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Saudi Arabia creates network to combat global corruption Talat Zaki Hafiz June 10, 2021 01:11 Mazin Bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous, president of Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), calls for global efforts against transnational corruption. (SPA file photo) Short Url https://arab.news/wt38e In 2017, Saudi Arabia set up a rigorous and ambitious anti-corruption committee, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with the aim of purging the Kingdom of all kinds of dishonest dealings. The committee launched a wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign resulting in the arrests of a...

A hilarious anecdote, recounted in the New York Times years ago, related to the widespread corruption embedded in the political culture of a Southeast Asian country where crooked politicians were willing to provide receipts every time they received a bribe - big time bribes.And in Africa, the late Mobutu Sese Seko, President of former Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo - DRC), was often described as one of “the world’s most corrupt...

Media freedom throughout Europe needs all the support it can get, but the situation in the Balkans is particularly worrying, participants told an online conference “Media Freedom in the Balkans” organised by EURACTIV. The situation for independent media in the region has deteriorated sharply in recent years, panellists told the event on Thursday (3 June), setting the stage for an international debate on media freedom in the Western Balkans. Independent media are at risk and could not survive on their own as they are part of a political and economic environment that favours mainly pro-gove...

“Corruption was one of the protestors’ main grievances. We can be sure those protestors are watching closely now, as trillions of dollars are invested in recovery,” he added.

UN United Nations : Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General 06/03/2021 | 05:41pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General. All right. Good afternoon. Everybody is awake? Just checking. ** - Corruption As the General Assembly holds a special session against corruption today, the Secretary-General delivered a video message at the launch of the anti-corruption GlobE Network that took place ...