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| UpdatedSamsung Group chief Jay Y Lee is arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal that led parliament to impeach President Park Geun-hye, a South Korean court says.
Topics: government-and-politics, corruption, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, korea-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedA Bendigo man admits to corruptly paying a former Ballarat council worker thousands of dollars in exchange for employment contracts.
Topics: corruption, crime, fraud-and-corporate-crime, ballarat-3350, north-bendigo-3550, bendigo-3550, ballarat-north-3350, ballarat-west-3350
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Thousands of police have surrounded a controversial Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, with orders to raid the complex, February 16, 2017.
Topics: police, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, religion-and-beliefs, thailand
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| UpdatedHundreds of police are searching a giant Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok in the hunt for a former abbot facing charges of conspiracy to launder money.
Topics: police, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, religion-and-beliefs, buddhism, thailand
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Documents obtained by the ABC show the Australian Tax Office is chasing more than $3.5 million in unpaid tax from companies controlled by a Melbourne-based "pre-insolvency adviser", Philip Whiteman.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, tax, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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South African MPs are pulled from Parliament by security forces after throwing punches and pounding guards with helmets, in a brawl that broke out during protest against President Jacob Zuma.
Topics: world-politics, corruption, south-africa
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| UpdatedEast Timor's former finance minister and dual Australian citizen Emilia Pires is fighting to have her name cleared over charges she corruptly awarded a $1 million contract to her husband's company in Melbourne.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, east-timor, australia, melbourne-3000
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The Independent Commission Against Corruption will have five fewer investigators this year as a result of cuts in last year's New South Wales budget.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe Perth Lord Mayor's claim she was unaware third parties paid for her accommodation is "unreliable", a tribunal hears, after emails of her requesting a five-star hotel and asking for the host to be told she does not "stay in trash", emerge.
Topics: local-government, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedVictor Alistar of Transparency International in Romania discusses the country's imminent elections amid widespread protests.
Topics: elections, corruption, electoral-fraud, romania
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| UpdatedThere's a degree of scepticism in Papua New Guinea to the Prime Minister's announcement that a Commission of Inquiry will examine the latest corruption scandal to hit the government.
Topics: corruption, world-politics, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedPerth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi admits five breaches of the Local Government Act during a State Administrative Tribunal hearing into whether she failed to disclose travel-related gifts and contributions.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, corruption, perth-6000, wa
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PNG's Prime Minister suspends two senior ministers and establishes a commission of inquiry into a $31 million corruption scandal over the relocation of Port Moresby’s naval base.
Topics: corruption, defence-forces, defence-industry, papua-new-guinea, pacific, asia
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| UpdatedA Melbourne man linked to a multi-million dollar tax avoidance scheme remains in business, despite the fact federal authorities continue to circle him.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, tax, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedPressure on French presidential candidate Francois Fillon to quit the race is mounting from some politicians in his own camp, as investigators widen their probe into his finances.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, elections, corruption, france, european-union
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| UpdatedPapua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill orders an investigation into allegations two of his senior ministers profited from a fraudulent land deal that will see the relocation of a naval base 10 kilometres inland.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, asia, pacific
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Professor Philippe Marliere of University College London about corruption allegations and misuse of funds by French politicians.
Topics: corruption, government-and-politics, france
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| UpdatedA who's who of top Northern Territory police, lawyers and government figures will appear at the committal hearing of former police commissioner John McRoberts.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, judges-and-legal-profession, darwin-0800, nt, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's political donation system is likened to the operation of criminal money laundering with one key difference — the political donation system is entirely legal.
Topics: government-and-politics, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, elections, political-parties, australia
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| UpdatedDivisions in the Fraser Coast Regional Council boil over amid revelations that private investigators have been looking into current and former staff.
Topics: local-government, corruption, hervey-bay-4655
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| UpdatedNew Zealand is the least corrupt country in the world.
Topics: corruption, pacific, new-zealand
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| UpdatedMeanwhile Fiji has seen marked improvement in stamping out corruption according to the CEO of the Employers Federation.
Topics: corruption, pacific, fiji
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A failed online project meant to connect students, teachers and parents at Victorian Government schools was corrupt, and cost the taxpayer between $127 and $240 million dollars, the state's watchdog finds.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, education, corruption, melbourne-3000, glen-waverley-3150