Peru: Peru's ex-president Garcia kills himself to avoid arrest in Odebrecht probe
April 18th, 2019 Peru’s former president Alan Garcia shot himself in the head on Wednesday to avoid arrest in connection with alleged bribes from Brazilian builder Odebrecht, taking his own life, in the most dramatic turn yet in Latin America’s largest graft scandal. Garcia died in a hospital at age 69 after shooting himself at his house in Lima...
Germany: Deutsche Bank faces action over $20bn Russian money-laundering scheme
April 18th, 2019 Germany’s troubled Deutsche Bank faces fines, legal action and the possible prosecution of “senior management” because of its role in a $20bn Russian money-laundering scheme, a confidential internal report seen by the Guardian says. The bank admits there is a high risk that regulators in the US and UK will take “significant...
India: Polls cancelled in Indian city over £1.2m cash bribe
April 18th, 2019 Polling has been cancelled in a city in southern India following the discovery of suitcases containing £1.2 million in cash which investigators believe was to bribe voters taking part in the world’s biggest election. Despite the rampant corruption in Indian politics, the city of Vellore, home to almost 500,000 people in Tamil Nadu...
United States: Former university official pleads guilty to accepting bribes
April 18th, 2019 A former associate registrar at Delaware State University has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to change the registration status of hundreds of out-of-state students so they could pay cheaper in-state tuition at the historically black university. Crystal Martin pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of federal program bribery, a...Anti-Corruption Compliance Solutions
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