Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 38
ECONOMY-INDIA: Tax Haven Loot Turns Election Issue
- Inter Press Service
General elections currently being contested in India have brought an unusual issue to the fore - the repatriation of more than a trillion dollars believed to have been stashed away in Swiss and other tax havens around the world.
COLOMBIA: Paramilitary Chief Says He Helped Finance Uribe’s Campaign
- Inter Press Service
Former Colombian paramilitary chief and drug lord Diego Murillo, alias 'Don Berna', testified in a U.S. court that he helped finance President Álvaro Uribe’s first election campaign, in 2002.
POLITICS-US: Prominent Lawmaker Caught Up In AIPAC Spy Scandal
- Inter Press Service
A U.S. government investigation of Israeli spying caught a prominent Democratic congresswoman discussing what is alleged to be a 'quid pro quo' deal involving the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Washington’s powerful hawkish pro-Israel lobby.
CHINA: Macau Gaming Boom at a Cost
- Inter Press Service
Beijing’s decade-old flirt with lucrative gambling in the booming casino town of Macau has gone decidedly sour.
LIBERIA: The Wild West: The Sinoe Rubber Plantation
- Inter Press Service
'We organized security throughout the camp. If there was noise in the plantation we would call the person and carry out an investigation,' the man known as ‘White Flower’ tells IPS. 'Then the superintendent said they should arrest me and my crew.'
PHILIPPINES: Government Must Stop Davao Death Squad
- Inter Press Service
Alleged 'death squads' are responsible for hundreds of targeted killings in Davao City and other cities on the Philippine island of Mindanao, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Tuesday.
POLITICS-SOMALIA: Refugees Suffering in Kenyan Camps
- Inter Press Service
In early March, Amina Ayanna Yusuf strapped her two-year-old son to her back and set off for the Kenyan border with her small savings.
FINANCE: Tax Havens in Spotlight at G20 Meet
- Inter Press Service
This could be the moment when a fatal blow is delivered to the world's tax havens. Or it could be another largely cosmetic change that allows offshore financial centres such as Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and Liechtenstein to deflect attacks on the system by sacrificing the few tax miscreants that governments catch in their nets.
MINING-AFRICA: Help Yourself, There's Plenty
- Inter Press Service
The African continent is rich in natural resources; but the terms under which multinational companies exploit these resources mean that governments - and Africa’s people - enjoy only a tiny fraction of the benefits.
Q&A: ‘‘Arms Deal Scandal Threatens Democracy in South Africa’’
- Inter Press Service
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) vilified politician and former anti-apartheid trade unionist Patricia de Lille when she made allegations about graft in the country’s notorious multi-billion dollar deal with British, French, Italian, German and Swedish arms manufacturers back in 1999.
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