“The Ombudsman noted that EULEX did not follow its standard procedure for investigating such allegations. She also found that the way in which the external prosecutor was recruited needed to be examined. However, given that the expert recently appointed by the EU High Representative has made it clear that these issues will form part of…
The OECD released an extensive report about foreign bribery early December. According to the report, more than 427 cases were dealt with justice since 1999, when the organization launched its convention. It looks like public mandates (27%) and customs (11%) are the most targeted. Link : http://www.oecd.org/daf/oecd-foreign-bribery-report-9789264226616-en.htm
The NZZ reveled today that the corruption affair hits Switzerland. Federal authorities are conducting an investigation of money laundering since late April 2014. Link : http://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/schweiz-ermittelt-in-petrobras-affaere-1.18428003
The italian anti-mafia unit (ROS) arrested 40 people yesterday, all suspected of being affiliated to the calabrese mafia ‘Ndrangheta. For the first time ever, the military police (carabinieri) recorded affiliation rituals in Northern Italy, close to the swiss border. It may mean that the mafia is trying to expand its activities wider in Europe and Switzerland….
On an extraordinary day where the reputation of football’s world governing body plumbed new depths, Michael J Garcia accused Fifa’s head judge of misrepresenting his report into the bidding for the next two World Cups and announced he would appeal a verdict which looked to have lifted the threat of the controversial 2010 ballot being…
The U.S. said Qatar and Kuwait aren’t doing enough to block the financing activities of the extremist group Islamic State, exposing a sore point in a coalition formed to fight the militants. “Both countries have more work to do,” Mr. Cohen said on Thursday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington think tank. The…
The banks — HSBC, Barclays, Standard Chartered, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Credit Suisse, European institutions that all have a major presence in New York — did not deal directly with the militants. But they have acknowledged transferring billions of dollars on behalf of Iran, which has long been suspected of funding and training…
Politiker in Paraguay in Drogenhandel verwickelt | amerika21. Asunción. Senatoren und Parlamentsabgeordnete der traditionellen politischen Parteien Paraguays sind in einem Bericht der Zeitung Última Hora (UH) am Sonntag direkter Verbindungen zu Drogenkartellen beschuldigt worden.
The 5 biggest organized crime groups in the world. Cyber crime is grabbing the headlines these days, but the largest criminal gangs are still making most of their money from drugs, sex, and extortion.
Mexican drug cartels target Australia < Asia-Pacific < LEARN < Flare Network. Drug criminals from Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel, the Sinaloa Federation, are basing themselves in Australia’s eastern states to distribute drugs, including ice, heroin and cocaine, the Herald Sun reports.
