Anti–corruption advocate James Cohen says Canada’s reputation has for years been “hammered” over its weak record of prosecuting financial crimes. But now the executive director of Transparency International Canada is hopeful there’s political will to tackle the problem, and that the establishment of the Canada Financial Crime Agency will finally start “scaring the bad guys.”…

Du Zhaocai, former Party secretary of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and a former member of the FIFA Council, is under investigation for alleged serious violations of Party discipline and the law, China’s anti-graft body announced on April 1. Du was also the deputy head of the General Administration of Sport of China. Since the…

CARACAS—An expanding anti-corruption probe in Venezuela has led to the detention of 10 officials and 11 businessmen, the country’s attorney general said on Saturday, adding that arrest warrants for 11 more people have been issued. The investigation, which began in October, is focused on state oil company PDVSA, a government entity supervising crypto currency operations,…

With China’s Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping now in his third term, his anti-graft probes are continuing—with millions of cases investigated since he took power in 2012. Recently, Beijing’s anti-corruption organs announced the investigation of multiple top officials from state-owned enterprises in finance as well as industries such as nuclear, petrochemicals, shipbuilding, and property development. Between March…

LOS ANGELES—The film “Navalny” about the poisoning that nearly killed Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, and his detention upon his 2021 return to Moscow, won the Oscar for best feature documentary on Sunday. Joining director Daniel Roher on stage, Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalnaya said: “My husband is in prison just for telling the…

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says she raised Canada’s concerns about corruption during her meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has recently shaken up his government amid corruption allegations. Joly said she raised the issue several times during her visit to Ukraine over the past two days, including during meetings with Zelenskyy and other…

Australia’s global integrity ranking has risen after the Albanese government passed laws to set up a national anti-corruption watchdog. The annual Corruption Perceptions Index released by Transparency International has registered a two-point increase for Australia to 75. The score put Australia in 13th place and ended 10 years of “democratic backsliding”, the independent association said on…

A Chinese businessman died suspiciously on Sept. 21, shortly after releasing a detailed report about police corruption. Cai Yunfeng, a 53-year-old businessman in the hotel industry in China’s northwest Gansu province, died Sept. 21, within three days of releasing 30 pages of material exposing dozens of corrupt local officials. While there have been many publicized…

A Chinese businessman died suspiciously on Sept. 21, shortly after releasing a detailed report about police corruption. Cai Yunfeng, a 53-year-old businessman in the hotel industry in China’s northwest Gansu province, died on Sept. 21, within three days of releasing 30 pages of material exposing dozens of corrupt local officials. While there have been many…

Commentary Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign targeting the real estate and banking sectors could be compensation for his failure to make good on campaign promises. Nearly 5 million people—including Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, entrepreneurs, and ordinary citizens—have been caught in Xi’s anti-corruption probes. Xi rose to power through his anti-corruption campaign, which began in 2012….