Corruption

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Europe Lobbying Scandal
What does the 'Qatargate' scandal mean for European democracy?
An EU-wide ethics body that is fully equipped to rise to challenges such as ‘Qatargate’ must be established, writes Alexander Conway

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023

Turkey's earthquake was an act of nature — but murderous corruption caused so many deaths
Turkey's earthquake was an act of nature — but murderous corruption caused so many deaths
Corner-cutting contractors sold buildings as safe that then collapsed. But just as culpable are officials who offered permits and lax controls, writes Constanze Letsch

Wed, 15 Feb, 2023

Russia Global Corruption
Global report highlights link between corruption and violence
Most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption, with 95% of countries having made little to no progress since 2017, a closely watched study has found.

Tue, 31 Jan, 2023

EU Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly 'a little cynical' of EU Parliament reaction to corruption scandal
EU Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly 'a little cynical' of EU Parliament reaction to corruption scandal
Police in Belgium have seized €600,000 in cash and detained an MEP as part of an international investigation into claims that Qatar sought to buy influence

Tue, 13 Dec, 2022

Irish Examiner view: EU must act to restore confidence
Irish Examiner view: EU must act to restore confidence
Qatar corruption

Tue, 13 Dec, 2022

Iraq-Corruption
Iraq probe recovers part of 2.5 billion dollars embezzled from tax office
Iraq’s government has said it will recover part of nearly 2. 5 billion dollars (£2. 05 billion) in funds embezzled from the country’s tax authority in a massive scheme involving a network of businesses and officials.

Sun, 27 Nov, 2022

Trial date set for corruption case involving Limerick garda and businessman
Trial date set for corruption case involving Limerick garda and businessman
It is alleged the garda received a financial payment or gift from the businessman in return for tipping him off about a Criminal Assets Bureau inquiry into a car sales business

Wed, 05 Oct, 2022

Garda anti-corruption action plan will focus on strengthening measures
Garda anti-corruption action plan will focus on strengthening measures
Justice Minister Helen McEntee says unique nature of policing means it is open to the threat of corruption

Fri, 16 Sep, 2022

EU warns Ireland to make legal costs cheaper, and reform how judges are appointed
EU warns Ireland to make legal costs cheaper, and reform how judges are appointed
The European Commission also took issue with the slow progress of Ireland's national anti-corruption structure and strategy.

Thu, 14 Jul, 2022

NETHERLANDS-CRIME-DEVRIES
Holland to spend €500m annually to fight descent into a ‘narco state’
Murders, corruption, and ‘Mocro Maffia’ prompts the Dutch government to set up a war chest to tackle the wave of organised crime sweeping the nation

Wed, 06 Jul, 2022

The Irish Planning Appeals Board
Mick Clifford: An Bord Pleanála should revert to original plan
An Bord Pleanála was originally designed to reflect society at large — it doesn't

Sun, 19 Jun, 2022

contract for sale of a motor vehicle
Europe asks for public feedback on Irish car insurance sector's data sharing commitments
The EU has taken a preliminary view that Insurance Ireland had breached EU antitrust rules by restricting competition

Fri, 25 Feb, 2022

Garda stock
Concern that two gardaí have been suspended for five years
Up to November 25, there were 86 members on suspension

Wed, 29 Dec, 2021

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivane has said there was no misuse of public funds in the managment of the Garda College in Temp
'Suspensions have cast a dark cloud': Two of 89 suspended gardaí out since 2016
Gardaí get an allowance while on suspension, the equivalent of 100% of the member’s base pay, except in “certain, very limited circumstances”

Mon, 27 Dec, 2021

DPP seeks to move Limerick gardaí penalty point squaring case to Dublin
DPP seeks to move Limerick gardaí penalty point squaring case to Dublin
The trial of four gardaí and a retired superintendent could take place in Dublin Circuit Court, the DPP's legal team said, citing extensive media coverage of the case

Thu, 16 Dec, 2021

File Photo Garda Commissioner Noirin O Sullivan has said critical vacancies at senior ranks in An Garda Siochana need to be fill
Mick Clifford: Partial view of policing scandals lacks any justice
Any evaluation of the premature departure from office of Frances Fitzgerald and Noirin O'Sullivan may fit neatly into a particular narrative but it cannot be done solely based on the findings of the Disclosures Tribunal, writes Mick Clifford

Sun, 28 Nov, 2021

CC CAB ANNIVERSARY
Garda Commissioner defends probe into Limerick gardaí
Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe claimed that 60 gardaí in Limerick are being investigated about the alleged ‘squaring off’ of fixed charge penalty notices

Mon, 18 Oct, 2021

Michael McGrath: Whistleblowers' bill will put burden of proof onto employer
Michael McGrath: Whistleblowers' bill will put burden of proof onto employer
Whistleblowers play an important role in the prevention of corruption in both the public and the private sector and they deserve our protection

Sun, 10 Oct, 2021

Garda stock
Former Garda boss will not face charges in Munster corruption probe
Superintendent Eamon O’Neill was arrested at his home in May 2019 on suspicion that he had passed information about a major garda operation to another individual

Fri, 08 Oct, 2021

NatWest financials
NatWest may be fined €426m over gold dealer in money laundering case     
NatWest Group could face a fine of several hundred million pounds from the UK’s financial watchdog after pleading guilty to three criminal charges of money laundering.

Thu, 07 Oct, 2021

Garda stock
Michael Clifford: When will Garda 'corruption probe' spread to Dublin?
More than 100 gardaí have now been interviewed in ticket-squaring investigation, but there are many questions about its operation

Wed, 11 Aug, 2021

Gardaí may have been infiltrated by crime bosses, chief super admits
Gardaí may have been infiltrated by crime bosses, chief super admits
The new Garda Anti-Corruption Unit has also received allegations of drug-taking among force members

Tue, 01 Jun, 2021

Retired superintendent hits out at Limerick Garda probe
Retired superintendent hits out at Limerick Garda probe
Retired superintendent Sean Corcoran has questioned the basis for the investigation and said it is completely disproportionate to any alleged cancelling of fixed charge notices

Thu, 20 May, 2021

Michael Clifford: Fear and loathing as gardaí set to be charged over 'fixing' tickets
Michael Clifford: Fear and loathing as gardaí set to be charged over 'fixing' tickets
The case before Limerick District Court will be the first in which gardaí are charged with perverting the course of justice for fixing road traffic tickets, writes Michael Clifford

Thu, 13 May, 2021

Garda stock
Four gardaí and private citizen face charged with perverting the course of justice
The charges are understood to be connected with an investigation into fixed charged notices (FCN) which are issued for road traffic offences

Thu, 29 Apr, 2021

Government to increase powers to tackle white-collar crime
Government to increase powers to tackle white-collar crime
Reforms to tackle white-collar crime and corruption will include the extension of surveillance powers already in use by gardaí and Revenue to other bodies

Mon, 19 Apr, 2021

Doubt expressed at Garda anti-corruption action
Doubt expressed at Garda anti-corruption action
Hard-hitting report by the Garda Inspectorate flagged a range of serious corruption issues in An Garda Síochána

Mon, 12 Apr, 2021

CC BANKS
Irish Examiner view: No culture of accountability for bosses in financial firms
Ulster Bank has been fined almost €37.8m over the "deliberate" tracker mortgage scandal

Fri, 26 Mar, 2021

Hacker Targeting Online Shoppers for Identity Theft
Garda fraud unit is still short of up to 50 detectives 
An Garda Síochána’s top fraud unit is still short of up to 50 detective gardaí it has sought as far back as 2018.

Fri, 26 Feb, 2021

Michael Clifford: Garda corruption probe is an unedifying mess
Michael Clifford: Garda corruption probe is an unedifying mess
An investigation that began life as a probe into alleged high level corruption in the force has split in two: One relates to organised crime, but the other is now focusing on wiping out penalty points, Mick Clifford reports 

Sat, 13 Feb, 2021

Over 50 gardaí in Munster being interviewed in anti-corruption probe
Over 50 gardaí in Munster being interviewed in anti-corruption probe
Eight gardaí in Munster were suspended last November as part of investigation into enforcement of road traffic offences and fixed charge penalty notices

Tue, 09 Feb, 2021

Garda stock
Irish Examiner view: Open and transparent Garda corruption probe is vital
If, as conventional wisdom suggests, nature abhors a vacuum, then social media thrives on one, as the thousands of DIY professors of epidemiology offering free consultations — and that’s more than they are worth usually — on Covid-19 confirm.

Tue, 09 Feb, 2021

Indonesia Corruption
Indonesia minister surrenders to authorities over Covid-19 aid bribe charges
Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission has formally detained the country’s social affairs minister after he surrendered to authorities on Sunday to face charges of taking bribes related to the government’s Covid-19 aid distribution.

Sun, 06 Dec, 2020

Eight gardaí suspended in Munster corruption probe
Eight gardaí suspended in Munster corruption probe
A wider probe into alleged garda corruption is continuing in the Munster region which has led to a number of gardaí being arrested and questioned on suspicion of serious corrupt offences.

Sun, 08 Nov, 2020

Pfizer
Pfizer quizzed as part of China corruption probe 
Drug giant Pfizer has received informal requests from the US Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice for information on its China operations, according to a regulatory filing lodged by the company this week.

Thu, 05 Nov, 2020

Ireland stock
Gardaí arrest man, 50s, as part of anti-corruption probe
An investigation by the Garda Anti-Corruption Unit was launched last March after the man’s superiors identified suspicious activity and reported the matter to gardaí.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020

Malaysia US Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs reaches deal with Malaysia over sovereign wealth fund ‘fraud’
Goldman Sachs has reached a 3. 9 billion US dollar settlement with Malaysia over the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund that was used to launder money.

Fri, 24 Jul, 2020

Talk of ending pay deal is 'grotesque' and 'outrageous' say TDs
Talk of ending pay deal is 'grotesque' and 'outrageous' say TDs
Suggestions from Fine Gael ministers that planned pay rises for public sector workers will not be paid are “outrageous” and “grotesque”, Opposition left TDs have said.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Words that soft-pedal wrongdoing are just another form of corruption
Words that soft-pedal wrongdoing are just another form of corruption

I’m getting really sick of the euphemisms.

Tue, 07 May, 2019

Supreme Court refuses to order retrial of former Waterford councillor on corruption charges
Supreme Court refuses to order retrial of former Waterford councillor on corruption charges

The Supreme Court has unanimously refused to order a retrial of former Fine Gael town councillor Fred Forsey Junior on corruption charges.

Fri, 21 Dec, 2018

DPP seeks retrial of ex-FG councillor Fred Forsey Junior on corruption charges
DPP seeks retrial of ex-FG councillor Fred Forsey Junior on corruption charges

The DPP is seeking a retrial, on public interest grounds, of former Fine Gael town councillor Fred Forsey Junior on corruption charges.

Wed, 12 Dec, 2018

Corrupt, but time to kick that to touch
Corrupt, but time to kick that to touch

It is a triumph to either the human spirit or man’s capacity for self-delusion that the tournament continues to be the repository of dreams...tune in, tun on and drop out, writes Michael Clifford

Sat, 16 Jun, 2018

Jacob Zuma corruption trial adjourned for six weeks in order to move to bigger court
Jacob Zuma corruption trial adjourned for six weeks in order to move to bigger court

A corruption case against former South African president Jacob Zuma has been adjourned until July 27.

Fri, 08 Jun, 2018

Latest: Former South Korean leader Park jailed for 24 years over corruption
Latest: Former South Korean leader Park jailed for 24 years over corruption

Latest: South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye has been jailed for 24 years over a corruption scandal.

Fri, 06 Apr, 2018

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