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Civil and military corruption, side by side.

For every country we hold politicians, officials and generals to the same test: what did a court, regulator or official record actually establish?

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IndiaCivil & military

39/100Rank 91 of 182
Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 · higher is cleaner
Civil 1Military 1
Civil

Two decades of coal blocks handed out illegally

The Supreme Court ruled that coal blocks allocated since 1993 were given out illegally and cancelled 214 of 218 allocations. In 2017 a special CBI court convicted former coal secretary H.C. Gupta in one of the allocation cases.

Military

Former Air Chief arrested over VVIP helicopter deal

India scrapped its deal for 12 AgustaWestland helicopters in 2014 over bribery allegations. The CBI arrested former Air Chief S.P. Tyagi in 2016 and charged him in 2017. He was granted bail and denies wrongdoing.

Charged · trial pendingSource: Business Standard ↗

PakistanCivil & military

28/100Rank 136 of 182
Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 · higher is cleaner
Civil 1Military 1
Civil

Former PM sentenced in £190m Al-Qadir Trust case

An accountability court sentenced Imran Khan to 14 years and Bushra Bibi to 7 years over the handling of £190m returned by UK authorities and land given to the Al-Qadir Trust. Both deny the charges; their appeals are before the Islamabad High Court.

Convicted · under appealSource: Dawn ↗
Military

Ex-ISI chief gets 14 years from a court martial

A field general court martial sentenced Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed to 14 years on four charges, including misuse of authority and government resources and causing wrongful loss to persons. The government linked it to the Top City housing complaint. He has appealed.

Convicted · under appealSource: Dawn ↗

BangladeshCivil & military

24/100Rank 150 of 182
Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 · higher is cleaner
Civil 1Military 1
Civil

Ex-PM sentenced over Purbachal plot allocations

A Dhaka special court sentenced Sheikh Hasina to 21 years, seven in each of three cases, over the illegal allocation of government plots in the Purbachal New Town project. Her son and daughter were also sentenced. All were tried in absentia.

Convicted in absentiaSource: Dhaka Tribune ↗
Military

US names former army chief for significant corruption

The US State Department designated General (retd) Aziz Ahmed, saying he helped ensure improper awarding of military contracts and took bribes for government appointments. He denies the allegations. No Bangladeshi court has ruled on them.

Foreign designation · no court rulingSource: US State Department ↗
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India

2G spectrum

  1. 2010Auditor estimates a presumptive loss of ₹1.76 lakh crore
  2. 2012Supreme Court cancels 122 telecom licences
  3. 2017Special court acquits all accused
  4. 2024Delhi High Court admits CBI appeal
Source: Bar & Bench ↗
Pakistan

Panama Papers

  1. 2016Leak links PM Nawaz Sharif's family to London flats
  2. 2017Supreme Court disqualifies him from office
  3. 2018Accountability court convicts him (Avenfield)
  4. 2023Islamabad High Court acquits him
Source: Dawn ↗
Bangladesh

The $234bn white paper

  1. 2009–23Period reviewed by a government-appointed committee
  2. Dec 2024Committee estimates $234bn siphoned abroad
  3. ≈$16bnAverage illicit outflow per year
  4. NowAsset recovery efforts under way abroad
Source: The Daily Star ↗
WHY IT MATTERSHeadlines are allegations and verdicts change on appeal. We report what the record shows at each stage.
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  1. 1
    TrackSix lawful sources
    • PersonOfficials, officers and directors, in their public roles only.
    • Social mediaPublic posts and deleted pages from archives, saved with date and fingerprint.
    • Contacts & associatesRelatives, partners and co-directors named in records, never private address books.
    • Bank statementsOnly from court filings, regulators, published leaks or lawful submissions.
    • Public recordsCompany, land, procurement, court and gazette records in all three countries.
    • Other AI toolsText reading, Urdu, Hindi and Bengali translation, name matching, image checks.
  2. 2
    ProcessMake it readable and provable
    • Read scanned pages and translate them
    • Pull out names, dates, amounts and places
    • Merge duplicates and spelling variants
    • Fingerprint every file so changes show
    • Label each claim: fact, allegation or ruling
  3. 3
    Link & de-linkConnect cases, and cut false ties
    • Link people, companies, money and cases across borders, only when two sources agree
    • De-link when a source fails, a court acquits or a name match is wrong, and log it publicly
  4. 4
    Identify & publishA public file for everyone
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    Public role and institution
    Country
    India · Pakistan · Bangladesh
    Status
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    Sources
    Every document linked
    Response
    Published in full
    Changes
    Dated corrections log
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    • Named people get the findings and time to reply
    • Two reviewers sign off
    • The file is updated as cases move
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