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“It’s terrible what's happening, especially for the game’s [football] image. I could understand if it had happened in Africa, but not in Italy.”
Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA
International Herald Tribune (global), 22 May 2006
“The data shows that increasing press freedom lowers corruption, and in turn, lowering corruption [can] increase per capita income three-fold….It is extremely important to approach this critical issue from a hard-nosed evidence basis – and that link is what the data clearly demonstrates.”
Daniel Kaufmann, Director of Global Programmes and Governance, World Bank Institute
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (Asia Pacific region), 1 May 2006
Overall, prosecutors allege [former Philippines president] Estrada amassed about 4 billion pesos (US $77 million) from illegal gambling payoffs, tax kickbacks and commissions stashed in secret bank accounts under an alias…Estrada told the court he donated his salaries as town mayor and later as senator, vice president and president to three foundations that helped fund scholarships for poor students.
Khaleej Times (Philippines), 19 April 2006
Maria da Penha Limo, a former Brazilian Health Ministry employee, made accusations that a third of the lower house of Congress received bribes to make amendments to the country's national budget. Her lawyer said she told investigators that members of Congress received 10 to 15 percent of the amount they released through budget amendments, in a scheme understood to have involved at least R$110 million (US $53.5 million).
Financial Times (UK), 11 May 2006
"Corruption is as deadly as the HIV/Aids virus. It's a cancer, whether it is the 12 official signatures needed on a license, the policeman taking bribes at the border or the tractor that is paid for but not delivered."
Bono
The Guardian (UK), 23 May 2006