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Category: CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

Leaked audio between Ranjan and RW
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

Leaked audio between Ranjan and RW

A leaked audio clip purportedly between former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake and Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has surfaced on social media today.…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/01/202007/01/2020
Black money probe: Tax haven trusts come under scanner for Swiss bank accounts
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

Black money probe: Tax haven trusts come under scanner for Swiss bank accounts

The Cayman Islands-based trusts named in such notices include The P Devi Children’s Trust, The P Devi Trust, The Dinod…

byFaraz Shauketaly05/01/202005/01/2020
Sextortion: A new name, an age-old crime
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

Sextortion: A new name, an age-old crime

Madhavi, 23-year-old, first started working at the Ministry straight out of University. Her Manager was a kindly mentor who found…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/01/202004/01/2020
CHAMPIKA REMANDED, RAJITHA FIGHTS TO AVOID DETENTION, BOND SCAMMERS ENJOY YET ANOTHER XMAS ON THE OUTSIDE, WHILST SAJITH PREMADASA GETS STRONGER BY THE DAY…
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

CHAMPIKA REMANDED, RAJITHA FIGHTS TO AVOID DETENTION, BOND SCAMMERS ENJOY YET ANOTHER XMAS ON THE OUTSIDE, WHILST SAJITH PREMADASA GETS STRONGER BY THE DAY…

For former cabinet Ministers the greatest equaliser to ensure they feel like the people who voted them into position, has…

byFaraz Shauketaly20/12/201920/12/2019
Lanka Hospital, Do Not Mess with the Cancer Ward
CORRUPTION / EXPOSEMain Story

Lanka Hospital, Do Not Mess with the Cancer Ward

Going to hospital has become very routine to me. I see familiar faces at the 6th floor cancer ward. They…

byFaraz Shauketaly14/12/201914/12/2019
HOW ALLEGED BID TO KILL PREZ WAS REVEALED
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

HOW ALLEGED BID TO KILL PREZ WAS REVEALED

By Hemantha Perera and Vishvanath A plot to harm President Gotabaya Rajapaksa or someone close to him has recently been…

byFaraz Shauketaly14/12/201914/12/2019
Controversy over Hyundai agency now before court
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

Controversy over Hyundai agency now before court

The confusion that took center stage in the local vehicle market over the agency of popular Korean vehicle brand, Hyundai,…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/12/201909/12/2019
When money talks
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

When money talks

Those who contested the recently concluded presidential election have reportedly spent billions of rupees, according to polls monitors.  It is…

byFaraz Shauketaly02/12/201902/12/2019
It’s Time to Combat Sexual Bribery
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

It’s Time to Combat Sexual Bribery

By  Kshama Ranawana Sexual bribery must be defined as such, within the anti-corruption framework say rights activists.  They point out…

byFaraz Shauketaly02/12/201902/12/2019
Newest Instrument of Bond Scam Cover-Up Saga: The Forensic Audit
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

Newest Instrument of Bond Scam Cover-Up Saga: The Forensic Audit

In its series of recommendations from page 911 to page 922 of its report, the Presidential Commission of Inquiry that…

byFaraz Shauketaly02/12/201902/12/2019

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