Hawks stepping up the pace
Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis said the organisation welcomes ANC MP Bongani Bongo's arrest by the Hawks. The post Hawks stepping up the pace appeared first on Corruption Watch.
View ArticleZuma’s day in court finally rolls around
Former president Jacob Zuma appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on 23 June for preliminary proceedings in the matter of his corruption trial. Zuma has evaded accountability for years, but it...
View ArticleWhat is a tax haven? Offshore finance, explained
With the help of lawyers, accountants, white-shoe professionals and complicit Western governments, the wealthy and well-connected have avoided paying trillions of dollars in taxes. The cost to...
View ArticleAfrica can clamp down on illicit flows by using AUCPCC effectively
Tomorrow, 11 July, marks the fourth African Anti-Corruption Day, writes CW's project co-ordinator Sabeehah Motala, and it’s a good time to reflect on whether or not the AUCPCC, as a mechanism for...
View ArticleMauritius and others under scrutiny for money-laundering
Mauritius, known as one of the world’s top corporate tax havens, is again under scrutiny from the Financial Action Task Force, which has listed the island as a high-risk country for money laundering...
View ArticleAlgorithms and artificial intelligence as an anti-corruption tool
Using artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms to track down suspicious activity, for instance in banking transactions, is a fast-developing field. But there is a long way to go – if it ever happens...
View ArticleIFF tracker identifies SA’s main vulnerability as outward foreign investment
If Africa is to develop and thrive according to its vast potential, one source of lost revenue has to be plugged, and that is the annual amount of around $50-billion stolen in the form of illicit...
View ArticleCorruption as an enabler of wildlife, forest and fisheries crime: part 3
In part 3 of our corruption in wildlife crime series, we discuss the convergence of wildlife crime and other crime, such as money laundering, drug or human trafficking, or fraud. Experts agree that to...
View ArticleCorruption as an enabler of wildlife, forest and fisheries crime: part 4
In recent years the illegal perlemoen trade has overlapped with the increased flow of drugs such as methamphetamine (tik) and methaqualone (white pipe) into and methamphetamine to South Africa, with...
View ArticleCorruption as an enabler of wildlife, forest and fisheries crime: part 5
Our previous episodes in this wildlife series established that with the help of corruption, weak regulations and increasingly sophisticated networks, there is a lot of money to be raked in from the...
View ArticleEight years for errant CFO with series of local govt-related graft charges
Two senior officials at Nketoana Local Municipality have had their day in court. One, the former CFO of Nketoana, was sentenced to eight years in prison for money laundering and fraud. This sentence...
View ArticleTransparency International responds to the attack against Ukraine
Transparency International says the escalating Russia/Ukraine conflict is enabled by corruption and dirty money, and calls for the world's leading economies to address the corruption that exacerbates...
View ArticleThe day Russian money didn’t freeze – despite international sanctions
Countries currently imposing sanctions on Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine will wait a long time for those in power to tighten their belts, writes Ilya Shumanov of Transparency International...
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