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How labour hire villains make millions from Australia’s ‘’modern slavery’ market. – 1 November 2017
A parliamentary inquiry has heard that almost $1 million every month is being skimmed off illegal Malaysian migrant workers. It is believed the labour contractors are getting away with such blatant exploitation because authorities are not taking enough notice of the inquiry.
Record number of Australians tip off government on welfare cheats – 31 October 2017
The number of welfare tip offs across the nation are currently on the rise, increasing by over 10,000 from 2013-14 to a total of 109,798 tip offs in 2016-17. Human services minister Alan Trudge has said more efforts will be put into cracking down on welfare fraud.
Nigeria: anti-corruption war: Will Onnoghen’s reform change the narrative? – 31 October 2017
Justice Walter Onnoghen, Nigeria’s Chief Justice Officer has announced major reforms to the country’s criminal justice system, setting up the Corruption and Financial Crimes Cases Trial Monitoring Committee. The committee is aimed to ensure the speedy and efficient prosecution of cases.
UAE central bank probes Gupta money laundering – 31 October 2017
Leaked e-mails have revealed the prominent business family have been using Dubai shelf companies to facilitate acts of money laundering. The fraudulent behaviour is believed to have involved hundreds of millions of rand, belonging to South African taxpayers.
