From Mongolian camels to Tibetan verbs: the absurdity Ed Miliband’s aid spending plans Opinion Ed Miliband want to increase aid spending to 0.7 per cent of GDP, but the history of aid spending is one of waste, corruption and cost to taxpayers, says James Price Last year, a 23-year-old in Ulaanbaatar proposed to his girlfriend. There was a helicopter ride, an expensive ring, and designer handbags, all lovingly documented [...]
The Debate: Should political donations be capped at £100,000? Opinion Britain currently has no cap on political donations. Is this freedom, or madness? We hear both sides in this week's Debate.
Trump order could see spike in Wimbledon and Formula 1 bribes Sport Business Bribes, including tickets to Wimbledon and Formula 1, could spike this year after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will halt the prosecution of firms accused of bribery abroad. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been in place since 1977 and has stringently looked down on firms using bribes on government [...]
It’s hard to see how City Minister survives the week January 14, 2025 Will Tulip Siddiq still be the City minister by the end of this week? It’s an important question, for a number of reasons. Siddiq’s fate matters a great deal to Keir Starmer and the government, because nobody wants to lose an anti-corruption minister to a corruption scandal. It matters to the wider Labour party because [...]
Pressure mounts as Bangladeshi authorities request Tulip Siddiq’s bank details January 7, 2025 Bangladesh’s anti-money laundering agency has demanded information on the bank accounts and transaction records of the UK’s City minister as part of a probe into allegations that her family embezzled billions from major infrastructure deals in Bangladesh. Tulip Siddiq, whose remit includes tackling corruption in business and finance, is accused by Bangladeshi authorities of having [...]
Sarkozy: Former French president on trial over alleged Gaddafi financing January 6, 2025 Former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial today over allegations he received funding from the late Libyan dictator
UK sanctions Dmitry Firtash and Isabel dos Santos as it ramps up crackdown on kleptocrats November 21, 2024 The UK has issued fresh sanctions against a series of “unscrupulous kleptocrats”, including Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash and Angolan billionaire Isabel Dos Santos, as it cranks up its crack down on corruption and dirty money.
Defence giant Thales faces UK bribery and corruption probe November 21, 2024 The Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into French defence giant Thales for suspected bribery and corruption. Authorities in the UK and France said they are carrying out a joint probe into the firm, which employs more than 7,000 staff in the UK. Thales is one of the government’s key defence contractors, and built hundreds of lightweight [...]
SFO strategy details new pilot programme – but leaves some questions unanswered April 18, 2024 The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has vowed to push ahead with its plan to pay rewards to whistleblowers and develop a new “pilot programme” to thwart fraud, bribery and corruption, according to its new strategy published today.