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SNC-Lavalin Settles Graft Cases for US$213 million

A few days after a former SNC-Lavalin executive was found guilty of paying kickbacks and bribing Libyan officials, the Canadian engineering giant said it will pay US$213 million to settle the two corruption cases.

Pakistan Army Outraged by Former President’s Death Sentence

The Pakistan government said it wants to remove a judge who headed the panel that sentenced former President and army General Pervez Musharraf to death, because the ruling also ordered his body to be left hanging on a square if he dies before execution.

Angola Recovers More Than US$5bn in Stolen Assets

Since the beginning of this year, Angola’s fight against corruption has seen more than five billion US dollars in assets recovered both locally and internationally, the country’s state news agency ANGOP reported on Tuesday. 

UAE: Reporter’s Ouster Marks Anti-corruption Conference

Journalists and political leaders on Wednesday criticized the Serbian government and said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made a “mockery” of an international anti-corruption conference by deporting Serbian investigative journalist Stevan Dojcinovic before he could speak.

Australia: 2 Arrested after Drugs Discovered in Barbeques

When Cypriot police in July flagged a suspicious container bound for Sydney, Australian investigators intercepted the shipment and found a huge amount of ecstasy hidden inside aluminum barbeques. It took months of patience until they could make an arrest.

Ukraine: OCCRP Partners Cast Doubt on Journalist Murder Probe

OCCRP’s investigative reporting partners in Ukraine have found inconsistencies in the police investigation that led to last week’s detention of three people suspected of having planted the car bomb that murdered journalist Pavel Sheremet in 2016.