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October

Former Army Reserve major-general and now anti-corruption commissioner Paul Brereton.

Corruption chief ‘engaged in misconduct’ on stopping robo-debt probe

Anti-corruption chief Paul Brereton should have excused himself completely from decisions involving a former military colleague and robo-debt chief Kathryn Campbell.

  • Tom Burton
Anwar Ibrahim: “I’m the prime minister, the father of the nation. When someone says that, what can I do?”

Malaysia PM says he welcomes Najib’s 1MDB apology

Anwar Ibrahim said while his stance on 1MDB was well known, it was not fair to single out one person for the goings-on in the sovereign wealth fund.

  • Anisah Shukry

Singapore demands luxury sellers do more after laundering fiasco

The city-state is seeking to turn the page on its biggest money laundering scandal and address concerns it is attracting illicit wealth.

  • Low De Wei and Joyce Koh

September

New York City mayor Eric Adams.

How a love of luxury may bring down New York’s mayor

Eric Adams was elected partly on the strength of his origin story, a narrative that shrouded questions of his character, judgment and associates.

  • Nicholas Fandos, Eliza Shapiro and Emma G. Fitzsimmons
Former ASIC deputy chairman Karen Chester in Melbourne on Thursday.

Anti-corruption commission clears former ASIC deputy Karen Chester

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has sought to protect against unfair reputation damage, clearing former ASIC deputy chairman Karen Chester of corrupt behaviour

  • Tom Burton
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June

Gail Furness at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Anti-corruption commission robo-debt call to be investigated

Gail Furness, SC, the independent inspector tasked with holding the NACC accountable, on Thursday said the decision came after nearly 900 individual complaints.

  • Ronald Mizen

Anti-corruption commission rules out robo-debt inquiry

Former Coalition government ministers and senior public servants have avoided another investigation into the illegal welfare payment recovery scheme.

  • Tom McIlroy

May

Trump’s ownership of nearly 60 per cent of the company has made the listing a symbol of the presumptive Republican nominee’s ability to capture the attention of individual traders.

Trump asked oil CEOs for $1.5b donations in exchange for favours

The former president demanded $US1 billion in donations to get re-elected and offered to overturn environmental rules and policies to help the oil industry.

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  • Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow
Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX, which collapsed in November 2022.

Most FTX customers to get all their money back after catastrophic collapse

The collapsed cryptocurrency exchange says it will be able to pay off most of its investors - but the soaring price of bitcoin means they still lose.

  • Michelle Chapman

April

ICAC said the findings were “not so serious as to merit criminal punishment”.

Downer EDI employees, council workers ‘seriously corrupt’, ICAC finds

Two former employees of Downer EDI were corrupt on transport projects and the company did not always comply with rules dealing with subcontractors, investigators found.

  • Jenny Wiggins
Donald Trump outside the court.

Judge tells Trump lawyer he is ‘losing all credibility’

Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on witnesses in his criminal case have been labelled a deliberate violation of the judge’s gag order.

  • Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan
Senator David Pocock says the government should work with the crossbench if the Coalition won’t cooperate.

Disclose lobbyist meetings and federal minister’s diaries: NSW ICAC

The policy intervention from the state corruption watchdog comes ahead of its appearance at a Senate Inquiry on Monday probing access to Parliament House by lobbyists.

  • Ronald Mizen
Trafigura’s CEO Jeremy Weir said: “These historical incidents do not reflect Trafigura’s values nor the conduct we expect from every employee.

Trafigura admits founder Dauphin approved bribes

Trafigura last week became the latest of the world’s largest commodity traders to admit to paying bribes to win business.

  • Jack Farchy

March

National Anti-Corruption Commission head Paul Brereton.

Corruption body first as bribe charges laid against airport worker

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has claimed a milestone with charges laid against a former Western Sydney Airport employee.

  • Michael Pelly
Advertising banners for Steinhoff International Holdings NV lay on the ground following their removal from the grounds of the University of Stellenbosch rugby field in Stellenbosch, South Africa on Friday, Jan. 26, 2017. Markus Jooste, former CEO of Steinhoff International Holdings NV, is at the center of the accounting scandal that?s wiped some $14 billion off the retailer?s market value and roiled the wealthy enclave of Stellenbosch, where many prominent business leaders live, work and play. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste dies in South Africa

A police statement, which did not identify the former executive by name, said the cause of death was a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

  • Janice Kew
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Gautam Adani.

US probes Gautam Adani and group over potential bribery

Investigators are digging into whether an Adani entity, or people linked to the company, paid officials in India for favourable treatment on an energy project.

  • Tom Schoenberg and Ava Benny-Morrison

February

Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian’s relationship with former MP Daryl Maguire was put under the microscope in court on Tuesday

Maguire a ‘special kind of pest’ who had a hold over Berejiklian

The former premier’s secret relationship with the disgraced regional MP dominated proceedings in the second day of her attempt to appeal corruption findings.

  • Samantha Hutchinson
Corruption is an increasingly entrenched problem in Britain.

‘Arrogance and chumocracy’: Britain is becoming a corrupt state

In one generation, Britain has lost its status as one of the most trusted jurisdictions in the world.

  • Will Dunn

January

Worley CEO Chris Ashton has until February 7 to respond to corruption allegations

Worley devoting ‘extensive resources’ to corruption allegations

Worley has until February 7 to respond to a US court claim filed by Ecuador that alleges it paid “improper benefits” to state-owned companies.

  • Jenny Wiggins
Former transport minister S. Iswaran leaves the Singapore State Courts on Thursday.

‘Kinky Boots’ and soccer: Singapore’s growing graft scandal

The transport minister, who was arrested in July, resigned over the corruption scandal that has challenged Singapore’s reputation for clean governance.

  • Low De Wei, Faris Mokhtar and Philip Heijmans

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