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Legislating for Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector: A Lesson from the Fishrot Scandal
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Legislating for Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector: A Lesson from the Fishrot Scandal

The Namibia fishrot scandal shook the nation to its core, exposing pervasive corruption within the country’s fishing industry and revealing deep-seated governance failures. This scandal, which led to the incarceration of high-ranking officials and prominent businessmen, underscored the urgent need for systemic reform and integrity rebuilding within Namibia’s governance structures. However, despite the glaring lessons...

Legislating for transparency in the newly born oil and gas sector: A lesson from the Fishrot Scandal
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Legislating for transparency in the newly born oil and gas sector: A lesson from the Fishrot Scandal

The Namibia Fishrot scandal shook the nation to its core, exposing pervasive corruption within the country’s fishing industry and revealing deep-seated governance failures. This scandal, which led to the incarceration of high-ranking officials and prominent businessmen, underscored the urgent need for systemic reform and integrity rebuilding within Namibia’s governance structures. However, despite the glaring lessons...

Call for fisheries law amendment amid fishrot scandal study launch
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Call for fisheries law amendment amid fishrot scandal study launch

The Walvis Bay Rural Constituency Councillor believes corruption in the fishing industry will continue if the Fisheries and Marine Resources Act is not amended. Tegako Donatus is adamant that the current fisheries law gave birth to the biggest corruption scandal in the country. Donatus made the remarks at the launch of a study on the...

Iceland’s lowest Corruption Perceptions Index attributed to inaction in fishrot scandal
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Iceland’s lowest Corruption Perceptions Index attributed to inaction in fishrot scandal

Transparency International Iceland has disclosed the Nordic country’s lowest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score, attributing the drop to inaction in the Fishrot scandal. In a stark revelation, Transparency International Iceland has announced that Iceland has recorded its lowest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score to date, losing six points over the last five years.  The prominent...

Sarah, Duchess of York’s infamous toe-sucking scandal could feature in raunchy ‘The Crown’ sequel
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Sarah, Duchess of York’s infamous toe-sucking scandal could feature in raunchy ‘The Crown’ sequel

Sarah, Duchess of York’s infamous toe-sucking antics could be featured in a raunchy sequel to ‘The Crown’. Netflix’s hit royal drama has recently been slammed for featuring the death of Princess Diana in its sixth and final season, but its producer Andy Harries, 69, has revealed a follow-up to the show could include much “tawdrier”...

Germany mulls border checks following fraudulent visa scandal
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Germany mulls border checks following fraudulent visa scandal

The German Government has hinted it may beef up border checks in response to a fraudulent visa scandal in neighbouring Poland.  Speaking to a political rally in Nuremberg, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was calling on Warsaw to clarify how many fraudulent visas had been distributed. Trent Murray has more. The post Germany mulls border checks following...