Tag: Corruption

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2009 In Afghanistan, the government structure the West helped set up and is now trying to sustain is demonstrably corrupt – arguably from Hamid Karzai down.
-- According to Keith Rice
2008-08-21 In Mexico city, a summit meeting with representatives of the three branches of federal government, the 31 state governments, the chief of the capital (DF) government, unions, church, businesses, civil organizations and news media signed an anti-crime pact of 75 commitments that have definite time limits for completion.
The meeting was called by the Federal Security Council.
Felipe Calderón was present for the signing of the pact and assured that the document meant business and “not a letter of good intentions.”
2007-10-05 President Gen. Pervez Musharraf signs a corruption amnesty covering other cases against Bhutto, opening the way for her return and a possible power-sharing agreement.
2007-09 Alberto Fujimori, former President of Peru, was extradited from Chile to Peru to stand trial on corruption and human rights abuse charges.
2007-08-09 In Pakistan, the Supreme Court (SC) summoned a report on the misuse of farmland allotted to influential people and questioned the allotment of farmland to Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
2007-04-05 The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference issues a pastoral letter stating the country is in a crisis of moral leadership and governance and calls for a new people-driven constitution. The Conference highlights the collapse of the country's social services, the hyperinflation, condemns the corruption and the abuse of power and calls for action to avert a mass uprising. While some individual bishops have spoken before, most notably Archbishop Pius Ncube, this is the first time they issue a joint statement through the Bishops Conference on the governance crisis.
2007-03-26 In Thailand, prosecutors charge Potjaman Shinawatra, Thaksin's wife, her brother and her secretary with tax evasion.
But complaints continue about the slowness of the investigation into allegations of corruption under Thaksin.
2007-03-09 In Pakistan, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is suspended , on charges of corruption and misconduct.
2007 In Georgia, real GDP rose by over 12%.
Reasons are:
- a surge in foreign investment,
- a liberalisation programme and
- a curbing of once-endemic corruption
2006-11 Ethiopia was ranked 130 out of the 163 countries on Transparency International's 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index.

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