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Costa Rica has improved its foreign bribery legislation
Costa
Rica recently strengthened its anti-bribery laws by introducing corporate
criminal liability. Despite this achievement, loopholes in the definition of
the foreign bribery offence and its enforcement...
Pakistan committed to curbing Money Laundering and Terror Financing
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the
global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog. It has nine associate
members and Asia Pacific Group is one of...
Empower Women to Fight Corruption: Dr Wan Azizah
Malaysian
Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail called for more engagement and
collaboration “to ensure women from all walks of lives have the ability...
Ripples of 1MDB scandal likely to complicate Malaysian ties to key Gulf states
Disclosures of taped phone calls
between embattled former prime minister Najib Razak and a person believed to be
United Arab Emirate crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed...
Algerian people shouted: No to corruption and mismanagement
On February
22, 2019, Algerian people have taken to the streets across the country against
the fifth term of the ousted president Bouteflika. But implicitly, people
young,...
ADB, ACAMS Partner to Improve Anti-Money Laundering Capacities in Developing Asia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Association of Certified
Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) are partnering in the pilot rollout
of an internationally accredited online training...
Brazil must immediately end threats to independence and capacity of law enforcement to fight corruption
The OECD Working Group on Bribery urges Brazil,
one of the founding Parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention since 1997, to
preserve the full capacity and independence...
Democracy in South Asia: A long road ahead
When we say the word”
Democracy”, we intend towards liberal democracy which reflects certain
characteristics such as; rule of law, transparent electoral process, free and
fair judicial...
Reforms in Latvia must result in stronger enforcement to tackle foreign bribery
Latvia has continued to improve its framework
against bribery of foreign public officials and subsequent money laundering but
the reforms need to translate into further effective...
The Turning Tides of Egypt
Overcoming tyranny is neither easy nor impossible.
The Egyptian people know this very well as Egypt is still living through a
decade of hope and disenchantment....