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  • 24 Nov 2011
    Indian churches propose anti-corruption legislation

    Churches in India have prepared a suggested version of anti-corruption legislation, due to be considered in Parliament in early December.

  • 27 Jul 2011
    It's make or break time, says Met Police Authority member

    A member of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has said it is "make or break" time for the police, following allegations of bribery.

  • 19 Jul 2011
    Arms giant roasted by MPs over 'charitable' payment to Tanzania

    Multinational arms firm BAE Systems was grilled by MPs over the methods by which it proposes to pay almost £30 million to the people of Tanzania.

  • 19 Jul 2011
    Murdoch: It's not about the pie

    As the MPs' questioning of the Murdochs came to an end this afternoon (19 July 2011), there was a clear reminder that some politicians' have not overcome their fear of Rupert Murdoch. Louise Mensch (formerly Louise Bagshawe) threw the Murdochs a lifeline by suggesting that hacking was common at British tabloid newspapers. She admittedly threw in some soundbites about Rupert Murdoch resigning, before telling him she admired his "immense courage" for carrying on with the hearing after being hit by some sort of custard pie.

  • 26 May 2011
    What future for the Serious Fraud Office?

    There are whispers in Whitehall that a decision on the future of the Serious Fraud Office is imminent. The Home Office is considering rolling the Serious Fraud Office’s lawyers into the Crown Prosecution Service, while its investigators would be hived off into a new FBI-esque crime agency. And all this against the advice of most experts in the field.

  • 12 Apr 2011
    Government told it has 'emasculated' the UK Bribery Act

    Guidance published at the end of last month by the Ministry of Justice effectively emasculates the 2010 UK Bribery Act, Christian Aid has said.

  • 10 Apr 2011
    Churches in India support protests against corruption

    Churches in India have backed a social activist who launched a hunger fast on 5 April 2011 to call attention to the scandal of corruption in government.

  • 2 Apr 2011
    Facing up to (corporate) bribery

    In 2002 I was detained by police at Kochi airport in Kerala. It seemed I had failed to get a vital stamp on my passport. Having missed my flight back to the UK to attend my auntie’s wedding, I was told I had to, the next day, report to the police station, which I duly did.

  • 13 Feb 2011
    Sri Lankan government under pressure over missing human rights activist

    A year after the disappearance of Sri Lanka human rights defender Pattani Razeek, Amnesty have renewed their call for those responsible to be brought to justice.

  • 10 Jan 2011
    Arms giant's blanket immunity faces legal challenge

    BAE Systems look set to once again become the focus of legal proceedings with the news that part of its plea bargain with the Serious Fraud Office is facing a fresh challenge.