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19
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 19 April 2013

Paraguay: Paraguay presidential race sinks to new low amid corruption scandal
The Guardian

Fraud allegations circling frontrunners Horacio Cartes and Efrain Alegre do little to improve Paraguay's tarnished reputation.

18
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 18 April 2013

Global: World Bank locks out SNC-Lavalin over Bangladesh bribery scandal
Globe and Mail

The World Bank has slapped SNC-Lavalin Inc. with a record-setting sanction, barring the engineering firm and 100 of its subsidiaries from bidding on any of the bank’s development projects for the next decade, after SNC admitted that it conspired to bribe several Bangladeshi public officials in an effort to secure a $50-million bridge contract.

17
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 17 April 2013

Nigeria: Nigeria’s uphill battle to spread the country’s wealth
CNN

Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, is full of promise. But fulfilling that promise is often a struggle. Plagued by corruption and mismanagement, the resource-rich country has a poverty rate of over 50%.

16
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 16 April 2013

Senegal: Senegal ex-President’s son held as graft probe deadline passes
Bloomberg

Karim Wade, the son of former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade, is being detained by police as charges against him relating to a probe into illegal enrichment are being considered, the Justice Ministry said.

15
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 15 April 2013

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone graft charges imperil care and aid
The New York Times

The health statistics in this battered land, still scarred from a decade of civil war, are so alarming that for a decade, donors have opened their wallets to help improve some of the world’s worst rates of maternal and infant mortality.

12
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 12 April 2013

Germany: Former German President Wulff charged with corruption
BBC

Former German President Christian Wulff has been charged with corruption in a scandal which prompted his resignation last year.

11
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 11 April 2013

India: India policemen suspended for 'taking bribes' in Mumbai
BBC

Thirty-six policemen in the Indian city of Mumbai have been suspended after they were allegedly filmed taking bribes, officials say.

10
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 10 April 2013

Global: European Union reaches deal on tough oil, gas anti-corruption law
Reuters (TI mention)

European Union negotiators on Tuesday reached a deal on a law that will make oil, gas, mining and logging firms declare payments to governments, as part of efforts to end poverty in resource-rich nations by ensuring the wealth is shared out.

9
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 9 April 2013

France: French ministers to declare assets publicly after Cahuzac scandal
RFI

France's Socialist government has ordered ministers to declare their assets publicly by 15 April, in a bid for greater transparency, amid a major scandal which erupted last week, when former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac admitted having a secret bank account abroad.

8
Apr
2013

Daily Corruption News: 8 April 2013

India: Mumbai building collapse: Indian police arrest nine
BBC

Indian police have arrested nine people they suspect of colluding to illegally construct a high-rise residential building in Mumbai which collapsed, killing 74 people.

8
May
2012

Invisible hand, greased palm

Walmart allegedly covers up millions of dollars in bribes paid to local government officials in Mexico. A former Morgan Stanley executive is convicted of funnelling money to a Chinese official in ...

The New Yorker

20
Apr
2012

DAP to gather its MPs to sign integrity pledge

The DAP will gather all its MPs to sign the election integrity pledge launched by anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) to demonstrate its commitment to integrity and ...

Malaysiakini

18
Apr
2012

TIS objects to political selection of heads of watchdog authorities

The new heads of watchdog authorities such as the Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) and the Public Procurement Office (ÚVO) ought to be picked via open selection procedures rather than via political ...

The Slovak Spectator

11
Apr
2012

Transparency International calls for tougher enforcement of KYC rules

Transparency International has urged finance ministers attending this month's International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington to rigorously enforce know your customer (KYC) rules at ...

TrustLaw

10
Apr
2012

‘Fund use must be transparent’

Transparency and accountability in spending climate funds would help the country attract foreign funds in future to combat climate change, said Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman of the all-party ...

The Daily Star

4
Apr
2012

Parliamentary parties sign declaration on principles of campaign and party financing

All six parties in Hungary’s parliament agreed on the main principles of political party and campaign financing and signed a declaration on Wednesday.

The agreement was made during talks ...

Politics.Hu

19
Mar
2012

Transparency International launches regional news website

BeyondTbilisi.ge, a new website launched by Transparency International Georgia (TI), launched on March 16. The site aggregates news in a space that aims to popularize media outlets in Georgia's ...

The Messenger Online

18
Mar
2012

People of Odisha to get free legal advice and information in their fight against corruption

In its efforts to introduce various internationally designed and implemented tools of good governance, Transparency International India today launched ALAC Helpline at Indian Medical Association ...

OdissaDiary

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