Ma Jian, one of the mainland’s top spy chiefs, has been detained over alleged corruption as part of President Xi Jinping’s ever-widening crackdown on graft, sources with direct knowledge of the situation have told the South China Morning Post. The sources also revealed that several of Ma’s close relatives were under investigation. It is not…
Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, 86, will face Supreme Court in a case of corruption. The only charge left, after the cancellation Tuesday of a previous sentence of three years in prison. His status remain uncertain, as M. Mubarak’s lawyer Farid al-Deeb told AFP his client had “served his time”. “He will remain in…
Viktor Ianoukovitch, former Ukrainian president, is now wanted by international police organisation Interpol (Lyon, FRANCE). Interpol diffused a “red notice” saying Mr Ianoukovitch is wanted by the judicial authorities of Ukraine for prosecution. The country asked in late March 2014 to Interpol to submit such an international warrant for “murder and abuse of power”. Kiev…
Vito R. Palazzo, a former employee of Phlip Morris and well-known former mafioso turned police witness, began talking in front of court last December. He admitted trafficking tobacco and money laundering from South America to Switzerland during the 1980’s. Moreover, he apparently met several times Toto Riina, former boss of Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian mafia, in…
Alstom SA (ALO) executives won several billions of dollars worth of business in Saudi Arabia a decade ago by making at least $49 million in illegal payments in part through middlemen the company called “Mr. Paris” and “Quiet Man.” The bribes were among those the French power company made in five countries over more than…
Massimo Romagnoli, former deputy of “Forza Italia” (2006-2008), Silvio Berlusconi’s party, has been arrested in Montenegro in late December last year. He is accused by the United States of selling weapons to the revolutionary FARC in Colombia. Established in Greece since 1989, Romagnoli has been caught by undercover agents from the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)…
Following the FIFA investigation about the biding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, Mr Michael Garcia, independent ethics investigator, resigned in mid-December, in protest of the handling of his report. See the link here.
Le 16 décembre 2014, les dirigeants européens avaient une occasion unique afin de faire un pas en avant en ce qui concerne la transparence fiscale et plus spécifiquement au sujet de la réforme de la directive européenne anti-blanchiment. Une occasion ratée. En effet, si les gouvernements européens ont acceptés la création de registres nationaux listant…
Raffaele Cantone, 51, is a former anti-mafia judge from Napoli, one of the heart of Italian mafia. Recently nominated by Matteo Renzi, the man will have to pursue enquiries about the Expo 2015 case as well as many others. Link : http://www.lemonde.fr/m-actu/article/2014/12/19/raffaele-cantone-l-arme-anti-mafia-de-matteo-renzi_4543103_4497186.html#xtor=AL-32280270
Following the Petrobras affair, Jorge Hage, head of anti-corruption in Brzail, resigned the 8th of December. Appointed during President Lula’s mandate, Mr. Hage took office in 2006. Link : http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/176727/brazil%E2%80%99s-anticorruption-comptroller-resigns
