Graft was costing Saudi govt $20bn a year: Crown PrinceThe anti-graft crackdown initiated in Saudi Arabia recently was "extremely necessary" because roughly $20 billion of state funds was "disappearing" every year, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said in a US televis More… |
Saudi Arabia seizes over $106bn in anti-graft driveSaudi Arabia has generated more than $106.7 billion in financial settlements with officials and businessmen detained in its recent crackdown on corruption, media reports said. Fifty-six of the 381 people called in for questioning More… |
Saudi billionnaire Alwaleed freed from detentionSaudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, was released from detention on Saturday, sources said, more than two months after he was taken into custody in the kingdom's anti-graft crackdown. More… |
Saudi recovers billions in anti-graft driveSaudi Arabia has recovered billions of dollars from businessmen and other citizens accused of graft in the anti-corruption campaign underway in the Kingdom, Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan was quoted as saying. Spea More… |
Saudi graft probe settlements may net $100bn: reportSaudi authorities will likely recover more than $100 billion in settlement agreements with corruption suspects in a probe that has implicated dozens of princes and billionaires, a senior government official was quoted as saying by More… |
Iran billionaire sentenced to death for graftA court in Iran has sentenced to death Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani and two accomplices for embezzlement, the judiciary said, in a case widely watched due to the billionaire's prominent role in helping the government evade oil sanctions More… |
Fat grafts enrichments safe for body shapingSoft tissue augmentation is the process of implanting tissues and/or materials to treat soft tissue defects in the body and is a procedure increasingly used worldwide for breast augmentation, both for aesthetic and post-mastectomy reasons, che More… |
Swiss helping Oman in oil graft probeThe office of Switzerland's attorney general is helping authorities in Oman investigate alleged corruption in the sultanate's national oil company and oil ministry, a Swiss law enforcement source familiar with the matter said. More… |
Egypt agriculture minister arrested over graftEgyptian authorities on Monday arrested the country's agriculture minister over corruption allegations, security sources said, just after his resignation was announced. The prime minister's office released a statement earl More… |
Algerian former oil executives on trial in graft scandalA group of top former Algerian state oil company officials including an ex-chief executive went on trial for corruption in a scandal involving foreign suppliers. The so-called "Sonatrach 1" case is ju More… |