By Jeffrey J. Coonjohn and Judge Zuhair al-Maliki Valentine’s Day was none too sweet for Iraq’s Chief Justice Medhat al-Mahmoud this year. The 79-year old jurist awoke to find himself ignominiously ousted from his post as a result of having … Continue reading
DAMASCUS, (SANA)- Prime Minister, Wael al-Halqi, on Sunday issued a decision to lay off 200 workers from various ministries and public bodies in the framework of measures and efforts made by the government to fight administrative and financial corruption the … Continue reading
It has been said that the greatest danger for any resistance is when it starts to govern. This is what Hezbollah is now facing as the party has recently been connected to several corruption scandals. Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah personally intervened recently … Continue reading
Iran’s supreme court has upheld sentences of death by hanging for three businessmen and a banker in a high-profile corruption case linked to president Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad [Mahmud Ahmadinezhad] amid an intensifying power struggle ahead of June’s presidential election. The sentencing … Continue reading
A United Nations report released on Thursday finds that $3.9 billion was spent on bribes in Afghanistan in 2012, twice the country’s domestic revenue, and 40 percent more than the amount paid in bribes in 2009 (AP, AJE, BBC). In a survey … Continue reading
Saudi Arabia is among the biggest arms-importing countries that have insufficient safeguards against corruption in the defense industry, Transparency International said. Seven of the nine countries that imported more than $1.5 billion of weapons in 2011 ranked between high and very … Continue reading