by Our Political Affairs Editor Among Sri Lanka’s self-proclaimed “intellectuals,” few figures have stirred as much intrigue and scepticism as Dr Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala, a prominent member of the National Executive Committee
Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has accused two tax officers of accepting bribes from listed pulp producer Toba Pulp Lestari in connection with alleged under-invoicing that prosecutors estimate caused state losses of
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Poland has appealed a Belgian court ruling requiring it to accept and pay for millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses rejected under a European Union procurement agreement negotiated during the pandemic. The legal
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Colombian prosecutors are investigating allegations that executives linked to a Chinese state-owned contractor demanded cash payments from a local subcontractor in exchange for approving invoices on Bogotá’s metro project, South America’s largest
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The European Commission has imposed a €550 million fine on Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress after concluding that the company failed to adequately control the sale of illegal products on its online marketplace.
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Uruguayan journalist and football commentator Víctor Hugo Morales has intensified his criticism of FIFA, accusing world football’s governing body of sacrificing its principles in pursuit of billions of dollars in revenue. Speaking
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Allegations of misconduct involving KPMG’s Australian operations have escalated into a widening scandal that now threatens key government and corporate contracts, following claims of mishandled whistleblower reports and improper use of confidential
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions have escalated a sweeping investigation into alleged high-level corruption involving senior figures within President Volodymyr Zelensky’s political circle, with a court ordering pre-trial detention for former presidential office head
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Former Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno appeared before Ecuador’s National Court of Justice in Quito on May 11 to face trial over alleged bribery and corruption linked to the construction of the Coca
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Administrators managing the insolvency of Market Financial Solutions have launched explosive legal action against the company’s owner, Paresh Raja, accusing him of orchestrating the “systematic plundering” of the collapsed mortgage lender. According
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Serious allegations have emerged in Sri Lanka against Hatton National Bank (HNB), a prominent private sector bank, with multiple customers claiming that the institution has been quietly
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