Oct
2012
Daily Corruption News: 8 October 2012
China: 'Wall of shame' symbolises China's corruption woes
BBC
It is China's wall of shame - dozens of portraits of officials jailed for corruption in recent years.
China: 'Wall of shame' symbolises China's corruption woes
BBC
It is China's wall of shame - dozens of portraits of officials jailed for corruption in recent years.
Italy: Italy moves to rein in graft, local government finances
Reuters
Italy's cabinet approved emergency legislation on Thursday to rein in the spending of regions and provinces and avoid any repetition of recent financial scandals involving local government.
Global: Defence firms not open about anti-corruption measures
BBC (TI mention)
Two-thirds of the world's biggest defence companies do not provide enough evidence about how they fight corruption, a pressure group has said.
India: India campaigner set to launch anti-corruption party
BBC
A leading campaigner in India has announced the establishment of a political party to fight corruption.
Egypt: Egypt's last Mubarak-era prime minister faces trial on corruption charges
CNN
The last prime minister to serve under ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was referred to trial on corruption charges by an investigative judge, officials said.
China: China's Bo Xilai expelled and accused of corruption
BBC News
Top Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been expelled from the Communist Party and will face justice, state media say. Mr Bo, the ex-Communist Party leader in the city of Chongqing, is accused of abuse of power and corruption.
Slovenia: Slovenian opposition leader detained in corruption probe into building of sports complex
The Associated Press
Slovenia’s main opposition leader was among five people briefly detained Thursday in an alleged multimillion-dollar corruption investigation into the building of a sports complex, investigators said.
Japan: Olympus and ex-executives plead guilty in accounting fraud
Reuters
The Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus Corporation and three of its former executives pleaded guilty on Tuesday over charges related to a $1.7 billion accounting cover-up in one of Japan’s biggest corporate scandals.
Global: Tyco to pay $26.8 million in U.S. foreign bribery case
Reuters
Tyco International Ltd agreed to pay $26.8 million to resolve U.S. charges that it paid bribes to officials of foreign governments and misreported such payments, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Vietnam: Vietnam convicts 3 bloggers for criticizing government; sentences range from 4 to 12 years
The Associated Press
A Vietnamese court issued jail sentences ranging from four to 12 years on Monday to three bloggers who wrote about human rights abuses, corruption and foreign policy, intensifying a crackdown on citizens’ use of the Internet to criticize the government.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
