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JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo’s economy-forward approach to development has left the country’s fight against corruption in tatters, critics say, as they point to a new global graft study that illustrates the scale of the regression.

The noose is tightening on Kostyantyn Zhevago, one of Ukraine’s most prominent oligarchs, now awaiting an extradition hearing in France after his arrest.

The country slipped one place in the 2022 global index of perceptions of corruption.

Just as Zelensky is preparing to host a summit on Friday with representatives of the EU, which insists that Ukraine must step up corruption reforms, another graft crackdown rocks Ukraine.

Discovery Bank has announced its new Vitality Travel offering, the ability for clients to find and book discounted flights - domestically and internationally...

South Africa has slipped one point in Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index to rank 43.

Jonas Makwakwa, a former top official at the SA Revenue Service, has cropped up at Botswana's tax agency, according to media reports.

Large-scale personnel changes are taking place at various levels in Ukraine’s government.

The Register for Tender Defaulters, a database of suppliers guilty of criminal offences and intended as a mechanism to curb corruption.

Two big corruption scandals last week involved officials in the Ministries of Defense and Infrastructure.