Anti-Corruption & Fraud - Weekly Industry News

Officials, others held in Poland over corruption, Posted on Boston.com

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Eighteen people including current and former state officials were detained in Poland on Tuesday on suspicion of large-scale corruption, investigators said. The detentions are a blow to the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which is seeking to improve its image halfway through its second term. A government reshuffle is expected Wednesday. [Read More…]

Romania, Moldova strengthen anti-corruption efforts, By Paul Ciocoiu, Posted on Southeast European Times

Moldova and Romania are strengthening co-operation against corruption to help the former Soviet republic in its EU accession process. Romania’s National Anticorruption Department and Moldova’s National Anticorruption Centre (CNA) ran a joint anti-corruption operation last month, arresting more than 50 customs officials and border police officers on both sides. Authorities and experts say the operation was the largest joint anti-corruption action so far between the two countries and that professionals on both sides have intensified co-operation, exchanging information and experience. [Read More…]

Qld govt sacks anti-corruption committee, By Stephanie Smail, Posted on ABC News

In the final hours of the parliamentary year, the Queensland Government sacked the entire committee that oversees the state’s corruption watchdog. It follows a bitter dispute between the Government and the committee after the committee questioned the independence of the Crime and Misconduct Commission boss, who has publicly backed Queensland’s tough new anti-bikie laws. [Listen to the audio file]

OECD Draws on Siemens Corruption Experience With Force Head, By Alex Webb, Posted on Bloomberg Business Week

Siemens AG (SIE)’s Klaus Moosmayer has been appointed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s business advisory committee as its anti-corruption taskforce head, drawing on the German company’s experience fighting graft. Moosmayer, Siemens’s chief counsel for compliance issues since 2010, will co-ordinate the Business and Industry Advisory Committee’s efforts to tackle corruption, the Munich-based company said in a statement. He was first given a role tackling sleaze at Europe’s largest engineering company in 2007, the same year a new chief executive officer was hired to clean up after a bribery scandal. [Read More…]

‘Mega corruption network’, Posted on PressEurop

three-year investigation conducted by the Central Anti-corruption Bureau (CBA) and international police forces has revealed a gigantic network of corruption, including slush funds used by several international IT firms to bribe ministry officials responsible for awarding IT tenders, reports Rzeczpospolita. [Read More…]