Say No to Corruption: The Integrity Bulletin

Signature Campaign to Get Kejriwal Govt Minister Manish Sisodia Removed

Corruption has become so rampant in the Kejriwal government that a new law should be made to dissolve the Delhi Legislative Assembly and run the government with a newly constitutedadministrativecouncilofdomainexperts.

AsignaturecampaignwaslaunchedonSeptember6inDelhitogettaintedAamAadmiParty (AAP)politicianandDelhiGovernmentministerManishSisodiaremovedfromhisposition.

Sisodia is facing multiple corruptioncaseswhileIndiaʼstopinvestigatingagencytheCentral BureauofInvestigation(CBI)filedaformalcaseagainsthiminAugust2022.

Sisodia is allegedly involved in a liquor scam case and corruption of hundreds of crores of rupeesintheconstructionofclassroomsinDelhischools.

Since the Delhi chief minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal is not removing Sisodia from his government,theDelhiunitofBJPwithsupportfrompubliclaunchedthesignaturecampaign so that Sisodia could be removed. There is a likelihood that ifKejriwalremovesSisodia,he willrevealthenamesofotherAAPpoliticians includingKejriwal whomaybeinvolvedinthe allegedscandals.

AsignaturecampaignwaslaunchedonSeptember6,2022inDelhitogettaintedAamAadmiParty (AAP)politicianandDelhiGovernmentministerManishSisodiaremovedfromhisposition.Photo:BJP

ThatcouldalsobethereasonthatKejriwalhasnotremovedSatyendarJain,anotherminister intheKejriwalgovernment,whoisalreadyinjailforcommittingseriousfinancialcrimes.

AstheAAPdidnothaveanyargumenttodefendJain,ithasnofactstoprotectSisodiawho it isexpected willsoonbejailedandmeetthefateofhiscolleagueJain.ThenKejriwal whois acunningpolitician willabandonSisodia,ashehasabandonedJain.

ItisalsobelievedthatKejriwalissilentlybehindtheimprisonmentofJainandincrimination of Sisodia in the liquor scam case, because both Jain and Sisodia presumably tried to challengethesupremacyofKejriwalwhoactslikeadictatorinhisparty.

Aer the August 19 raids by the CBI at the residence of Manish Sisodia, he and his party colleaguesaretellingblatantliesorhalftruthswiththeaimtoprotecthimintheliquormafia collusioncase.

Sisodia who is a deputy CM under Kejriwal is facing serious allegations of corruption, criminalconspiracy,andfalsificationofgovernmentaccounts,whiletheCBIhasfiledanFIRin whichSisodiaʼsnameisatthetopofalistof15accusedinthiscase.

In July, Delhi Lt. Governor (LG) VinaiSaxena whoistheadministrativeheadofDelhi had asked the CBItoprobeSisodiaʼssurreptitiouslinkswiththeliquormafiathatledtomassive corruptioninthesaleofliquorshoplicencesinthecity.

AnAugust22articleinTheNewIndianExpressdetailsdifferentaspectsofthecasealongwith the names of the accused who allegedly colluded with Sisodia to run the criminal liquor networkinvolvedinanestimatedcorruptionofhundredsofcroresofrupees.

Now,insteadofansweringthemediaquestionsrelatedtoDelhiliquorscaminwhichSisodia is allegedly involved, the AAP members are unsuccessfully trying to divert the case to unrelatedissuessuchasDelhischooleducationthatSisodiahandlesandbaselessallegations onLGSaxena

WhiletheAAPisalreadyembroiledinmultiplecasesofcrimeandcorruption,Saxenahasalso ordered a probe into Delhiʼs classrooms construction projects He hassoughtareportfrom the Delhi Chief Secretary over the delay of more than 2 years in the Vigilance Department action advised by Indiaʼs top anti corruption organization Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).

It is alleged that there are gross financial irregularities in the construction of classrooms carried out by the AAP politicians and huge corruption has happened in the construction

projects.ButKejriwalandothersinhiscliquearetellingliesandevadingquestionsrelatedto theirfelonies.

Corruption has become so rampant in the Kejriwal government that a new law should be made to dissolve the Delhi Legislative Assembly and run the government with a newly constitutedadministrativecouncilofdomainexperts

Meanwhile, BJP claims that it has exposed the flow of corruption money that wasgoingto SisodiaintheliquorscamanddemandsCBIprobeintotherevelation

U.S. Accuses Paraguay VP Hugo Velazquez of Corruption

Corruptactssuchasthesecontributetodiminishedconfidenceinthegovernmentandpublic perceptionsofcorruptionandimpunity.

Paraguayʼs Vice President (VP) Hugo Velazquez Moreno hadearliersaidhewillresignasthe U.S.hasaccusedhimofcorruption.Butlaterheretractedhispledgeanddecidedtocontinue inhisposition.

TheU.S.hasdesignatedVelazquezandYacyretáBi NationalEntityLegalCounselJuanCarlos “Charly”Duarteforinvolvementinsignificantcorruption,includingbriberyofapublicofficial andinterferenceinpublicprocesses.

Duarte, a close personal and professional associate of Vice President Velazquez, offered a bribetoaParaguayanpublicofficialinordertoobstructaninvestigationthatthreatenedthe VicePresidentandhisfinancialinterests.

Corrupt acts such as these also contributetodiminishedconfidenceinthegovernmentand public perceptions of corruption and impunity within the office of the Paraguayan Vice President.

Additionally, Duarteʼs act of corruption abused and exploited his powerful and privileged public position within the YacyretáBi National Entity, risking public confidence in one of Paraguayʼsmostvitaleconomicassets.

According to a statement released onAugust12bytheUS DepartmentofState,thispublic designation is made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State,ForeignOperations, andRelatedProgramsAppropriationsAct,2022.

As part of this action, the Department is also designating Velazquezʼs immediate family members, including Lourdes Maria Andrea Samaniego Gonzalez, Dionicio Adalberto Velazquez Gimenez,SonyaRebecaVelazquezEscauriza,andHugoJoseVelazquezEscauriza;

U.S.SecretaryofStateAntonyBlinken.Photo:DepartmentofState

“These designations reaffirm the commitment of the United States to combat corruption, which harms the public interest, hampers countriesʼ economic prosperity, and curtails the abilityofgovernmentstorespondeffectivelytotheneedsoftheirpeople,”saidU.S.Secretary ofState,AntonyBlinken.

TheUnitedStatessaysitcontinuestostandwithallParaguayansinsupportofdemocracyand theruleoflawandwillcontinuetopromoteaccountabilityforthosewhoabusepublicpower forpersonalgain,regardlessoftheirpositionorpoliticalaffiliation

MostpeopleinIndiaknowthattheAamAadmiParty(AAP)ofDelhichiefminister(CM)Arvind Kejriwalisfacingmyriadcasesofcrimeandcorruption.OneofAAPministersSatyendarJain isalreadyinjailforamassivemoneylaunderingscandal.

and Duarteʼs immediate family members including Ninfa Concepcion, Vera Moreira and TamaraDuarteMartinez.

Another AAP minister Manish Sisodia is facing multiple corruption cases while Indiaʼs top investigating agency the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a formal case againsthiminAugust2022.

Sisodia is allegedly involved in a liquor scam case and corruptionofhundredsofcroresofrupeesintheconstruction ofclassroomsinDelhischools

Butinsteadofaddressingpublicqueriesabouttheirreported crimes, strangely the AAP politicians have been trying to unscrupulously divert the attentiontounrelatedissues.Now itappearsthatAAPisperhapstheonlypoliticaloutfitinIndia in which all the politicians are dishonest. (ScreenshotofAAP Wikipediapage.Courtesy:Wikipedia)

ItisalsobeingincreasinglyobservedthatKejriwalissplurging hugepublicmoneyonmediaadvertisementstogainfalsepublicityforhimselfandhisparty and also to cover up the criminal cases of his party colleagues. There is a possibility that Kejriwalisalsocomplicitinthesecrimeandcorruptioncases.

The Right to Information (RTI) replies by the DirectorateofInformationandPublicityreveal that the Delhi Governmentʼs spending on advertisements increased by a whopping 4,273% over10financialyearsendingwith2021 2022,particularlyunderKejriwalʼsgovernment.

AergettingadvertisementsfromKejriwal,mostcorruptmediaoutletsdonotquestionAAPʼs wrongdoings and the TV anchors particularly do not interject when AAP leaders divert the issuesortellflagrantliesinTVshowstoevadecrucialquestions.

WhiletheKejriwalgovernmentiscontrollingthetraditionalmediacompanieswiththepower of public money, it is being observed that there are attempts to suppress or remove informationrelatedtoAAPʼscorruptioncasesfromnew mediasitessuchasWikipedia,which isafreeonlineencyclopedia.

ManipulationofAAPWikipediaPages

Recently, as a Wikipedia editor, I tried to add information related to AAPʼs crime and corruptioncasesontheAAPWikipediapageandtheWikipediapagesofAAPpoliticianssuch asManishSisodia.IfollowedalltheWikipediaguidelinestoupdateAAPpages.Buttomyutter surprise, the information that I was adding onAAPWikipediawasgettingremovedbyother people.

Screenshotofthe“SuspectEditors”sectionthatIcreatedonaWikipediadiscussionforumonAugust 20,2022tocomplainthatmycontentonAAPpagesisrepeatedlybeingremovedbysuspectusers.

On August 20, 2022, I raised this issue at one of Wikipediaʼs discussion forums (screenshot given above) under the title “Suspect Editors” tocomplainthatmycontentonAAPpagesis repeatedly being removed by suspect users. Another Wikipedia editor restored the information because I was rightly updating the AAP pages with the partyʼs criminal cases. However,theinformationwasagainremoveddishonestly.

In the Wikipedia discussion forum, anotherWikipediaeditorconfirmedthattheinformation on Manish Sisodiaʼs page is being removed surreptitiously and that editor restored the contentthatIhadaddedaboutSisodiaʼsinvestigationsintheliquorscamcase.

ScreenshotoftheWikipediadiscussionforumwhereanotherWikipediaeditorconfirmedthatthe informationonManishSisodiaʼspageisbeingremovedsurreptitiously.

But the AAP sympathizer again removed the content about Sisodiaʼs investigations and changed it to just “Allegations” to dishonestly give a positive impression even for Sisodiaʼs

liquorscamcase.Obviously,IwasstunnedtofindthatAAPhasadeeppenetrationeveninto theglobalcyberspacetoconcealitscriminalcases.SinceWikipediaworkswithfree wheeling processes, it is difficult to find if AAP has hiredtheseroguemercenariestotamperwiththe truthfulinformationaboutAAPʼscrimes.

Screenshotofthe“Donotremovecontent”sectionthatIcreatedtoinformthatthetruthfulcontenton AAPWikipediapageshouldnotberemoved.

With the headline“Donotremovecontent”onAAPpage,IinformedotherWikipediaeditors onAugust18,2022thatAAPcontentunderthe“Funding”sectionisbeingremoved,although it is being taken from reliable independent media sources. I also said that another neutral editorhasrestoredthecontentthatIadded.

But the restless AAP supporter removed the “Funding” section where I had added content relatedtoAAPʼsdubiousfundingandamassivecampaigntohighlightmisuseofpartyfunds by Kejriwal. I asserted that with the removaloftruthfulcriticalinformation,theAAPpageis looking like a PR pamphlet But it appears that the AAP supporters are working round the clocktoremovecriticalcontentfromAAPpagesdishonestly.

I decided to ask the AAP about this information manipulation scandal on Wikipedia. On August23,2022,IsentthefollowingemailwithmyqueriestoKejriwal.

AAPWikipediaInformation

DearMr.ArvindKejriwal Leader,AamAadmiParty(AAP)

NewDelhi,India

Copy:WikipediafortakingimmediateactiontoprotectWikipediafrommiscreants

August23,2022

DearMr.ArvindKejriwal,

I am a journalist. As aWikipediaeditor,Ihaverepeatedlyobservedsomesuspiciousactivity on the Aam Aadmi Party page as well as other pages of Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Wikipedia Some Wikipedia editors are either removing the critical information taken from reliable media sources or changing it forcibly tomisleadthereadersandkeeponlypositive informationonAamAadmiPartypages.

Asaresult,theAamAadmiPartypageslooklikepublicitypamphletsonWikipediaanddefeat the very purpose of a free encyclopedia, which is supposed to provide truthful, unbiased informationtoreaders.

With this experience, I seek your response on the following questions as I am planning to writeaneditorialarticleontheissueofdeliberateinformationsuppressiononWikipedia.

1.HastheAamAadmiPartyoranyofitspartners,agencies,leaders,orsupportersdeployed hired workers, volunteers, or bots to tamper with, change, or remove critical information relatedtoAamAadmiPartyoritsleadersonWikipedia?

2. In particular, does the Aam Aadmi Party or its partners, agencies, etc. know or deploy peoplewhooperateonWikipediawithuseridentitiesVenkatTLandAditiGyanesh?

3. How does the Aam Aadmi Party operate or manage its own page and the pages of its leadersorcampaignsonWikipedia?

4.WhyisthecrucialandcurrentinformationrelatedtoAamAadmiPartyanditsleaderssuch asyou(ArvindKejriwal),ManishSisodia,SatyendraKumarJain,andothersbeingblockedon Wikipedia?

5.Youcanaddanyotherrelatedinformationfromyourside.

Please send me your email response to the questions given above on or before August 26, 2022

ThankYou RakeshRaman

[YoucanclickheretodownloadthepdfoftheemailIsenttoKejriwal.]

ButIdidnotgetanyresponsefromAAPorKejriwal.Therefore,Ihavepublishedthiseditorial report with the hope that the fraudulent manipulationofAamAadmiParty(AAP)Wikipedia pageswouldstopandpeoplewouldknowthetruthaboutAAPanditscriminalcases.

INTERPOL Campaign Exposes Use of Money Mules

Money mules are people recruited by criminals, oen unwittingly, totransferfundsontheir behalfandlaundertheirillicitprofits.

INTERPOLʼs Financial Crime and Anti Corruption Centre (IFCACC) has launched a global awareness campaign to highlight the massive use of money mules in facilitating the TheIntegrityBulletinonGlobalCorruptionNewsandViews

movement of criminal proceeds. Money mules are people recruited by criminals, oen unwittingly,totransferfundsontheirbehalfandlaundertheirillicitprofits.

In May, as a result of operational and analytical support provided to its membercountries, INTERPOL published a Purple Notice warning of the growing use of money mule ʻherdersʼ, who regularly seek blanket authorizations to use the personal accounts of victims as their own.

Thecampaignhashtag,#YourAccountYourCrime,clearlyremindsthegeneralpublicthatthey are responsible for keeping their accountssafeandthatthereareconsequencesformoving money on behalf ofathirdparty.Thetwo weekcampaign(10 26August2022)ranonsocial mediaandwassupportedby34countriesworldwide.

Thecampaignexplainedhowtostaysafe andoutofthecriminalcycle byexploring: howmoneymulingworks howtoavoidbecomingavictim therisksassociatedwithmoneymuling

Inmostcases,moneymulesarerecruitedaspartofwiderscamsinordertoescapetheaudit trail,addinglayersbymovingthemoneyfurtherandfurtherawayfromtheoriginalcrime.

Photo:INTERPOL

InAugust,thesuspectedringleaderofaninternationalromancescamnetworkwasreturned toJapanfromGhanatofaceprosecution.Heisallegedtohaveswindled400millionyen(USD 3 million) using fakefemaleprofilesonmatchmakingapps.AspartoftheIFCACCsupported investigation,policearrestedafurther15accomplices,manyofwhomweremoneymules.

Stephen Kavanagh, INTERPOLʼs ExecutiveDirectorofPoliceServices,said:“Criminalswillgo to great lengths to recruit money mules, because they play an essential role in distancing themselves from authoritiesandescapingdetection Moneymuleschemescanbedisguised asemployment,romanticrelationshipsorinvestments,orsimplyashelpingoutafriend.”

“Attheendoftheday,however,movingmoneyforsomeoneelse,especiallyacrossborders,is riskybusiness.Moneymules,whethercomplicitornot,helpperpetuatethecriminalcycleand couldfaceprosecution,”saidMr.Kavanagh.

This campaign was developed as part of INTERPOLʼs Project TORAID, which aims to strengthenglobalsafetyandsecuritybyenhancinglawenforcementcapabilitiestoaddressa widespectrumoffinancialcrimes.ItisfundedbytheGovernmentofJapan.

Badal Urges Punjab Governor to Investigate AAP Liquor Policy Scam

SAD claims thatAAPreceivedkickbacksfromtheliquorcartelinPunjabanddemandsafree andfairinvestigation.

The president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Sukhbir Singh Badal has urged the Punjab GovernorBanwarilalPurohittoholdaprobeintotheallegedRs.500 croreliquorpolicyscam committedbytheAamAadmiParty(AAP)Governmentinthestate.

Badal submitted a memorandum to the Governor on August 31 and urged him to order Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probes into the allegedscandal.

The AkalileaderallegesthatAAPisreplicatingits"tailormade"Delhiexcisepolicyforliquor salesinPunjabwhileithasalreadybeenfoundillegalandacasehasbeenregisteredagainst itinDelhibyCBI.

WhiletheAAPofDelhichiefminister(CM)ArvindKejriwalisalreadyfacingseriousallegations of corruption in its liquor policy in Delhi, similar reports of a liquor scam are coming from PunjabwhereAAPrunsthegovernmentheadedbyCMBhagwantMann.

Earlier,inapressconferenceheldonAugust25,BadalsaidthatSADwillalsofilecomplaints against the AAPʼs liquor scandal in Punjab to the CBI andtheEDwhichinvestigatesserious casesoffinancialcrimes.

BadalrevealedthedetailsofthemeetingsheldtoframethePunjabliquorpolicywhichison thelinesofDelhiliquorpolicyforwhichDelhideputyCMManishSisodiaisnamedintheCBI

FIR. Aer raiding Sisodiaʼs house on August 19, the CBI has filed an FIR in which Sisodiaʼs nameisatthetopofalistof15accusedintheliquorscamcase.

SADclaimsthatAAPreceivedkickbacksfromtheliquorcartelinPunjabanddemandsafree and fair investigation intotheinvolvementofAAPleadersincludingSisodia,RaghavChadha aswellasPunjabgovernmentofficialswhofacilitatedtheallegedscam.[Clickheretowatcha relatedvideo ]Badalsaidthattheliquorpolicyaswellasthepolicymakersarethesamein DelhiandPunjabwhileAAPleaderscolludedwithprivateplayersinquidproquodeals.

In India, all the government functionaries either ignore or keep tossing corruption complaintsfromonedesktoanotherwithouttakinganydecisiveremedialactiontoredress citizensʼgrievancesandpunishcorruptofficialswhocommitcrimeswithimpunity.

ThepresidentoftheShiromaniAkaliDal(SAD)SukhbirSinghBadalsubmittingamemorandumto PunjabGovernoronAugust31,2022forholdinganinvestigationintotheliquorpolicyscamofAam AadmiParty(AAP)GovernmentinPunjab.Photo:SAD

ShortStoriesofCorruptionintheWorld

SteveBannon,alongtimeallyofformerUSPresidentDonaldTrump,hasbeenindicted onsixcriminalchargesrelatedtoTrumpʼsefforttobuildawallalongtheUS Mexicoborder. In an indictment made public on September 8, Bannon was charged with two counts of moneylaundering,threecountsofconspiracyandonecountofschemingtodefraud.Read More

A new guide on “dekleptification” looks for new ways to assist countries seeking to dismantlegovernmentsandpoliticalsystemsdominatedbycorruptelites.Theguideoffers awindowintotheBidenadministrationʼsbroaderanti corruptioneffortsaroundtheworld, which have been an overlooked but quietly revolutionary tenetofitsforeignpolicy.Read More

A court in Kuala Lumpur has found RosmahMansor,thewifeofformerMalaysianPrime Minister Najib Razak, guilty of seeking and receiving bribesinexchangeforagovernment contract.TheverdictonSeptember1camejustaweekaerNajibbeganservinga12 year jailsentenceoveracaselinkedtothelootingofthe1MDBstatefund.ReadMore

Samsung heirLeeJae yong convictedofbriberyandembezzlementin2017 hasbeen granted a special presidential pardon. One of South Korea's most powerful white collar criminals, Lee was twice imprisoned for bribing a former president. South Korea's governmentjustifiedthemove,sayingthede factoleaderofthecountry'sbiggestcompany wasneededbackatthehelmtospearheadeconomicrecoverypostpandemic.ReadMore

A Chinese couple plotted to set up a mini state on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific, bribing MPs and officialsalongtheway,USprosecutorssay.Themanandwomantriedto persuadelawmakerstosetupa"Semi AutonomousRegion"(SAR)onaremoteatoll Sucha zonewouldhaveexpandedforeignaccesstothePacificnation,whichwasadministeredby theUSuntil1979.ReadMore

A court in military ruled Myanmar convicted the countryʼs ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,onmorecorruptionchargesonAugust15andsentencedhertoanadditionalsixyears inprison,alegalofficialsaid.Thetrialwasheldbehindcloseddoors,withnoaccessforthe media or the public, and her lawyers were forbidden by a gag order from revealing informationabouttheproceedings.ReadMore

PM Narendra Modi Urged to Stop Widehouse Corruption Scandal in Delhi

I sent the following letter to PM Modi with the appeal to stop the Widehouse Corruption ScandalinDelhi.

To September7,2022

Mr.NarendraModi

PrimeMinister(PM)ofIndia,NewDelhi

Subject:WidehouseCorruptionScandalinDelhi

DearMr.Modi,

This is to inform you and seek your immediate intervention to stop a genocidal crime includingcorruption,environmentaldamage,andlethalconstructioninDelhi.

CorruptActorsintheWidehouseCorruptionScandalofDelhi

The citywide racket termed as Widehouse Corruption Scandal is being run by local criminalswhooperateasmanagementcommittee(MC)membersofDelhiʼscooperativegroup housing societies in connivance with crooked politicians, corrupt bureaucrats, complicit policeofficials,dishonestmembersofjudiciary,andbuildersʼmafia

TheIntegrityBulletinonGlobalCorruptionNewsandViews

The dangerous construction under a criminal floor area ratio (FAR) scheme in occupied housingsocietieswherehundredsofthousandsofpeople(men,women,children,andsenior citizens)liveisspreadinglethaldustpollution,noisepollution,andairpollutionandcausing serious accidents and deaths. Despite numerous complaints from the residents during the pastcoupleofyears,theauthoritieshavenotstoppedconstructionandcorruption Iamalso avictimofthiscrime.

This criminal enterprise is being mainly led by corrupt officials of Delhi Development Authority(DDA),RegistrarCooperativeSocieties(RCS)ofDelhiGovernment,andDelhiPolice.I have given names of some of the accusedofficialsinmyreportonthefollowingpages.You arerequestedtogetthisentirecaseinvestigatedinatime boundmannersothatthecorrupt officialscouldbeprosecutedandimprisonedattheearliest.Meanwhile,pleaseordertostop thisconstructioninDelhiʼshousingsocietiesimmediately.

Thecompletedetails(includingexhibits,officialdocuments,photographs,videolinks)ofthe WidehouseCorruptionScandalaregivenintheattached44 pagedocumentforyourperusal andaction.

Request for an immediate response. [ This case has been filed at PM website under RegistrationNo.PMOPG/E/2022/0236052datedSeptember7,2022.]

ThankYou

RakeshRaman

Extortion Payments in Northern Triangle Over US$1 Billion Per Year: Study

ThisreportispartofalargerprojectbyGFIthatanalyzesfinancialcrimesinLatinAmericaand theCaribbean.

Proceeds from extortion in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador amount to more than US$1.1 billion annually according to a new study by Global Financial Integrity (GFI). The report, which examined data for individuals and businesses, also reveals that anestimated 330,000peopleintheNorthernTriangleregionofCentralAmericafallvictimtoextortioneach year.

ExtortionagainstindividualsisestimatedatUS$40million $57millionayearinGuatemala, US$190 million $245 million a year in El Salvador, and $30 million $50 million ayearin

Honduras. Data on extortion paid by businesses is not comparable across countries due to significantgapsindataavailability.

Thereport,titledExtortionintheNorthernTriangleofCentralAmerica: Following the Money, assesses the value of this activity and seeksto better understand how the proceeds of extortion are used and laundered. It also considers whether anti money laundering and counterterrorism financing (AML/CFT) strategies are being effectively utilizedtocombatextortion.

“Thehumanandsocietalcostsofextortionfarexceedthefinancialcost of these crimes,” according to Tom Cardamone, President & CEO of GFI. “Extortion causes significant harm to individuals, communities and businesses by damaging social networks, limitingeconomicgrowth,underminingfaithininstitutions,andcausingdisplacement.”

For this report, GFI conducted in depth interviews with subject matter experts from the private sector, including financial institutions, as well as from governments, international organizationsandcivilsocietygroups.GFIalsoreviewedpubliclyavailableinformationonlaw enforcementoperationsandlegalcasestoidentifytrendsandtypologies.Finally,itanalyzed a variety of data sources, including victimization surveys, to understand current trends in extortionandtoestimatethefinancialvalueofthisillicitactivity.

ThisreportispartofalargerprojectbyGFIthatanalyzesfinancialcrimesinLatinAmericaand theCaribbean.Theprojectʼsfirstreport,FinancialCrimeinLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean: Understanding Country Challenges and Designing Effective Technical Solutions covered financialcrimetrendsthroughoutthehemisphere.

Inparticular,itlookedatillicitproceedsfromcorruption,drugtrafficking,mineraltrafficking, trafficking in persons, and smuggling of migrants. While these are important sources of criminal proceeds for the Western Hemisphere as a whole, there are other emerging and sub regional dynamics that deserve closer attention. This is the case of extortion in Guatemala,ElSalvadorandHonduras.

GFI recognizes ongoing regional efforts to combat extortion and hopes this report will promote further discussion on prevention and next steps toaddresscrimesasaregion.GFI says it looks forward to continued collaboration with governments, civil society and the privatesectortoaddressthesechallengesinaconstructivemanner.

GlobalFinancialIntegrityisaWashington,D.C. basedthinktank,producinganalysesofillicit financialflows.

Media Reports on Corruption in India

The Karnataka HighCourtonSeptember7restoredaprivatecomplaintagainstformer Chief Minister and senior BJP leader, B S Yediyurappa and his family members, accusing themof'takingbribe'forawardinggovernmentcontracts.ASessionscourthaddismisseda plea seeking a probe into the allegations of corruption against Yediyurappa as the then Governorhadrefusedtosanctionit.ReadMore

MadhyaPradeshCongressChiefKamalNathonSeptember9saidhispartywouldraise the alleged scam in the state government's 'poshan aahar' scheme in thestateAssembly and will seek the resignation of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in itsreport(MPAccountantGeneral)hasoutlined howcorruptiontookplaceinthesupplementarynutritionscheme.ReadMore

DelhilieutenantgovernorVinaiKumarSaxenahasorderedanFIRagainstnineretiredand twoservingDelhiDevelopmentAuthority(DDA)officialsinanine yearoldcaseoffinancial misappropriation. The LG, who is the DDA chairman, has also ordered the permanent withdrawalofthenineretiredofficialsʼpensions.ReadMore

The Punjab vigilance bureau filed a charge sheet in the court against arrested Indian AdministrativeService(IAS)officerSanjayPopli,claimingthathetookundueadvantageof his position to influence and corrupt public servants. The charge sheet was filed under sections 7 (accepting of gra by a public servant) and 7 A (accepting gra by showingas expectingtobeinapublicoffice)ofthePreventionofCorruptionAct.ReadMore

The bail plea of former Punjab food&civilsuppliesministerBharatBhushanAshuwas dismissedbythecourtofAdditionalSessionsJudgeDrAjitAtri Aerhearingargumentson bail plea on September 6, the court had reserved orders for September 9. The Congress leader was arrested for his alleged involvement in a foodgrains transportation tender allotmentscamandhasbeenincustodysinceAugust22.ReadMore

TheCBIhasarrestedanassistantsub inspectorpostedintheanti narcoticswingofDelhi Police for allegedly receiving a Rs 7.89 lakh bribe from anaccusedunderprobe,acasein whichtheroleofanassistantcommissionerofpoliceisalsounderthescanner.Theagency has arrested ASI Dushyant Gautam forallegedlyacceptingthebribeontheinstructionsof ACPBrijpal,whoisalsopostedintheanti narcoticswing,officialssaid.ReadMore

Corruption Complaint Filed Against Delhi Police Ocer

District

AresidentthreatenedbyDPSCGHSMCatSector4,Dwarka,NewDelhi

Subject: Complaint against M Harsha Vardhan, DCP, Dwarka Districtforderelictionofduty, inaction, and complicity in crime with the appeal to suspend his services and initiate prosecutionproceedingsagainsthim.

CaseofCriminalCollusionwithCorruptDelhiDevelopmentAuthority(DDA)Officials

Request: Delhi Police must file a First Information Report (FIR) in the criminal case of DPS CGHS,PlotNo.16,Sector4,Dwarka,NewDelhi110078.StopconstructionatDPSCGHS.

DearAuthorities,

This istoinformyouandseekyourimmediateinterventiontotakeapunitiveactionagainst M.HarshaVardhan,DCP,DwarkaDistrict,ashehasfailedtoperformhisdutieshonestly.

OnSeptember2,2022,IcalledthepoliceasIcontinuetofaceanemergencysituationbecause ofacriminalconstructionactivityatmyhousingsociety(DPSCGHS)thatcanleadtoserious accidentsormydeath.[Detailsincludingphotographsaregivenintheattacheddocument.]

Please find attacheda25 pagecomplaintincludingexhibits,photographs,andhyperlinksto takeimmediateactionandinformmeaccordingly.

Note: This case has been filed at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India throughtheCPGRAMSportalwithRegistrationNo.:MINHA/E/2022/14207datedSeptember8, 2022.

ThankYou RakeshRaman

Combating Cash Smuggling in the Republic of North Macedonia

Topicsincludedawarenessoftheuseofbearernegotiableinstrumentsandconcealments.

The Action against Economic Crime in North Macedonia organized a three day training for fieenpublicofficialsʼrepresentativesfromtheCustomsOffice,MinistryofInterior,Financial Police,FinancialIntelligenceOffice,BasicProsecutorsOffice,aswellastheProsecutorsOffice forcombatingorganizedcrimeandcorruption.

Theobjectiveofthetrainingwastoenhancethecapacitiesandskillsofnationalauthoritiesto

counteract cash smuggling, as well as to develop their skills for monitoring andidentifying cross border transportation of cash and bearer negotiable instruments. Building upon a comprehensivepresentationoftheinternationalstandardsincludingFATFRecommendation 32 and Immediate Outcome 8, the participants engaged actively in the discussion and

practicallessonsfortheapplicationofmultiplemeasuresmitigatingtherisksassociatedwith cashcouriers.

Topics included awareness of the use of bearer negotiable instruments and concealments, sources of intelligence and the use of Advance Passenger Information andPassengerName Record (API/PNR) data forpassengerassessment,forensicintegrityandtherespectivechain of evidence for cash detection, tactical questioning andrecordingofinformation,aswellas interviewtechniques.

The practical examples and exercises provided by the Council of Europe experts with extensive firsthand experience in countering cash smuggling and associated money launderingrisksrelatedtocashcouriersbroughtsignificantaddedvaluefortheparticipating practitioners.ThisactivityisorganizedandfundedbytheEuropeanUnionandtheCouncilof Europe“HorizontalFacilityfortheWesternBalkansandTurkey”phaseII.

RampantCorruptioninIndia

All the anti corruption agencies of India suchastheLokpal,CentralVigilanceCommission(CVC), Lokayuktas,CentralBureauofInvestigation(CBI),EconomicOffencesWings(EOWs)ofPolice,state police departments, and also the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) as well as the Cabinet Secretariat are working hand in glove with the corrupt government functionaries.They hardly prosecute and punish corrupt bureaucrats and government politicians. That is why corruptionisincreasingrapidlyinallpartsofthecountry. RakeshRaman

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Delhi LG Urged to Probe AAP Claims of MLA Shopping by BJP

ItisbeingobservedthatDelhiCMKejriwalandhisjuniorSisodiahavegoneberserkastheAAP leadersarefacingmultiplecorruptioninvestigations.

All the seven MembersofParliament(MPs)oftheBharatiyaJanataParty(BJP)inDelhihave formallyurgedDelhiLt.Governor(LG)VinaiSaxenatoinvestigatetheAamAadmiParty(AAP) claimsofthepurchaseofAAPMembersofLegislativeAssembly(MLAs).

TheAAPhadallegedonAugust25that40ofitsDelhiMLAswereapproachedbytheBJPwith theaimtobuythemattherateofRs.20croreperpiecetooverthrowtheAAPgovernmentin Delhi. However, despite multiple attempts by the media and opposition parties, the AAP leaderscouldnevergiveanyevidenceoftheMLAacquisitionattemptbyBJP.

In a press conference held on August 31, BJP lawmakers refuted the AAP assertions and requested LG Saxena to order an inquiry into the allegations made by AAP leaders Arvind KejriwalandManishSisodiaagainstBJP.

ItisbeingobservedthatDelhiCMKejriwalandhisjuniorSisodiahavegoneberserkastheAAP leaders are facing multiple corruption investigations related to Delhi liquor scam and classroomconstructionscandalinthecity state.

VinaiKumarSaxenatookoathasthe22ndLt.Governor(LG)ofDelhiataceremonyheldattheRaj NiwasinDelhionMay26,2022.Photo:LGOffice(filephoto)

Since AAP politicians are not able to face the investigations truthfully, they are evading questions related to their alleged scandals and throwing unsubstantiated allegations on others.

The Delhi unit of BJP held a massive protest on August26infrontoftheDelhiAssemblyto demandtheresignationofDelhiGovernmentministerSisodiawhoisallegedlyinvolvedinthe hugeliquorscam.

Aer raidingSisodiaʼshouseonAugust19,theCentralBureauofInvestigation(CBI)hasfiled anFIRinwhichSisodiaʼsnameisatthetopofalistof15accusedinthiscase.

Corruption Investigations and Imprisonment

It is good that the Modi government and its anti-corruption agencies are aggressively investigating the corruption cases of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress, and other opposition political parties as well as politicians. But these steps will only check corruption on the opposite side of the political fence.

The Modi government should also ask the agencies to open and honestly investigate the corruption cases in which Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) colleagues are facing serious allegations.

These include the PM-CARES Fund case, Rafale corruption case, Sri Lanka energy project case involving Gautam Adani’s group, as Adani is a close capitalist friend of Modi, Sahara-Birla payoff case, and a number of other cases in which Modi’s party colleagues are allegedly involved.

More importantly, the corrupt politicians and bureaucrats must be arrested and jailed without delay because their presence in the public poses a serious threat to the citizens who want to live in a corruption-free environment. ~ Rakesh Raman

Sisodia who is an accomplice of Delhi chief minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal andmemberof Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of Kejriwal faces serious allegations of corruption, criminal conspiracy,andfalsificationofgovernmentaccountsintheliquorscamcase.

Earlier,theBJPprotestersholdingmarchesindifferentareasofthecityshoutedsloganssuch as“

!”OritisknownineverystreetthatManishSisodia isathief.

AnotheroppositionpartyCongressinDelhiisalmostsilentonSisodiaʼscaseandnotholding any street demonstrations to demand his removal from the government. Congress, which

mainly operates from Twitter, writes some random tweets to talk about the liquor scam in which Sisodia is facing serious allegations. But the old and obsolete party isnotprotesting aggressively

Crime, Corruption, and Impunity in India

Politicians, bureaucrats, police, and judges have formed a criminal gang in India. The following cases depict how they collude with criminals and commit crimes and corruption with impunity while the ordinary citizens are suffering. Click the following links for details.

Cabinet Secretariat Case Ministry of HomeAffairs (MHA) Case

Prime Minister Office (PMO) Case

Delhi Lokayukta Case

DoPTCase CBI Case

Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Case

Delhi Govt Case

Supreme Court Case

Delhi Petitions Committee / CVC Case

NHRC Case School Education Case

Environmental Crime Case Lokpal Removal Case

Judicial Corruption Case

RCS Corruption Case

AAPCorruption Case Widehouse Scandal

NHRC Case at UN HRC IAS Group Corruption Case

CPGRAMS Cases PGMS Cases

IAS Corruption Record UNCAC Petition

Delhi Police Case

About the Editor

The editor of The Integrity Bulletin news magazine Rakesh Raman is a national award winningjournalistandfounderofthehumanitarianorganizationRMNFoundation, whichisworkingindiverseareastohelpthedisadvantagedanddistressedpeopleinthe society. Nowadays, for the past 12 years, he has been running his own global news services on multiple news sites. He runs variousenvironmentprotection,educationawareness,and

anti corruption campaigns, and publishes digital magazines and research reports on different subjects.

Earlier, he had been associated with the United Nations (UN) through theUnitedNationsIndustrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a digital media expert to help businessesusetechnologyfor brandmarketingandbusinessdevelopment.

He has approached different Indian as well as international authorities and organizations through legal petitions and advisory representations with the appeals to stop corruption and get peopleʼs humanrightsandenvironmentalrightsprotectedwithdemocraticreforms.

Recently, he haslaunchedacomprehensiveresearchprojecttocompileanexclusiveresearchreport oncorruptioninIndia.Itsworkingtitleis“IndiaCorruptionResearchReport2022(ICRR2022)”.Hehas also launched a nationwide campaign to introduce social democracy in India in order to build an egalitarian societyinwhichallcitizenscouldenjoyequalrights,opportunities,freedoms,andaccess tojustice.

Rakeshhaslaunchedapubliccampaignwhichaimstogetthedirectionlessschooleducationsystem inIndiarevampedsothatstudentscouldacquirecontemporaryskillsthatcanhelpthemprogressin the modern information driven world. He has launched a new editorial section / microsite “Power Play:LokSabhaElection2024inIndia”tocovertheelectionnews,events,andpoliticalcampaigns.

In his anti corruption activities, he participated in a global petition led by Germany based international organization Transparency International to call for the UN General Assembly Special Session against Corruption, UNGASS2021,todirectallcountriestosetupcentral,publicregistersof beneficialownership.

Rakesh has also participated in the Varieties of Democracy (VDem) Project for 2022 as a Country Expert for India to provide expert research inputs on multiple topics pertaining to democracy and governance. The VDem Project is managed by VDem Institute undertheUniversityofGothenburg, Sweden.

Herunsacommunity drivenanti corruptionsocialservice“CleanHouse”tohelptheresidentsofDelhi raise their voice against the growing corruption and injustice in housing societieswheremillionsof people suffer because of rampant corruption and lawlessness. He has also formed anenvironment protection groupcalledGreenGroupinNewDelhi,whichisthemostpollutednationalcapitalinthe world.

AsRakeshhasbeenfacingconstantthreatsincludingdeaththreatsforhiseditorialandanti corruption work, the Paris based international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) that defends freedomofjournalistshasurgedtheIndiangovernmenttosavehimfromthreatsandpersecution. Youcanclickheretodownloadandreadhisfullprofile.

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