The first quarter of 2016 has seen some of the largest public and private sector corruption scandals in recent history, such as those of IMDB and FIFA and culminating in the Unaoil bribery scandal which hit the press at the close of March. Here at ethiXbase we are in unique position – daily collating bribery, corruption and compliance news from across the globe for over 40,000 of our Ethical Alliance members.
This presentation outlines our most read Ethical Alliance Daily News from January through March, providing a valuable overview of the state of anti-corruption compliance.
Q2 2016 Top 10 Most Read Compliance and Anti-Corruption News Articles can be viewed at http://www.slideshare.net/ethiXbase/top-10-most-read-compliance-and-anticorruption-news-articles-in-q2-2016.
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2. 10
The Worst Corruption
Scandals of 2015
“A goat and cash exchanged for shortened
sentences in Ghanaian prisons. International
soccer games that were bought and sold.
Rolexes and vacation clubs traded for Chinese
business deals.”
Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance
Daily News. The full original article can be
found at foreignpolicy.com
Photo: Getty Images: Laurence Griffiths
3. 9
Tennis match-fixing:
Sport rocked by claims of
widespread corruption, including top
players and matches at Wimbledon
“Wimbledon was dragged into a new tennis
match-fixing scandal when secret files
suggested three matches may have been
thrown there in recent years..”
Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance
Daily News. The full original article can be
found at www.dailymail.co.uk
Photo: Getty Images
4. 8
Petrobras faces
class-action lawsuit in bribery
and political kickbacks scandal
“A US judge has ordered Petrobras, the state-
run Brazilian oil company, to face class-action
litigation by investors seeking to recoup billions
of dollars in losses stemming from a bribery
and political kickback scandal.”
Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance
Daily News. The full original article can be
found at theguardian.com
Photo: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images
5. 7
Stung by large U.S.
fines, France to tighten
anti-corruption laws
“France is tightening its anti-corruption laws to
clean up its image after several French
companies were slapped with huge fines
abroad, with planned reforms including greater
protection for whistleblowers and a new
anti-corruption agency.”
Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance
Daily News. The original article can be found
at reuters.com
Photo: Reuters/Christian Hartmann
6. 6
Top US navy officer
jailed in massive bribery
scandal involving Malaysian
contractor
“A top United States (US) Navy officer was sentenced
to 46 months in prison on Friday for giving classified
information to a Malaysian contractor in exchange for
prostitutes and lavish gifts.”
Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance
Daily News. The full original article can be found
at straitstimes.com
Photo: Ron Reeves/AP
7. 5
Beijing takes its
corruption crackdown into
new territory
“Desperate to prevent a slowdown from giving
way to social turmoil, China has expanded the
scope of its corruption crackdown beyond just
public-sector fat cats. Now, executives in the
private sector — and even university officials
— are also under watch for possible abuse of
wealth and power.”
Click here to read more on the Ethical
Alliance Daily News. The full original article
can be found at asia.nikkei.com
8. 4
Swiss say $4 billion
misappropriated from
Malaysian state firms
“Switzerland’s chief prosecutor said on Friday
a criminal investigation into state fund
1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had
revealed that about $4 billion appeared to
have been misappropriated from Malaysian
state companies..”
Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance
Daily News. The full original article can be
found at cnbc.com
Photo: Getty Images
9. 3
Transparency
International: These are
the most – and least –
corrupt countries
“Public-sector corruption is still a major problem
around the world but more countries are improving
than worsening and the United States and United
Kingdom have reached their best rankings ever,
an anti-corruption watchdog said Wednesday.”
Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance
Daily News. The full original article can be
found at cbsnews.com
Photo: James Lauritz / Photodisc / Getty Images
10. 2
Iran billionaire Babak
Zanjani sentenced to death
for corruption
“Iran’s billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani has been
sentenced to death for corruption, a judicial official
said Sunday, after a long trial in which he was
accused of fraudulently pocketing $2.8 billion.”
Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance
Daily News. The full original article can be
found at gulfnews.com
Photo: AFP
11. 1
World’s biggest
bribe scandal
“A six-month investigation across two continents by
Fairfax Media and The Huffington Post has alleged
that billions of dollars of government contracts were
awarded as the result of bribes paid on behalf of
leading global firms. The investigation centres on a
Monaco company called Unaoil, run by the jet-
setting Ahsani clan.”
Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance
Daily News. Part 1 of their report, entitled ‘World’s
Biggest Bribe Scandal, Unaoil: The Company That
Bribed the World’ can be found at theage.com.au
Photo: Haidar Mohammed Ali / Getty Images
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