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    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Chinese corruption
      China hits Big Fund chip executives with corruption probes

      Several managers linked to semiconductor investment fund are under investigation

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Bain & Co Inc
      Bain considers legal action against UK over state contract ban

      Management consultancy looks at options after minister’s decision caught it by surprise

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Accounting & Consulting services
      Bain barred from UK state contracts over ‘grave misconduct’ in South Africa

      Britain becomes first western country to impose penalties on consultant for role in Zuma scandal

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      The UK won’t take fraud seriously until we take the SFO seriously

      Reports last week stopped short of condemning the agency but big changes are needed

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      SFO head criticised for failings that denied defendant fair trial

      Review of Unaoil case exposes ‘mistakes’ that led to UK appeal court quashing three convictions

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Law
      UK judge halts trial of two defendants in Saudi bribery case

      SFO alleges illicit payments were channelled to Riyadh officials to secure UK defence contracts

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Sepp Blatter
      Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of fraud by Swiss court

      Judges find ‘no intention of unlawful enrichment’ over payments made in 2011

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      South Africa
      How three brothers ‘captured’ a country

      As South Africa’s inquiry into the Guptas draws to a close, we dive into the FT archives to chronicle their rise and fall

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      FT Magazine
      The fixer, the cheat and the corruption crisis in global tennis

      The corruption and redemption of one of the world’s top tennis players

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Cyril Ramaphosa has fallen short in rooting out ANC corruption

      Allegations over president point to a deeper malaise in South Africa’s ruling party

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse found guilty over Bulgarian drug money failings

      Bank ignored signs of criminality including suitcases of cash, Switzerland’s top criminal court rules

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      Competition & Markets Authority
      UK construction groups accused of ‘bid rigging’ in £150mn contracts

      Watchdog says cartels involving ten companies colluded on tenders in London and Midlands

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      South Africa
      Zuma barred spy agency from investigating Guptas, inquiry concludes

      Final report into biggest scandal of post-apartheid era finds both former and current presidents at fault

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      Glencore
      Glencore admits bribery after UK corruption probe

      Serious Fraud Office weighs prosecutions of individuals following guilty pleas to offences in Africa

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
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      Ex-spymaster’s claims threaten Ramaphosa’s image as South Africa’s reformer

      Complaint on hidden theft at farm comes at a critical time for the president who pledged to combat corruption

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      South Africa
      Gupta family members arrested in UAE over South Africa scandal

      Detention of two brothers in Gulf state comes as Cyril Ramaphosa seeks to tackle state capture

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      Chinese ex-securities regulator handed suspended death sentence

      Tong Daochi is the latest high-ranking official ensnared in Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      Helen Thomas
      Glencore is not alone in needing a cultural overhaul on bribery

      The City needs to stop treating fears of corporate corruption overseas as a niche concern

    • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
      Malawi
      British businessman investigated over alleged Malawi corruption

      Zuneth Sattar’s contracts with one of Africa’s poorest countries under scrutiny

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      News in-depthGlencore
      ‘Bribery built into the corporate culture’: can Glencore rescue its reputation?

      Details revealed in trader’s $1bn settlements risk hampering efforts to draw line under corruption probes

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Glencore
      Glencore to plead guilty to bribery charges and pay $1.5bn penalty

      Prosecutors say commodities trader approved millions of dollars in corrupt payments for oil access in Africa

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      Mining
      BSG Resources won Guinea mining rights through bribery, arbiter says

      Arbitration ruling over licences for Simandou iron ore project cites ‘overwhelming evidence’ of ‘corrupt practices’

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
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      Nigeria’s top accountant arrested by anti-corruption agency

      Ahmed Idris in alleged $190mn ‘diversion of funds and money-laundering activities’

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      SFO largely cleared of wrongdoing after UK court battle with ENRC

      Judge rejects most of Kazakh mining group’s claims over SFO’s conduct during probe into alleged corruption

    • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
      Margaret Hodge
      Dirty money contaminates the UK’s public sphere

      A lax approach to laundering illicit gains typifies the creeping corruption of British democracy

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