Shadow Diplomacy: African Nations Bypass Embassies, Tap Lobbyists
Call it ambassadorial outsourcing. African nations, eager to play the Washington game of being heard in the right places, spend millions on Washington lobbyists to burnish their images and find favor...
View ArticleStiff Competition: Funeral Homes Fight Over Corpses in Lithuania
Cars set on fire. Undertakers bribing police to send them "fresh commodities." A dead man stripped before reaching the cemetery, so morticians could switch his expensive clothes for a cheap suit. The...
View Article100Voices: Stiff Competition
Cars set on fire. Undertakers bribing police to send them “fresh commodities.” A dead man stripped before reaching the cemetery, so morticians
View ArticleGovernment Diverts Earthquake Recovery Money in Northeast India
Sikkim, INDIA—On the evening of September 18, 2011, Passangkit Lepcha was cooking dinner in her small mud house in the hillside village
View ArticleIn Oil-for-Food Case, Judge Queries Fairness of Letting Companies Off the Hook
If it prevails, the Iraqi government will see nearly 100 corporations from around the world held responsible for what it calls the "largest financial fraud in human history" under the U.N. Oil-for-Food...
View ArticleU.S. Justice Department Begins Settlement Talks over Obiang Son’s Jet
The move from the U.S. Justice Department, which has stepped up seizure of assets it alleges are the proceeds of corruption, follows a setback in a related case.
View ArticleUS to Settle with African Leader’s Son in $71 Million Graft Cases
The outcome will decide the fate of a mountain of riches, allegedly amassed through corruption, theft, embezzlement and extortion in the tiny, impoverished nation of Equatorial Guinea.
View ArticleI.M.F. Whistleblower Battle Down to a Scuffle in Public
Eugène Nyambal, a Cameroonian economist, says he was fired from the I.M.F. five years ago for complaining about corruption in Africa. But to pierce the fund's immunity, he is suing over a scuffle with...
View ArticleTainted Waters: How Corruption Set the Stage for an Embattled Iraq
Chad Bouchard Chad Bouchard, a staff writer for 100 Reporters, is an investigative journalist focusing on politics and corruption. His stories have
View ArticleTreated as Complicit, Iraq Loses Oil-for-Food Round 2
Iraq loses again on appeal. But a dissenting judge says his colleagues have denied the Arab state any way of holding major corporations to account for stealing hundreds of millions in humanitarian aid.
View ArticleNot a Bang, but a Whimper: U.S. Justice Department Settles in Signal Graft Case
With judges questioning the strength of their case, witnesses in danger (or worse) and much of the booty out of reach, DOJ settles for the Malibu mansion but lets go of the Gulfstream — in a case that...
View ArticlePacking the House: How Nouri al-Maliki’s Election Tricks May Doom Iraq
With militants of the Islamic State raising their black flag over towns and cities outside of Baghdad, Iraq’s parliament is facing growing pressure to ease the disaffection of Iraq’s sizable Sunni...
View ArticleDarfur Whistleblower: UN Engaged in “War Keeping”
To the tune of billions of dollars, world powers have financed a peacekeeping operation that has prolonged the conflict in Darfur and systematically covered attacks on civilians, according to Aicha...
View ArticleUseful Enemies: How Politicians in NE India Profit from Rebel Unrest
Think of a state where insurgent outfits run a parallel government, aided and abetted by local politicians cutting across party lines. Sounds incredulous, but welcome to Meghalaya, a hill state in...
View ArticleFeds: Super-Tourney in US Part of ‘World Cup of Graft’
In a year's time, the Copa América Centenario will be in the eyes and ears of untold millions of Americans, north and south of the Equator, as it brings together superstars from teams across the...
View ArticleCorruption in Nations Tracks Poverty and Inequality, Study Says
Douglas Gillison Douglas Gillison, staff writer, focuses on matters involving government oversight, human rights and corruption. His investigative projects have included the
View ArticleAzerbaijan Journalist Sentenced to 7.5 Years after Exposing Presidential...
Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova is sentenced to seven and a half years in prison by an Azerbaijan court after reporting on corruption with in ruling Aliyev family, in what human rights...
View ArticleBuilt By Impunity
In Nairobi, images of collapsed apartment and business towers have captured public attention and directed light to a global problem. Poor building-code enforcement has allowed sub-standard...
View ArticleUN Refugee Agency Reopens Corruption Investigation Refugee Sources Report...
The United Nations has reopened an investigation into allegations of corruption in the UN Refugee Agency following a report by 100Reporters, Journalists for Transparency and NBC News. The post UN...
View ArticleAfrica’s Hidden Victims: Healthcare Workers Struggled Amid Lack of PPE,...
Over the last year of the pandemic, historically underfunded health systems in parts of Africa stretched to the breaking point under the strain. In many cases, frontline health workers lacked adequate...
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