Government
Malawi loses millions to corruption
| Financial times | Africa editor Javier Blas speaks to Joyce Banda, president of Malawi, about a corruption scandal involving the loss of millions of dollars of public funds, and the economic impact of suspended aid payments on one of…
- 2015
- Corruption
Temer indicted for corruption
| Financial Times | Brazil’s president Michel Temer has been indicted for corruption, marking the first time since the return of democracy in the 1980s that a leader of Latin America’s largest country has faced criminal charges.
- 2017
- Corruption
Time to consider investing in corruption?
| Financial Times | Corruption pays, London Business School data indicates, at least if you invested in countries with poor transparency since 2000. Lex’s Oliver Ralph and Robert Armstrong ask if it is time to consider corruption as an asset…
- 2015
- Corruption
Latvia – where corruption never seems to have left
| Financial Times | The scandals shaking Latvia’s banking system are the latest in a series of crises over more than a decade in a country that has styled itself as a financial “bridge” between Europe’s east and west.
Modern slavery, hidden in plain sight
| TEDX Talks |If you think slavery is a thing of the past, think again. Millions of people around the world are trapped in modern slavery – and they could be working for you. In this powerful talk Kate Garbers…
- 2018
- Modern slavery
How Saudi Arabia Financed Global Terror
| Journeyman Pictures | Funding Jihad? (2003) – Did the Saudi Royal Family really finance 9/11? Although a key Middle Eastern ally of America and Britain, the Wahhabist Saudi regime is nevertheless suspected of financing terror groups around the world.
- 2015
- Terrorism financing
Congress: Trading stock on inside information?
| CBS | In 2011, Steve Kroft reported that members of Congress could legally trade stock based on non-public information from Capitol Hill.
- 2019
- Insider trading
Insider Trading And Congress: How Lawmakers Get Rich From The Stock Market
| CNBC | In spring 2020, four U.S. senators faced accusations of using insider knowledge about the coronavirus crisis to sell off hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock. A couple of months later, the investigations into senators Kelly Loeffler…
- 2020
- Insider trading
The price of gold: Chinese mining in Ghana
| The Guardian | Ghana has had a gold rush but here, Afua Hirsch discovers how Chinese immigrants are profiting from industrialising the country’s small-scale mining industry. She sees for herself that, for the many locals who chance losing life…
- 2013
- Business ethics
Russia’s Madagascar Election Gamble
| BBC | A BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed that at least six candidates were offered money by Russians in the lead up to last year’s presidential elections in Madagascar. The presence of Russian political strategists with close ties…
- 2019
- Corruption, Bribery