Suspects allegedly interfered with EU Sakharov Prize nominations to help foreign governments, leaked police files suggest. The EU’s highest honor for human rights work was targeted by an allegedly corrupt…
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Fragile Tajikistan Government in Need of Reforms
Brussels, Berlin (21/3 – 42.86) Tajikistan, a small fragile country in Central Asia, has been facing a multitude of issues in recent years. With a population of just over 9…
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Ashgabat responds to the UN on human rights
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnInternal compliance with international commitments is under observation. Corruption and personal discrimination are also targeted. The attitude of the Turkmen government is evasive. Religious groups required to register. Turkmenistan has prepared the answers…
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EU corruption scandal ‘a socialist problem,’ conservatives’ boss claims
by Cody Doyleby Cody DoyleA party boss for Europe’s conservatives is blaming socialists for the EU’s worst corruption scandal in decades — an unusually blunt political attack that signals a potential tactic for Europe’s…
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Qatargate: Pier-Antonio Panzeri also defended Mukhtar Ablyazov
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerThe “Qatargate” scandal is only in its infancy. But it could go far beyond the case of the small Gulf emirate. L-POST.be was able to reveal, exclusively, that Pier-Antonio Panzeri, the former…
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Bayegan Group CEO is jostling to enter the Kurdish oil market
by Elis Carterby Elis CarterRüya Bayegan using prime minister Barzani’s right hand – Rania Majeed – to elbow her way back to KRG? Ankara, Erbil (4/1 – 45). Rüya Bayegan, the CEO of BGN…
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$7.5 Billion Money Launderer Receives US Government Loans
by Blake Brooksby Blake BrooksElvira Kudryashova – businesswoman, toy merchant, and professional money launderer – has had a harder life than most of us will ever know. She was forced to flee her native Kazakhstan…