'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
FIFA's anti-corruption advisers urged president Sepp Blatter's executive committee on Friday to "demonstrate leadership" and resist attempts to dilute reforms of soccer's world governing body.
When it comes to the threat of corruption, Israel's defense sector faces the greatest risk, according to a new report from a watchdog group that's dedicated to assessing how easy it is to infiltrate and corrupt government bodies around the world.
The countries worst hit by the European financial crisis also are perceived as being among the most corrupt in the European Union, and those perceptions appear to be getting increasingly negative, an international watchdog said in a report released Wednesday.
A $21.7 billion health fund championed by the rich and famous has come under harsh scrutiny amid revelations that it's bleeding money to corruption. But fund officials and outside analysts in the field have a stark message for global development: Other aid agencies are in much worse shape.
India's center-left government has been shaken to its core in recent days by the resignations of three key officials embroiled in three separate scandals that have made "corruption" the buzzword among the media, opposition parties and political analysts.
FIFA failed to send a clear message that it will fight corruption in World Cup bids, according to a global corruption watchdog.
