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Teodorin Obiang Nguema indicted in Bien Mal Acquis case

Paris, 20 March 2014, Sherpa. Mr. Teodorin Obiang Nguema, Vice-President of Equatorial Guinea, has been placed under formal investigation for money-laundering in the Biens Mal Acquis (“ill-gotten gains”) case by investigating judges from a Paris court (the Tribunal de Grande…

US lawyers seek repatriation of Abacha loot to Nigeria

Abuja, 19 March 2014, SERAP. Two US senior lawyers and professors of law have asked the Eric Holder, Jr. the Attorney General of United States of America to without delay repatriate the sum of $458 million assets allegedly stolen by…

TED Prize Winner Charmian Gooch Announces Global Campaign to Abolish Anonymous Companies

Vancouver, 18 March 2014, Global Witness. This year’s TED Prize winner – Charmian Gooch of Global Witness – has announced that she will use the prestigious million-dollar award “to make it impossible for criminals and corrupt dictators to hide behind…

Transparency International chapters from around the world call for the preservation of peace and democracy in Venezuela

Berlin, 17 March 2014, Transparency International. On the occasion of the current session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Transparency International national chapters from around the world are sending letters of concern to their respective Foreign Offices asking…

Abacha’s award: SERAP backs Soyinka, wants FG to disclose spending on centenary celebration

Abuja, 9 March 2014, SERAP. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has backed Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka’s rejection of the centenary award, and said that “any public award to indicted corrupt public officials sends a wrong message and amounts…

Asian Governments, civil society work together on anti-corruption issues in Kuala Lumpur

Vienna, 6 March 2014, UNODC. This post was originally published on the UNODC website. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) together with a coalition of civil society organizations and government representatives, met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 24…

Sanusi's suspension a distraction from finding the missing $20 billion oil money

Abuja, 20 February 2014, SERAP. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the suspension of the Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi “a distraction and can only contribute to shifting the focus of the government from the real issue, which…

US$410.5 Billion in Illegal Money Flowed in or out of Philippines from 1960 to 2011, Finds New GFI Study

Manila / Washington, DC, 4 February 2014, Global Financial Integrity. This post was originally published on the Global Financial Integrity website. Philippine Economy Loses US$132.9 Billion in Illicit Financial Outflows from Crime, Corruption, Tax Evasion over 52-Year Period; US$277.6 Billion…

EU Calls on Spain to Strengthen Transparency Law

Madrid, 3 February 2014, Access Info Europe. This post was originally published on the Access Info Europe website. Access Info Europe today welcomed the European Union’s first anti-corruption report on Spain, which called for measures to strengthen Spain’s transparency law…

Inter-governmental body criticises Ireland’s failure to detect and prevent corruption

Dublin, 18 December 2013, Transparency International Ireland. This post was originally published on the Transparency International Ireland website. OECD calls for reorganisation of law enforcement resources to combat bribery The Irish Government has been criticised by the Organisation for Economic…

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