Corruption
Unbalanced Vucic-Rama Double Act Benefits Only Serbia
Both understand that bad moves at the local level are more tolerable to the West than those at the regional level, as long as you play nice with the neighbours; both rule their countries with an iron fist - Vucic overtly, Rama's hidden behind a velvet glove.
South Korea pardons Samsung boss ‘to help the economy’
The heir and de facto leader of Samsung group received a presidential pardon on Aug. 12, the latest example of South Korea's long tradition of freeing business leaders convicted of corruption on economic grounds.
Serbia Urged to Take Action to Prevent High-Level Official Corruption
The Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption, GRECO, said in its latest report on Tuesday that further measures are needed to prevent corruption among top public servants in Serbia, including the president, ministers, their assistants, state secretaries, chiefs of cabinet and political advisers, as well as police officials.
UK urged to cleanse ‘stain’ of dirty Russian money
For all its tough talk against Russia, the U.K.'s government is failing to enforce its promises to clean up dirty foreign money, a hard-hitting report by MPs said yesterday.
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Council of Europe Rates Turkey’s Progress on Reforms ‘Unsatisfactory’
Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers Meeting, November 30, 2021. Photo: Council of Europe
"GRECO concluded that the very low level of compliance with the recommendations was 'globally unsatisfactory'," the report said.
Albanian Journalists Gagged Over Organised Crime Case Leaks
Fallout from Dodon’s Arrest Keeps Moldova in Suspense
The ex-President's arrest for corruption has outraged Moldova's pro-Russian parties - but the pro-Western government seems confident it can survive the backlash.
Erdogan government grants legal immunity to corrupt loyalists who run unlawfully confiscated companies
Executives appointed to seized companies are members of the ruling party, former lawmakers or government bureaucrats exempt from liability for corruption
Vesna Medenica: Alleged ‘Judicial Protector’ of Montenegro’s Elite
The former president of the Supreme Court, Vesna Medenica, is the first top judicial official to be arrested for abuse of office in Montenegro, despite decades of accusations about widespread corruption in the Adriatic country.
Bulgaria Remains at the Bottom of the Corruption Index
"Foreign investments have decreased by 50% over the past year, and this is a good litmus test," Kalin Slavov, executive director of Transparency International, told BNR before the presentation of the International Corruption Perceptions Index for 2021.