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07 Nov

French League Investigated Over Alleged Corruption

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The French financial prosecutor PNF has searched the offices of the French Football League (LFP) and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners following allegations of corruption. The allegations relate to a deal signed in 2022 that saw CVC pay 1.5bn euros (£1.25bn) for a 13% stake in LFP’s new subsidiary company related to TV rights. The contract was criticised in a recent report by the French Senate, which questioned who stands to benefit from the deal. Investigators are now looking into the conditions under which it was agreed, including into a 37m euros (£30.8m) bonus that was supposed to be…

31 May

Pique Under Investigation In Spain Corruption Case

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Former Barcelona and Manchester United defender Gerard Pique has been placed under official investigation by a court in Spain over his alleged involvement in a deal which saw the Spanish Super Cup moved to Saudi Arabia. Pique’s company Kosmos signed agreements with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) which would see it receive 40m euros (£34m) for brokering the deal, with the RFEF receiving 400m euros (£340m). Judge Delia Rodrigo said there were “possible illegalities with criminal implications” in the agreements. Ex-Spain international Pique, 37, has now been formally included among a group of people under official investigation over the alleged…

03 Apr

Luis Rubiales Arrested In Corruption Investigation

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Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), was arrested on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation. He was released soon after being detained on arrival in Madrid from the Dominican Republic. He is suspected of receiving illegal commissions when negotiating a lucrative deal to stage the Spanish Super Cup competition in Saudi Arabia. Prosecutors are seeking a two-and-a-half-year jail term. Mr Rubiales denies any wrongdoing. After stepping off the plane, he was taken into a black van with several members of the Civil Guard. He was released soon after. Spanish public broadcaster RTVE reports that…

24 Jan

There’s Corruption In Our Music Industry, Artistes Are Buying Online Streams – Reggie Rockstone

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Hiplife pioneer Reggie Rockstone has exposed what he claims is widespread corruption within the Ghanaian music industry, with some artistes allegedly resorting to purchasing online streams to inflate their popularity. Speaking on Cape Coast's Property FM, Reggie Rockstone expressed concern that many Ghanaian musicians are not authentically earning the staggering streaming numbers they boast but are resorting to streaming farms – (the practice of artificially boosting streaming numbers through various means). The Me Na Me Kae crooner didn't mince words as he called attention to the corruption infiltrating the music scene, hinting that it merits a thorough discussion. He asserted, "The huge number of…

16 Oct

OSP Unfreezes 5 Bank Accounts Of Cecelia Dapaah; Others Still Frozen

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The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has revoked the freezing order for five bank accounts of the former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah. However, other bank accounts and financial assets of Ms Dapaah are still under the freezing order. The OSP made this known in a press statement issued on Monday, October 16. “On 16 October 2023, the Special Prosecutor revoked the freezing order in respect of the eliminated five (5) bank accounts of Ms. Dapaah.” “The freezing order is still in force and effect in respect of the other bank accounts and financial assets of Ms Dapaah.” The Office…

06 Oct

“Fight Against Corruption Grounded On Legislative, Financial And Institutional Action, Not On Mere Lip-Service” – President Akufo-Addo

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“My government has fought and is fighting corruption not just in high-sounding words, but, actually, in concrete deeds. We have shunned mere exhortations and showy denunciations of unproved corruption. It has been a holistic approach. We have made institutional reforms, we have enacted additional, requisite laws, and we have resourced more adequately the accountability organs of state. Our fight against corruption has been grounded on legislative, financial and institutional action, and not on mere lip-service.” These were the words of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 11th September 2023, when he delivered an address at…

22 Sep

Corruption Bar In NDC Has Been Lifted Higher- Former NDC Man

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One of the reasons, Mr. Stephen Atubiga left the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to form his own political party was because- the corruption bar in the NDC has lifted higher. In a one-on-one interview with Oheneba Asiedu on Wontumi TV, Mr. Atubiga revealed that he knows the NDC very well and can state emphatically that there is “no future” with the party as they have no proper plan for the youth. He pinned the troubles of the NDC on the party’s National Chairman and General Secretary, Ofosu-Ampofo and Johnson Asiedu Nketia respectively. https://youtu.be/G1PEiZM4QqA “The current leaders in there want to be lifetime leaders. They want to die…

02 Sep

Mahama Is The Full Definition Of Corruption- Jennifer Queen

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A deputy Director of Communication for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jennifer Oforiwaa Queen, has labelled former President John Mahama as the “definition of corruption”. According to NPP communicator, Mr. Mahama is corrupt and his service to Ghana as a former Vice President, highlighted his insatiable quest to dabble in fraud. Speaking on Wontumi TV which was monitored by Wontumionline.com, Jennifer Queen mentioned that as a former Vice President, John Mahama led the government of Ghana to buy an airplane and strangely, the hangar, cost more the aircraft. https://youtu.be/9ajcy4rWb1Y “Mahama is a full definition of corruption. In his time, we had a Vice President…

02 Sep

NDC, Mahama, The King Kongs Of Corruption- Baffour Oteatuoso

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Attempts by some key members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to tag the administration of President Akufo-Addo corrupt, has been described as irrational by Nana Oteatuoso Kokobeng II. The political activist and traditional chief in an interview on Wontumi TV, addressed the NDC and their 2020 flagbearer Mr. John Dramani Mahama, as the “leader, King Kong and mafias of corruption”. https://youtu.be/MW0aHpkUhwM He continued that the NDC had grown wings to take on this current government because there has been delays in prosecuting former corrupt government officials who served under Mr. Mahama. “What is this government doing about the corrupt NDC officials? CID has finished their…

30 Aug

Corruption Has Infested You Like A Dog With Lice- Owusu Bempah Punches Mahama

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Former President John Mahama’s effrontery to speak and tag the Akufo-Addo led government as corrupt, has stunned Mr. Ernest Owusu Bempah. The Convener for the Fixing the Country Movement, stated on Wontumi TV that he is amazed because when it comes to talking about corruption, Mr. John Mahama “has it all over his body like a dog infested with lice”. He also described the 2020 Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as someone who has the penchant to smell corruption. “He is king of corruption”, he added as he crowned him and named Saglemi housing deal and the Airbus…