The Center for Freedom and Prosperity are having a lovely time in the US at the moment, so they think at my expense. In fact,
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Who are the supplies of corruption services?
(Written 9-1-07) Having mentioned ‘suppliers of corruption services’ in my blog ‘Pause for thought: Santiago’ I guess I should be explicit as to what I
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Jersey not tackling financial crime
The Jersey Evening Post reports today that: Jersey is falling behind other jurisdictions in developing its financial crime laws, according to the States police. Just
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OECD calls UK to account
You can see why the American-right don’t like the OECD. I mentioned my distaste for the UK’s tolerance of some aspects of corruption earlier today.
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Statoil’s crown slips
I mentioned recently that Statoil was one of the most ethical companies. It’s disappointing to note therefore that it has settled fines of $21 million
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Full marks to Hermes and F & C
Just before Christmas I asked where all the accountants were in declaiming the government’s decision not to pursue corruption investigations at BAE. I still haven’t
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How widespread is corruption?
I’m aware that some think I have a negative view of big business. I don’t think that wholly true; I appreciate many of the benefits
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Norway hits corruption hard
The foreign and finance ministries of Norway have combined to tackle corruption. It’s worth looking at their web site to understand the significance of this.
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Total corruption?
The FT reports this morning that: A Paris judge has launched an investigation into allegations that Total, the French oil and gas group, paid bribes
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