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Borisovs Chances In Snap Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections Hurt By Taint Of Corruption July 11, 2021 00:42 GMT Share share Print Allegations of rampant corruption are likely to send former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to defeat in Bulgarias snap parliamentary elections being held just three months after the previous vote was inconclusive. Polls across the country will open at 7:00 a.m. local time on July 11 and close at 8:00 p.m., with voting machines mandatory for the first time in all precinc...

For compliance officers working for global companies, it is important to understand the way different regions view compliance and how it may differ from your home country’s views.

Jide Ojo Published 9 June 2021Truth be told, I see last Friday’s indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria as a needless distraction. It is a deliberate ploy by the Federal Government to take the minds of Nigerians off the raging banditry, kidnapping, insurgency and insecurity that have enveloped the country. Why should the deletion of one out of several thousands of tweets made ‘supposedly’ by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari...

Protests last month come as Sultan Haitham seeks to reduce Oman's debt, create jobs, and shift away from oil dependence, but its a long game.

Asanda Matlhare The Covid-19 investigations of the value of contracts awarded to service providers totaled more than R14.2 billion. A vaccine syringe is prepared as elderly South Africans receive the Covid-19 vaccine at the Munsieville Centre for the Aged, 17 May 2021, as part of phase 2 of the vaccine campaign. Picture: Michel Bega ...

Mexico scores poorly on anti-corruption assessment The country scored high on anti-corruption legislation but low on execution of the laws Published on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 80shares Mexico has ranked third last in an anti-corruption assessment of eight Latin American countries conducted by the United States-based Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice. The Vance Center, part of the New York City Bar Association, completed a regional study that analyzed legal efforts to prevent and ...

Indonesian law enforcers call for financial approach to fight illegal logging by Lusia Arumingtyas on 6 May 2021 Law enforcement officials in Indonesia have called for using anti-money-laundering statutes to go after illegal loggers. Illegal logging is the most common environmental crime currently handled by the country’s forestry ministry, but enforcement tends to focus on the perpetrators on the ground. By treating illegal timber as a commodity, say officials from the Attorney General’s ...

2021-04-29 15:36:19 Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Transparency International has released its 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) based on experts and the perceptions of business people of corruption in 180 countries. We spoke with O. Batbayar, CEO of “Transparency International Mongolia”, about the level of corruption within Mongolia according to the Corruption Perceptions Index. He said that Mongolia had a score of 35 this year. The 2019 index was also 35. The Corruption Per...

April 22, 2021 at 9:29 am | Published in: Iraq, Middle East, News Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in London, UK on 22 October 2020 [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images] April 22, 2021 at 9:29 am Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi cancelled the licences for 1,128 investment projects on Wednesday due to their low completion rate, Anadolu has reported. Al-Kadhimi gave the order for the move during a visit to Iraqs Investment Authority. "All licences for projects with a completion rate of bet...

Lax enforcement of intellectual property rights Sources: Bloomberg News, Buenos Aires Times, CoronaTracker, GardaWorld, Government of Canada Global Travel Advisory, Intelligent Protection International Limited, International Monetary Fund, Reuters, Santander Trade, Transparency International, US State Department, World Bank, World Population Review For more information, check out For investors who take the long view, Argentina offers a range of opportunities in energy, natural resources—incl...