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24
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 24 August 2012

Brazil: Brazil ex-senator to repay $234 mn in stolen funds
Agence France-Presse

One of two senators in Brazil who were stripped of their positions for corruption will reimburse $234 million in public funds he embezzled in the late 1990s, authorities said Thursday.

23
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 23 August 2012

Global: SEC ruling will spotlight financial dealings of firms in Africa
Christian Science Monitor (TI mention)

The world is set to know a bit more about the billions of dollars that US-listed companies spend to scoop gold and gas and diamonds and oil out of the earth.

22
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 22 August 2012

China: China prepares new plan to fight graft that threatens its image
Bloomberg

China will impose a new five-year plan to tackle corruption, as the Communist Party seeks to crack down on an issue that risks tarnishing its legitimacy ahead of a leadership transition later this year.

21
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 21 August 2012

Colombia: Decorated Colombia general pleads guilty to corruption
The Wall Street Journal

A retired Colombian police general pleaded guilty to a U.S. court on charges he fed critical secret information to the country's murderous right-wing paramilitary warlords and drug dealers even while acting as former President Álvaro Uribe's security chief.

20
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 20 August 2012

Nigeria: Bribe scandal dashes hopes in Nigeria
Agence France-Presse

The details being reported seemed outlandish: A supposed graft-busting legislator stuffing bribe money under his hat because he had already filled his pockets, an oil baron recording the transaction.

17
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 17 August 2012

Global: Oracle settles SEC charges over secret India payments
Reuters

Oracle Corp agreed to pay a $2 million fine to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that an India subsidiary secretly set aside money used to make unauthorized payments to phony vendors in that country.

16
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 16 August 2012

Indonesia: Indonesia president says corruption threatens economic growth
Reuters

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Thursday corruption is on the rise, even in parliament, in his most explicit comments yet on a scourge that he warned threatened economic growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

15
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 15 August 2012

Global: Bank settles Iran money case
Wall Street Journal

Standard Chartered PLC agreed to pay $340 million to a New York regulator to settle allegations that the bank broke U.S. money-laundering laws in handling transactions for Iranian customers, after a weeklong, trans-Atlantic regulatory drama.

14
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 14 August 2012

Global: Emails tell of fears over EADS payments
Financial Times

Senior executives of pan-European defence group EADS were alerted five years ago about questionable payments made by one of its subsidiaries in Saudi Arabia to an account in the Cayman Islands that is now the subject of a criminal probe by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office.

13
Aug
2012

Daily Corruption News: 13 August 2012

Afghanistan: Key officials under Karzai are criticized
New York Times

The chief of Afghanistan’s antigraft commission has called for the country’s finance minister to step aside while he is being investigated in connection with corruption allegations, even as the minister appealed to his Western backers for support.

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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