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The Corruption Eradication Commission (Indonesian: Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi), abbreviated as KPK, is an Indonesian government agency established to prevent and fight corruption in the country. [2] The KPK was created in 2003 during the Megawati presidency due to high corruption in the Post-Suharto era.
General Office Director: Cai Qi Office of the General Secretary Chief: Cai Qi Central Guard Bureau. Central Guard Unit; Office of the Central Secrecy Commission; Organization Department
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (Korean: 고위공직자범죄수사처; Hanja: 高位公職者犯罪搜査處; RR: Gowigongjikja beomjoesusacheo), or CIO in short, is an independent agency of the South Korean government responsible for prosecuting crimes and investigating allegations involving "high-ranking officials" or their direct family members.
[270] [271] Goodman's actions were captured in video footage taken by HuffPost reporter Igor Bobic. [272] Bobic's footage of Goodman went viral on the internet, receiving more than 10 million views. [273] [274] A second video of Goodman's confrontation with the crowd was published by ProPublica on January 15. [274]
The Bali Nine were a group of nine Australians convicted for attempting to smuggle 8.3 kg (18 lb) of heroin out of Indonesia in April 2005. The heroin was valued at around A$ 4 million and was bound for Australia. [3]
On 24 February, Putin in a televised address announced a "special military operation" [271] (SMO) in Ukraine, [272] [273] launching a full-scale invasion of the country. [274] Citing a purpose of " denazification ", he claimed to be doing this to protect people in the predominantly Russian-speaking region of Donbas who, according to Putin ...
Enron logo. The Enron scandal was an accounting scandal sparked by American energy company Enron Corporation filing for bankruptcy after news of widespread internal fraud became public in October 2001, leading to its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, then one of the five largest in the world, dissolving.
BRICS Tower headquarters in Shanghai. The term BRIC was originally developed in the context of foreign investment strategies. It was introduced in the 2001 publication, Building Better Global Economic BRICs by Jim O'Neill, then head of global economics research at Goldman Sachs and later Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management.