Brussels, Frankfurt (15/7 – 56) Bad habits die badly. Three hundred fifty years of Dutch colonial rule, where expatriate European masters professing noble, selfless public service for the Kingdom of…
Corruption
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More than 50 officials have gone on trial in Vietnam for alleged corruption over repatriation flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, a scandal that has seen several senior ministers fired. The…
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CrimeFeaturedNewsSingapore
Singapore Arrests Cabinet Minister in Top-level Corruption Probe
by Jay Akaraby Jay AkaraSingapore’s transport minister has been arrested in connection with a rare top-level corruption investigation that has also ensnared a billionaire hotel tycoon, the country’s anti-graft body has said. S Iswaran,…
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Central AsiaCrimeEconomyFeaturedGlobal NewsNational SecurityNewsPoliticsTajikistan
Fragile Tajikistan Government in Need of Reforms
Brussels, Berlin (21/3 – 42.86) Tajikistan, a small fragile country in Central Asia, has been facing a multitude of issues in recent years. With a population of just over 9…
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Rüya Bayegan using prime minister Barzani’s right hand – Rania Majeed – to elbow her way back to KRG? Ankara, Erbil (4/1 – 45). Rüya Bayegan, the CEO of BGN…
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BusinessFeaturedNewsPoliticsVietnam
Property and health scandals are Vietnam’s highest profile corruption cases in 2022
More than 900 State officials and employees were investigated by police for corruption and abuse of power in 2022, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security. The ministry outlined the…
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CrimeEconomyFeaturedGlobal NewsKazakh
$7.5 Billion Money Launderer Receives US Government Loans
by Mon Mauby Mon MauElvira Kudryashova – businesswoman, toy merchant, and professional money launderer – has had a harder life than most of us will ever know. She was forced to flee her native Kazakhstan…