Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 25
IRAQ: Govt Expels Former Blackwater Contractors
- Inter Press Service
The Iraqi government has ordered hundreds of private security contractors who previously worked for Blackwater Worldwide or its subsidiaries to leave the country within seven days or risk arrest for visa violations, Iraq's interior minister said Wednesday.
ETHIOPIA: Dam Critics Won't Go Away
- Inter Press Service
Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy.
CORRUPTION: U.S. Banks Abetting Corrupt Regimes, Probe Finds
- Inter Press Service
The global bank HSBC may be running offshore accounts for central banks. According to a U.S. Senate investigation, an HSBC subsidiary in London called HSBC Equator Bank had a sister bank in the Bahamas.
IRAQ: Allegations of Fraud Scheme at Agility of Kuwait — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
The Sultan family of Kuwait runs a variety of businesses alleged to be at the heart of a scheme to overcharge the U.S. military by as much as a billion dollars over the last seven years. The company is currently scheduled to face criminal arraignment on Feb. 8 in Atlanta, Georgia.
MIDEAST: Corrupt Arab Regimes - Who is to Blame?
- Inter Press Service
The Mideast continues to be plagued by autocratic Arab regimes where human rights, democracy and freedom of speech are a pipe dream for the average citizen. But who is to blame and what can be done to amend this situation?
IRAQ: Agility Attempts to Vault Fraud Charges
- Inter Press Service
Agility, a Kuwait-based multi-billion-dollar logistics company spawned by the U.S. invasion of Iraq, is scheduled be arraigned on Feb. 8 on criminal charges of overbilling U.S. taxpayers for food supply contracts in the Iraq war zone that were worth more than 8.5 billion dollars.
BURMA: Ethnic Women Expose Opium Fields in Junta Strongholds
- Inter Press Service
A report exposing the spreading opium fields in the north-eastern corner of the military-ruled Burma has brought to light an equally revealing story. It was produced by a team of ethnic women who risked their lives to document the heroin-filled world they inhabit.
AFGHANISTAN: Officials’ Optimism on Economy Belies Deep Poverty
- Inter Press Service
Afghanistan may be one of the poorest countries in the world, but official figures do not quite paint a picture of a country deep in the throes of poverty and underdevelopment.
POLITICS-UGANDA: Sharing the National Cake
- Inter Press Service
Their caricatures show great wealth and status, being driven in flashy four-wheel drives surrounded by bodyguards, and receiving benefits including mansions, cars, medical care and travel and sitting allowances. They are treated as Very Important Persons.
BALKANS: Seized Cars, Property Say Crime Does Not Pay
- Inter Press Service
A rare fleet of 20 luxury cars and snazzy jeeps has remained parked in front of the heavily guarded special court in the capital for days now.
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