Tag: corruption

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:40 UTC

  Argentina: Impeachment jury votes to sack successful anti-corruption prosecutor

  

  The anti-corruption prosecutor of the Argentine province of Entre Ríos who got former Governor Sergio Uribarri sentenced to 8 years in jail has been impeached out of office for failing to excuse herself from the case despite having very close ties with one of the defendants.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentina remains a witness of corruption even when culprits confess

  

  Argentina's judiciary system continues to be a mere witness to corruption practices even after those bribing local officials have admitted to their doings in foreign jurisdictions, it was reported Monday by a Buenos Aires newspaper.

• Friday, April 8th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentina's Ambassador to Israel sentenced to 8 years for corruption

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Israel and Cyprus Sergio Uribarri has resigned after being sentenced to 8 years in jail for “embezzlement and negotiations incompatible with public office.”

• Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

  Cristina Fernández indicted in case of alleged bribes

  

  A Federal Argentine Court rejected on Wednesday an appeal filed by the former president (2007-2015) and current vice president of the South American country, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, in relation to the so-called “case of the notebooks”.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 14:28 UTC

  Uruguay and Chile, the least corrupt “in a corrupt continent”

  

  Corruption in Latin America is one of the most notorious problems on the region's agenda after a decade of major judicial operations that exposed corruption schemes involving governments and companies alike. According to Transparency International (TI), corruption has been entrenched in Latin America for more than a decade with little progress and many setbacks in terms of democracy and human rights.

• Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 20:22 UTC

  Brazil: Moro is a “shameless liar”, Bolsonaro says

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has called his former Justice Minister Sergio Moro a “shameless liar”

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  CFK acquitted in corruption cases: Operations were legit, judges said

  

  Former Argentine President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her children will not be tried in the so-called Hotesur so-scandal case because there were no illegal actions involved, a federal court in Buenos Aires ruled Friday. Hence, all charges have been dismissed.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Several Swiss banks “reprimanded” for breaching laundering rules with Venezuelan clients

  

  Several Swiss banks have been reprimanded for breaching laundering rules involving people linked to Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, and have been ordered to terminate all business links with Venezuelan clients as well as with risky clients.

• Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Former Argentine official convicted for corruption paroled on bail

  

  Former Argentine Public Works Ministry official José López, who had been convicted for corruption after being caught on camera carrying bags of money into a convent outside Buenos Aires, has posted bail and was freed from jail.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 23:43 UTC

  Indigenous groups in Ecuador stage second day of protests

  

  Groups of native Ecuadorians Wednesday staged their second straight day of protests against the government of conservative President Guillermo Lasso barely six months into his term in office.