Corruption
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 07:34
Tunisian Prime Minister Yousuf Shahed said on Monday that fighting corruption in the country is much more difficult than combating terrorism.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 05:46
Nigeria's military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption bedeviling the country's fight against the Islamic extremists continues despite government efforts to halt graft.
Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 07:15
Data released by a special Honduras police unit formed to combat extortion indicates the country is making progress against an illegal industry responsible for many deaths and massive economic losses.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 07:55
Nine Ugandan soldiers serving as peacekeepers in Somalia have been jailed for running a fuel racket. The African Union (AU) said they had been sentenced to between one year and three years by a Ugandan military court, which sat in Somalia.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 07:34
An internationally supported anti-corruption body in Honduras is reportedly assisting authorities there with investigations of high-level officials linked to one of the country's most prominent corruption cases -- a massive embezzlement scandal involving the social security system.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 06:32
Egypt's parliament on Tuesday approved restrictions on the police that will prevent them from providing information to the media, a move that critics saw as an attempt to further cover up high-level abuses and corruption.
Monday, August 8, 2016 - 07:07
The Honduras Police Reform Commission has released a first assessment of the new online denunciation platform in its latest move to try and purge Honduras’ corrupt police, revealing officers were most often accused of abuse of authority and drug related faults.
Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 06:37
A massive operation that has bared the finances of El Salvador’s MS13 gang offers compelling evidence to support of a long suspected theory: Government benefits extended the country’s gang leaders in connection with a 2012-2013 truce were used to strengthen their criminal organizations.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Two whisteblowers have gone public with allegations that Georgia's Ministry of Defense is loaded with unqualified officials who were appointed only because they were political allies of the minister, and that ministry officials are using their posts to promote the minister's political party. But given the fact that Georgia's partners, particularly the U.S., have focused their security assistance efforts so heavily on reforming the ministry, the claims are likely to dispirit those partners.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Guzmán has been held in solitary confinement since early May, when he was transferred from a prison outside Mexico City to the federal lockup in Ciudad Juárez along the border with Texas. He lives in an air-conditioned, 80-square-foot cell that has a bed and a toilet and which is inside a new high-security wing that contains about 30 cells.