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10The Worst Corruption

Scandals of 2015“A goat and cash exchanged for shortened

sentences in Ghanaian prisons. International soccer games that were bought and sold.

Rolexes and vacation clubs traded for Chinese business deals.”

Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance Daily News. The full original article can be

found at foreignpolicy.com

Photo: Getty Images: Laurence Griffiths

9Tennis match-fixing:

Sport rocked by claims of widespread corruption, including top players and matches at Wimbledon

“Wimbledon was dragged into a new tennis match-fixing scandal when secret files

suggested three matches may have been thrown there in recent years..”

Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance Daily News. The full original article can be

found at www.dailymail.co.uk

Photo: Getty Images

8Petrobras faces

class-action lawsuit in bribery and political kickbacks scandal

“A US judge has ordered Petrobras, the state-run Brazilian oil company, to face class-action

litigation by investors seeking to recoup billions of dollars in losses stemming from a bribery

and political kickback scandal.”Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance

Daily News. The full original article can be found at theguardian.com

Photo: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images

7Stung by large U.S.

fines, France to tighten anti-corruption laws

“France is tightening its anti-corruption laws to clean up its image after several French

companies were slapped with huge fines abroad, with planned reforms including greater

protection for whistleblowers and a newanti-corruption agency.”

Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance Daily News. The original article can be found

at reuters.com

Photo: Reuters/Christian Hartmann

6Top US navy officer

jailed in massive bribery scandal involving Malaysian

contractor“A top United States (US) Navy officer was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday for giving classified information to a Malaysian contractor in exchange for

prostitutes and lavish gifts.”

Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance Daily News. The full original article can be found

at straitstimes.com

Photo: Ron Reeves/AP

5Beijing takes its

corruption crackdown into new territory

“Desperate to prevent a slowdown from giving way to social turmoil, China has expanded the scope of its corruption crackdown beyond just public-sector fat cats. Now, executives in the private sector — and even university officials — are also under watch for possible abuse of

wealth and power.”

Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance Daily News. The full original article

can be found at asia.nikkei.com

4Swiss say $4 billion

misappropriated from Malaysian state firms

“Switzerland’s chief prosecutor said on Friday a criminal investigation into state fund

1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had revealed that about $4 billion appeared to

have been misappropriated from Malaysian state companies..”

Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance Daily News. The full original article can be

found at cnbc.com

Photo: Getty Images

3Transparency

International: These are the most – and least –

corrupt countries“Public-sector corruption is still a major problem

around the world but more countries are improving than worsening and the United States and United Kingdom have reached their best rankings ever, an anti-corruption watchdog said Wednesday.”

Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance Daily News. The full original article can be

found at cbsnews.com

Photo: James Lauritz / Photodisc / Getty Images

2Iran billionaire Babak

Zanjani sentenced to death for corruption

“Iran’s billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, a judicial official

said Sunday, after a long trial in which he was accused of fraudulently pocketing $2.8 billion.”

Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance Daily News. The full original article can be

found at gulfnews.com

Photo: AFP

1World’s biggest bribe scandal

“A six-month investigation across two continents by Fairfax Media and The Huffington Post has alleged that billions of dollars of government contracts were

awarded as the result of bribes paid on behalf of leading global firms. The investigation centres on a

Monaco company called Unaoil, run by the jet-setting Ahsani clan.”

Click here to read more on the Ethical Alliance Daily News. Part 1 of their report, entitled ‘World’s Biggest Bribe Scandal, Unaoil: The Company That Bribed the World’ can be found at theage.com.au

Photo: Haidar Mohammed Ali / Getty Images

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