Africa: Europe Must 'Walk the Walk' On Corruption - Mo Ibrahim

4 February 2014

Europeans talk about prosecuting corruption but unlike the United States' officials, they do not follow through, Anglo-Sudanese billionaire and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim said in a speech on Monday.

"Why are European companies prosecuted in the U.S. but not in their home countries?" Ibrahim said. "Those guys in the U.S., they walk the walk when it comes to anti-corruption.

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