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Alexei Navalny and supporters outside the Moscow Election Commission in June 2013 to file his papers to run for mayor (photo courtesy of Navalny’s blog)Aleksei Navalny, the Russian anti-corruption blogger whose popularity propelled him into the role of opposition leader, was convicted Thursday of embezzlement from a state-owned timber company and sentenced to five years in prison.… Continue Reading
As the GlaxoSmithKline bribery investigation widens, it will soon engulf hundreds of third parties across China, accused of being conduits for bribe paying.
We decided to retrieve the basic Administration of Industry and Commerce (AIC) filings for a quick due diligence on one of the travel agents named — Shanghai Linjiang International Travel Agency.… Continue Reading
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (photo courtesy of http://www.governor.virginia.gov(As I discussed in Parts I and II of this series, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli are embroiled in significant ethics scandals that involve Star Scientific and Jonnie R.… Continue Reading
Country: Russia
Company Involved: GRINN Corporation
Industry: Financials
Industry Subsector: Real Estate Holding & Development
Official Involved: Vyacheslav Dudka, Former Tula Region Governor; Viktor Volkov, Former Director of the Regional Department for Property and Land Relations
Enforcement Action: Charge
Summary: Former Tula region governor Vyacheslav Dudka and former regional land and property department chief Viktor Volkov were charged with accepting 40 million rubles ($1.2 million) from GRINN corporation in exchange of passing a 2.5-hectare land plot to the GRINN corporation for the construction of a supermarket.… Continue Reading
