Zelenskiy Vows to Eradicate Corruption in Ukraine
Rooting out Ukraine’s deeply-entrenched corruption is a top priority, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a speech in Toronto on Tuesday.
Rooting out Ukraine’s deeply-entrenched corruption is a top priority, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a speech in Toronto on Tuesday.
Italian authorities seized last week nearly €84 million (US$94,816,680) as part of an investigation into the so-called ‘carousel fraud,’ a cross-country VAT avoidance scheme that costs the EU some €50 billion ($56.4 billion) per year, according to the European Parliament.
The Chicago police department announced on Wednesday the arrest of 170 people during ‘Operation Independence’, a precursor to Fourth of July festivities.
Less than a month after the government of Moldovan Prime Minister Vladimir Plahotniuc resigned, allowing a new coalition to take power, the country’s new Premier Maia Sandu said her first task is to “muck out the state.”
A Montana man plead guilty on Tuesday to defrauding a Canadian financial institution of US$43 million by convincing it to lend him the money after he lied about his business.
The Ecuadorian government deployed soldiers and police to protect locals and precious resources from organized crime groups that have established themselves in the northern part of the country where illegal mining is flourishing.
In viewing “corruption” as a problem primarily affecting foreign countries, the UK may be rendering itself blind to its many manifestations on its own shores, says a report released by the Fraud Advisory Panel on Monday.
Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr may opt for demonstrations instead of prayers in a bid to replace the country’s senior government officials whom he blames for inadequate response to growing corruption.
For El Salvadorian gangs, going to prison does not mean losing contact with criminal networks, as imprisoned gang members have learned to exploit hospital visits in order to continue directing the actions of their associates, local media reported Thursday.
Only 21.6 % of eligible Albanians decided to cast their ballots on Sunday after the main opposition party announced it will boycott the local elections in protest of corruption and organized crime which it blames the ruling Socialist Party, SP, and Prime Minister Edi Rama for.