It is just what you call ‘corruption’

It is just what you call ‘corruption’ [een terugverwijzing naar het vorige artikel in Civis Mundi # 56] Michel van Hulten [in English below] Het definiëren van ‘corruptie is kennelijk zo moeilijk dat vele auteurs over dit onderwerp er maar stilletjes aan voorbijgaan. Samen met alle andere regeringen die tekenden voor het UNCAC (het UN … Lees meer

Global Overview of Anti-Corruption Laws 2017

  170701, Anti-Corruption Laws around the World Michel van Hulten: Most useful! Most useful for anyone studying the corruption phenomenon in 46 countries (jurisdictions) around the world is the ‘Global Overview’ published by the law-company Baker McKenzie (one of the largest in the world). Go to the website of Global Compliance News (as given below) … Lees meer

From Bribes to shell companies

170607 From Bribes to shell companies Frank Vogl GRAND CORPORATE CORRUPTION TAKES MANY FORMS: FROM BRIBES TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR CONTRACTS AND LICENSES TO THE MULTIPLE USES OF SHELL COMPANIES TO HIDE TRANSNATIONAL ILLICIT TRADE IF CIVIL SOCIETY DOES NOT LEAD THE CHARGE AGAINST BUSINESS CORRUPTION, THEN NOBODY WILL Who is Frank Vogl ? … Lees meer

LIBE speaks out in favor of 2nd EU Anti-Corruption Report

170504, LIBE on 2nd Anti-Corruption Report After the disappointing answers by EU-Commissioner Frans Timmermans in the AFCO-session given to MEP Sven Giegold on 3 May 2017 about the suspension of publication of the 2nd EU Anti-Corruption Report (already delayed since Spring 2016) a more positive outcome could be observed in the LIBE-meeting a day later. … Lees meer

EU-Commissioner Timmermans: ‘we decided not to do a Second Anti-Corruption Report’

  170505, Info from the AFCO-session on 3 May 2017 EU-Commissioner Frans Timmermans: ‘we decided not to do a second corruption report‘. On the 3rd of May, 2017, EU-Commissioner Frans Timmermans speaking on behalf of the European Commission in the European Parliament’s Commission of Constitutional Affairs (AFCO-session from 17:16 – 18:22) was very clear in … Lees meer

Europa, schaf rapportage van anticorruptiebeleid niet af

Europa, schaf rapportage van anticorruptiebeleid niet af TROUW DONDERDAG 4 MEI 2017 Willeke Slingerland, docent/onderzoeker aan hogeschool Saxion. Promoveert aan de VU Amsterdam op netwerkcorruptie Corruptie is complex en veelal gelinkt aan andere serieuze misdrijven zoals drugs- en mensenhandel In stilte besloot de Europese Commissie haar anticorruptierapport, het hart van het anticorruptie – beleid van … Lees meer

Illicit Financial Flows (global, May 1, 2017, source GFI)

We all know, thanks to the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) made yearly by Transparency International, that the poorer countries of the world enjoy the reputation to be the most corrupt and the richer ones are integer! Thanks to studies as made by GFI which looked into the facts regarding ‘illicit financial flows’ we know better. Trillions … Lees meer

HOW CORRUPTION AFFECTS CLIMATE CHANGE

170422, text borrowed from Transparency International   See: http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/how_corruption_affects_climate_change?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DCN%2044&utm_content=DCN%2044+CID_98ff4964c258a201b1c9d1ac1fef896d&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=How%20corruption%20affects%20climate%20change   Climate governance • 22 April 2017   Climate change, like corruption, is a matter of life or death. The evidence is hard and clear. 2016 was the hottest year ever on record, extreme “once in a generation” weather events are becoming more regular, and fragile ecosystems such as the Great … Lees meer

Corruptie en klimaatverandering – Corruption and Climate change

170328, Hoe corruptie klimaatverandering aandrijft Op 26 maart 2017 verschijnt in de Japan Times een artikel dat de verbinding bloot legt tussen corrupt gedrag – hier gedrag van Shell en van de grootste Italiaanse onderneming, ENI – enerzijds, en anderzijds de verantwoordelijkheid en aansprakelijkheid voor de consequenties in klimaatverandering mogelijk gemaakt door Nigeriaanse leidinggevenden en bedrijven … Lees meer

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