Category: Corruption

CORRUPTION

CS Encourages Open Discussion On Corruption

‘Visiting Officers To Be Mentor Officers Of The Panchayats For One Year’ Jammu- Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta continued with his virtual inspection several panchayats and reviewed activities under the programme and its public reception today during the ongoing B2V4. Chief Secretary interacted with visiting officers of panchayats Mahanpur, Majalta, Panassa, Plahi through video…

Govt-run PTV4 to probe corruption allegations

GOVERNMENT station PTV4 on Tuesday said that it will look into the corruption allegations made by Sen. Raffy Tulfo.PTNI Network General Manager Julio Castillo said they will be coordinating with the office of the senator.”For transparency and accountability, the PTNI management will closely coordinate with the office of Senator Tulfo and will conduct an investigation…

‘As bad as the abuse itself’: Survivor of police-perpetrated family

A survivor of police-perpetrated family violence was badly failed by Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog when it handballed her complaint about systemic failures in the force back to Victoria Police for investigation, the Victorian Inspectorate has found.Key points:Michelle was physically assaulted and strangled by her former partner, who was a police officerThe Victorian Inspectorate found IBAC’s actions exposed Michelle to further…

State’s main witness refuses to testify in corruption case

Derek AchongThe le­gal fee kick­back case against for­mer at­tor­ney gen­er­al Anand Ram­lo­gan, SC, and for­mer op­po­si­tion sen­a­tor Ger­ald Ramdeen has col­lapsed due to po­ten­tial de­lays in the State’s main wit­ness giv­ing ev­i­dence. The de­ci­sion to dis­con­tin­ue the cor­rup­tion charges against the duo was an­nounced by Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) Roger Gas­pard, SC, as their case…

The Review Meeting of the ROC’s Second Report under the

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 11 October 2022 – The Review Meeting of the ROC’s second report under the United Nations Convention against Corruption drew to a successful close on Sep 2. In this two-day meeting, five members of an international review committee engaged in wide-ranging and in-depth discussions on significant anti-corruption topics—including corruption…

Hungary: Crunch Times for EU Funds Approaching

Viktor Orban’s government is rushing with anti-corruption reforms not to lose access to more than 13bn of EU funds. An eventual compromise is likely, but Budapest’s access to EU funds will remain conditional on compliance with anti-corruption and rule-of-law reforms for the foreseeable future. While formally unrelated to EU funds, geopolitical considerations could affect the…

Shedding Light on the Effects of Corruption on Economic Growth:

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