Bribery and Corruption

The Office for Legal Complaints (OLC), the governing body of the Legal Ombudsman (LeO), has renewed its call for it to be allowed to extend its reach to unregulated legal services providers.

A WOMAN wanted in connection with a multi-million-pound fraud investigation at the Vatican has been arrested.

Basil Al Jarah has today been sentenced to three years and four months’ imprisonment for paying in excess of $17m in bribes to dishonestly secure approximately $1.7bn worth of contracts in post-occupation Iraq.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2020/10/08/former-unaoil-executive-sentenced-for-paying-bribes-to-win-1-7bn-worth-of-contracts-in-post-occupation-iraq/

In a world where all public records are stored on an immutable ledger, it would be difficult to be a corrupt government official.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bribery-gets-blocked-stamping-out-corruption-with-blockchain-tech

Bribery and corruption are endemic across the globe, a statement borne out by reams of irrefutable data, as well as persuasive anecdotal evidence. Sadly, and probably inevitably, during extraordinary events, such as natural disasters, wars and pandemics, such behaviours can spike.

Merseyside Police have arrested five people in connection with a bribery and corruption investigation which saw local developer Elliot Lawless arrested last December.

While bribery can provide companies with major short-term gains—increasing their value by up to nine times, in some cases—there is little evidence to support many other strongly held beliefs surrounding the “return on investment,” according to new academic research.

https://www.complianceweek.com/anti-bribery/benefits-of-bribery-new-study-separates-fact-from-fiction/29431.article#.X14JVcRM0Kc.twitter

Four of the UK’s biggest listed builders are facing action over mis-selling leasehold homes

Three people - including a woman from Birmingham - have been arrested in connection with modern slavery and drugs offence.

Most residents don’t have money for repairs, making them vulnerable to corruption schemes.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/24/how-beirut-blast-enrich-lebanese-elites/