By Lisa Fitterman Until early this year, Jean Lafleur was a suave ad man on the lam, living it up in Belize. A Montreal businessman who had his own company and socialized with Canada’s top Liberal Party movers and shakers, he was renting a luxurious two-bedroom home set amid bougainvillea and hibiscus bushes near the…
China Up Close {Part Two of Three}Read part one. Read part three.Based on data from the Global Integrity Report: China The findings of the study that follow reflect the ratings given to China on 23 categories of good governance, government accountability and anti-corruption indicators. Those categories comprise more than 300 specific questions scored by our…
More tragic news from Kenya’s Rift Valley.
A blockbuster story from the New York Times by Jo Becker and Don Van Natta Jr. It’s lengthy, so I’ll hit the highlights here. A Canadian mining mogul, Frank Giustra, flies to Kazakhstan and meets with de facto president-for-life Nursultan A. Nazarbayev. Bill Clinton tags along. The three have dinner together, and shortly afterwards, everyone…
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an American government aid agency, has restricted aid flowing to the Philippines due to concerns about corruption. The MCC is setting aside a prior decision to promote the country from “Threshold” to “Compact” aid status, which would have secured significant funding for development projects. The decision appears largely based on…
China Up Close {Part One of Three}Read part two: The details.Read part three: Our conclusions.Based on data from the Global Integrity Report: China No foreign country holds more of its currency reserves in dollars and dollar-denominated financial instruments, such as U.S. Treasury bonds, than China. The country is the destination for massive and increasing investment…