Open Contracting Partnership
JUNE 26, 2024
By Torplus Yomnak, Co-Founder of HAND Social Enterprise and the Director of the Knowledge Hub for Regional Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Collaboration (KRAC) In May 2021, amid the pandemic lockdowns, a villager in Thailand took a stroll on the outskirts of their town, making an unexpected discovery that would stir the local community.
Open Contracting Partnership
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. The team continues to add new variables.
Federal News Network
MAY 16, 2024
That’s what the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force tries to discover and prosecute. The term collusion strike force, which is a mouthful. They are able to spot the indicators, the red flags of these collusive schemes and report them. Collusion and so forth. Dan Glad Sure.
Kluwer Arbitration
MARCH 20, 2024
Allegations of corruption can be made even in the absence of criminal offences. Gabriele Ruscalla cited the example of an arbitral tribunal that was found guilty of corruption for changing the seat of the arbitration. Corruption of arbitrators can take various forms, ranging from bias and conflicts of interest (e.g.
Kluwer Arbitration
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190 Hydro-Québec, 2014 QCCA 948.
Kluwer Arbitration
JANUARY 7, 2024
2023) , the Supreme Court recognized that plaintiffs may bring a civil suit under the expansive Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for judgment-creditors’ illicit conduct and collusion (“racketeering” under the statute) to avoid payment of an arbitral award which has been recognized and enforced as a U.S.
How to Crack a Nut
MARCH 28, 2023
The 2020 data strategy stressed that Public procurement data are essential to improve transparency and accountability of public spending, fighting corruption and improving spending quality. However, unlocking most of these functionalities is not dependent on the PPDS, but rather on the existence of procurement data at the ‘right’ level.
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