Tag: corruption
President Umaro Sissoco Embalo’s crusade against drugs and corruption in Guinea-Bissau
Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo at a press conference in Lisbon, October 8, 2020. CARLOS COSTA / AFP Umaro Sissoco Embalo is not the modest type. “I have no role…
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds referendum to try former presidents for corruption
A poster in the Mexico City metro, calling on Mexican citizens to participate in the referendum, Saturday July 31, 2021. CHRISTIAN PALMA / AP Mexican justice is in the hands…
Further layoffs: Power struggle in Tunisia intensifies
Thursday 29 July 2021 More layoffs Power struggle in Tunisia intensifies First, Tunisia’s president deposed the head of government, now the head of the state television broadcaster Wataniya has to…
Is corruption looming in the White House ?: Art of his son brings Biden in trouble
Saturday 24th July 2021 Is there a threat of corruption in the White House? His son’s art brings Biden into trouble Hunter Biden is a painter. The US President’s son…
Archaeological aberrations, gross renovations and corruption, the whimsical Bulgarian castles
The Wind-loving castle of Ravadinovo. One of the false fortresses that flourished in Bulgaria. Furkan Temir for M Le magazine du Monde The kitsch fountain with its flowing water on…
“Fighting corruption through international economic sanctions is a false good idea”
“For corruption as for terrorism, the means of the fight are not indifferent”. CLANDESTINI / WESTEND61 / PHOTONONSTOP Ln July 6, the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs initiated a…
Suspected corruption system: Bolsonaro doesn’t give a damn about investigations
Friday, July 9th, 2021 Suspected corruption system Bolsonaro doesn’t give a damn about the investigation The corruption investigations in connection with a corona vaccine could put Brazil’s head of state…
Vatican cardinal in the midst of financial lawsuit in corruption scandal
A cardinal at the heart of a financial trial, unprecedented in the Vatican: the Holy See announced, Saturday, July 3, the referral to its criminal court of ten people, including…
Corrupt construction magnate with influence: Riyadh releases bin Laden half-brother from custody
Thursday May 13th 2021 Corrupt construction tycoon with influence Riyadh releases Bin Laden’s half-brother from custody At the end of 2017, Saudi Arabia arrested dozens of very rich people in…
new corruption complaint in order to obtain an investigation
The Sherpa association, which fights against economic crime, is bringing back to court an ultra-sensitive and politically inflammable case: the Rafale affair, this sale of 36 French fighter planes by…
“Populism, corruption and incompetence go hand in hand and are the death of democracy”
Romanian director Alexander Nanau in Bucharest on April 12. VADIM GHIRDA / AP Collective Affair wears a Romanian film for the first time at the Oscars, which will be awarded…
The corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu resumes, the prosecutor accuses him of having used his power in an “illegitimate” way
Protesters gathered outside the Jerusalem court on Monday, April 5, 2021, for the resumption of the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP Benjamin Netanyahu…