In response to Malaysia filing criminal charges against employees at Goldman Sachs, Naomi Hirst, Senior Anti-Corruption Campaigner at Global Witness, said:
“Billion dollar frauds don’t just happen – accountants, lawyers, and bankers are required to be complicit, negligent, or ignorant every step of the way. Today’s charges are a welcome signal that the professional enablers of corruption will be held accountable.”
/ ENDS
Contacts
-
Naomi Hirst
Senior Campaigner, Digital Threats
You might also like
-
Blog post The 1MDB scandal should be addressed by an international criminal tribunal - an important first in the fight against grand corruption
Could an international anti-corruption court tackle cases of grand corruption? Nick Donovan argues that the 1MDB scandal is the ideal test case.
-
Extended Report The Real Wolves of Wall Street
The banks, lawyers and auditors at the heart of Malaysia’s biggest corruption scandal.
-
Blog post Four ways Global Witness said no to secrecy in 2018
In 2018, here at Global Witness we said a resounding no to secret companies, secret deals that drive environmental destruction and secret profits from mining that fund conflict