Global: Ex-FIFA President Havelange, Teixeira named in bribery documents
Bloomberg
Ex-FIFA President Joao Havelange and Ricardo Teixeira, a former executive board member of soccer’s governing body, received millions of dollars from the collapsed ISL marketing agency, court documents revealed.
UK: Two British journalists held in corruption probe
Reuters
Two British tabloid journalists were arrested on Wednesday in a probe into illegal payments to public officials, the first confirmed cases of such alleged corruption at titles unconnected to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
Global: Watchdog tells "opaque" finance sector to open up
Reuters (TI mention)
Big banks and insurers, which played a central role in the global financial crisis, need to be more open about their operations, a Berlin-based corruption watchdog said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: $16 billion in civilian aid pledged to Afghanistan, with conditions
An international donor’s conference on Sunday pledged $16 billion for the economic development of Afghanistan in the next four years, but for the first time made it a condition that the Afghan government reduce corruption before receiving all of the money.
Global: Billions down the Afghan hole
The New York Times (TI mention)
The major donors and Afghan government officials meeting in Tokyo on Sunday to discuss future aid to Afghanistan have to face up to a bitter truth: As much as $1 billion of the $8 billion donated in the past eight years has been lost to corruption. All governments in Tokyo must show that business as usual cannot continue. An agreement worth $4 billion is at stake.
UK: Libor probe, SIPC suit, bank resolution plans: compliance
Bloomberg
Barclays Plc (BCS) saved itself 25.5 million pounds ($40 million) in fines by moving first to settle a probe over the rigging of global interest rates. In return, it has lost three top executives, $5 billion of market value and sparked a government inquiry.
Global: Anti-fraud chief says EU states hold back tip-offs
Reuters
The European Union's anti-fraud body recovered a record 691 million euros ($870 million) last year, it said on Tuesday, but expressed concern that public bodies were getting more reluctant to tip it off for fear of damaging national reputations.
Global: Glaxo agrees to pay $3 billion in fraud settlement
The New York Times
In the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company, the British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $3 billion in fines for promoting its best-selling antidepressants for unapproved uses and failing to report safety data about a top diabetes drug, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
UK: Barclays chairman quits over rate-fixing scandal
Reuters
Barclays Plc sacrificed its chairman Marcus Agius over an interest rate rigging scandal that has dealt "a devastating blow" to the bank's reputation, apparently seeking to defuse calls for chief executive Bob Diamond to go.
Vatican City: Vatican bank, known for secrecy, opens its doors in effort towards transparency
Associated Press
The Vatican bank, one of the more secretive institutions of the secrecy-obsessed Vatican, opened itself up to a little external scrutiny Thursday in a bid to show it's serious about fighting money-laundering and being more financially transparent.
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
