practical solutions and better tools to track, investigate and prosecute the scourge.
We won’t allow corruption to continue unchecked: UN Assembly president
Jun 04, 2021, at 04:28 pm
New York: The effects of corruption are “detrimental to all of society”, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Wednesday during the first day of a special session convened to galvanize political will to fight the scourge.
Corruption represents ‘ultimate betrayal’ of public trust: Guterres
Oct 16, 2020, at 03:31 pm
New York: Corruption is not only a crime but immoral and the “ultimate betrayal” of public trust, the UN Secretary-General has said, calling on everyone to work together and stamp out the global scourge, in all its forms.
Corruption and tax-dodging ‘rampant’, urgent reforms needed: UN panel
Sep 25, 2020, at 02:33 pm
New York: Tax abuse, money laundering and corruption, plague the global financial system, a high-level UN panel reported on Thursday, launching an interim report that underscores the need for urgent reforms to achieve the 2030 Global Goals (SDGs).
Anti-corruption efforts stagnating in G7 countries: 2019 CPI
Jan 25, 2020, at 08:06 am
New York/IBNS: More than two-thirds of countries – along with many of the world’s most advanced economies – are stagnating or showing signs of backsliding in their anti-corruption efforts, according to the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today by Transparency International.
Corruption thwarts attempts to build a better world and ‘must be fought by all, for all’
Dec 09, 2019, at 10:39 am
New York/IBNS: As we enter a decade of ambitious action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), stepping up efforts to eradicate corruption and promote good governance is “essential…to deliver on our global pledge to leave no one behind”, the UN anti-crime chief has said.
Israel’s Netanyahu charged with bribery, fraud, breach of trust - Reports
Nov 22, 2019, at 10:21 am
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli chief prosecutor Avichai Mandelblit on Thursday indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, media reported.
Corruption won't be tolerated in Bangladesh, says PM Sheikh Hasina
Jul 13, 2019, at 06:34 pm
Dhaka, Jul 13 (UNI) Reaffirming that corruption in Bangladesh will not be tolerated, prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the top government officials to keep more vigil against corruption so that this menace does not affect the country’s development in any way.
The costs of corruption: values, economic development under assault, trillions lost, says Guterres
Dec 09, 2018, at 05:22 pm
New York, Dec 9 (IBNS): Every year, trillions of dollars - equivalent to more than five percent of global GDP - are paid in bribes or stolen through corruption, the United Nations reported on the International Day which serves to highlight the pervasive crime, marked this Sunday.
Weeding corruption out of sport an investment in development: UN crime-fighting agency
Jun 06, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, June 6 (IBNS): Sports scandals, including allegations of endemic corruption and the involvement of organized crime, threaten to undermine the sector’s potential to contribute to peace and global development, a senior United Nations official said on Tuesday
Tackling corruption ‘from the top down’ essential, declares UN chief, marking key global treaty
May 24, 2018, at 07:40 pm
New York, May 24 (IBNS): Corruption and complicity know no geographical boundaries, and it is society’s most vulnerable who get hurt the most, senior United Nations officials said on Wednesday, calling on Government leaders to fight the scourge, “from the top down”.
UN welcomes 'reinvigorated efforts' in Afghanistan's corruption reform agenda
May 15, 2018, at 10:00 pm
Kabul, May 15 (IBNS): Adopting a new anti-corruption strategy and implementing several initiatives in a broad anti-corruption agenda demonstrate Afghanistan’s commitment to countering corruption, finds a new United Nations report released on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia freezes accounts of detained corruption suspects
Nov 06, 2017, at 08:48 pm
Riyadh, Nov 6 (IBNS) : Saudi authorities have announced that they will be freezing the bank accounts of suspects detained in the kingdom on corruption charges.
Romanians continue to protest against corruption decree, government refuses to budge
Feb 03, 2017, at 07:20 pm
Bucharest, Feb 3 (IBNS): Thousands of people in Romania's capital, Bucharest, continue with their protest against the government decree that will free dozens of officials jailed for corruption, according to media reports on Friday.
Corruption feeds and sustains wildlife and forest crime: UN anti-crime chief
Nov 04, 2015, at 01:16 pm
New York, Nov 4 (IBNS): Expressing concern that spiralling wildlife and forest crime – fuelled by corrosive corruption – can impede vital progress of the new global sustainable development agenda, the top United Nations anti-crime official and the head of the global UN–backed treaty on protecting endangered species today urged nations to step up the fight to disrupt criminal networks that supply the disastrous illegal trade.
Fight against corruption crucial to achieving sustainable development: UN forum
Nov 03, 2015, at 01:52 pm
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): Ending corruption is vital to efforts to achieve sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the world’s largest anti-corruption forum, which began on Monday in St. Petersburg, Russia.