In South Africa’s struggling anti-corruption landscape, leadership and operational independence are among the factors enabling the unit’s success. In a country where anti-corruption enforcement is floundering, outgunned or captured, one agency keeps delivering good results – the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). Entering its headquarters in Pretoria, it is easy to see how the SIU is…
Former leader accused of using a broker married to his personal secretary to secure government insurance policies. Argentina’s former President, Alberto Fernandez, has been ordered to stand trial for alleged corruption related to insurance policies taken out by the government for the public sector during his 2019-2023 term. Fernandez will be prosecuted for “negotiations incompatible with the exercise…
US President Donald Trump has called for Israel to “pardon” Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for alleged corruption, or drop the case altogether. He also claimed in a social media post that the US had saved Israel – alluding to its intervention in Israel’s war with Iran – and would now also “save” Netanyahu….
