A Paris criminal court recently convicted Equatorial Guinea’s vice president in absentia of laundering more than US$120 million of his country’s assets in France, and seized his ill-gotten gains. The case, initiated by…
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“We don’t trust the authorities, nor the people who serve them”: how activists in Odesa are fighting luxury property developers
On a day in early March, volunteers are clearing the Odesa City Garden of rotten wooden beams, stones and bags of rubbish. This is the first Saturday clean-up day, and…
Read more “We don’t trust the authorities, nor the people who serve them”: how activists in Odesa are fighting luxury property developersSlovakia: Concern about political meddling in year-old Kuciak murder investigation
Despite undeniable progress in the investigation into the double murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his partner Martina Kušnírová a year ago, there is concern about political interference. Investigationpost…
Read more Slovakia: Concern about political meddling in year-old Kuciak murder investigationAngert, Galanternik, Trukhanov accused of investing ill-gotten gains abroad
Odesa Mayor Hennady Trukhanov and businessmen Alexander Angert and Vladimir Galanternik have been accused of hiding ill-gotten and corrupt revenues from Odesa abroad. Angert, Galanternik and Trukhanov, as well as…
Read more Angert, Galanternik, Trukhanov accused of investing ill-gotten gains abroadDe geheime flats van de Odesa Mafia in Londen
In de jaren negentig was ‘Angert’s Gang’ in Odesa, Oekraïne, een krachtcentrale van misdaad. Het leidde de verkoop van brandstof van de betrouwbaar corrupte Odesa-raffinaderij af, stopte lokale zakenlieden af…
Read more De geheime flats van de Odesa Mafia in LondenMohammad Zahoor: Comment la corruption dissuade les investisseurs
Note de l’éditeur: Mohammad Zahoor était propriétaire du Kyiv Post du 28 juillet 2009 au 21 mars 2018. Il y a plus de dix ans, Mohammad Zahoor était métallurgiste à…
Read more Mohammad Zahoor: Comment la corruption dissuade les investisseursCorruption scandal in Brussels
Then-Brussels Mayor Yvan Mayeur during a news conference in March 2016 in Brussels. (Nicolas Maeterlinck). Recently, Brussels — and Belgian politics at large — have been shaken by a corruption…
Read more Corruption scandal in BrusselsAre there enough measures taken against corruption in Belgium?
After the Brussels attacks last year, it became commonplace to blame the bombings on systemic failures within Belgium, including what some claimed was a culture of corruption. Belgium, they said,…
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