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28
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 28 June 2012

Global: Big banks targeted as rate-fixing probe widens
MSNBC

An international probe into alleged interest rate fixing that led to $453 million in fines against Barclays Bank is taking aim at four other banks, including Citigroup, UBS, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland, British officials said Thursday.

27
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 27 June 2012

Global: Ecclestone ‘co-perpetrator’ in bribery, prosecutor says
Bloomberg Businessweek

Bernie Ecclestone was a conspirator in a bribery scheme that sent $44 million to a Bayerische Landesbank executive to clear the 2005 sale of the lender’s stake in Formula One racing, prosecutors said.

26
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 26 June 2012

Egypt: Beaten candidate, under graft probe, leaves Egypt
Reuters

Defeated presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik flew out of Egypt on Tuesday for a religious pilgrimage, aides said, a day after a prosecutor referred corruption lawsuits naming Shafik to an investigating judge.

25
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 25 June 2012

USA: Officers, exhorted to report corruption, still fear retaliation

In the hallways of Police Headquarters and precinct station houses, posters exhort officers to call the Internal Affairs Bureau if they observe corruption.

22
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 22 June 2012

Mexico: Mexico ready to vote, watchful for fraud
The Washington Post

Mexican democracy has come a long way from the days when the ruling party would give out washing machines for votes and rip up ballots with the wrong box checked off. Today, electoral regulators preside over an elaborate system of safeguards that have made stealing the presidency at the ballot box impossible, political analysts say.

21
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 21 June 2012

Egypt: Egypt fraud probe stalls vote result
The Wall Street Journal

Egypt's Presidential Election Commission delayed the announcement of a winner of the weekend poll so it could investigate fraud claims by both contenders, deepening suspense and suspicion as the country waited to learn who would be declared its first freely elected president.

20
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 20 June 2012

Palestine: Palestinian anti-corruption court secures conviction but raises questions of bias
Washington Post

A two-year-old Palestinian court charged with combating corruption handed down its first major conviction this month, ruling that a man widely considered a pretty big fish — the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s former economic adviser — had embezzled millions of dollars.

19
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 19 June 2012

Mozambique: Mozambique coal, gas: boom for all, or just a few?
Reuters (TI mention)

In Mozambique's port capital Maputo, glitzy offices, boutique hotels and fancy restaurants are popping up alongside crumbling colonial buildings, nourished by multi-billion dollar investment in coal and gas deposits to the north.

18
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 18 June 2012

UK: SFO drops corruption investigation into Vincent Tchenguiz
The Guardian

The Serious Fraud Office has abandoned its investigation into Mayfair property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz 15 months after investigators raided his home and offices using a flawed search warrant as part of the SFO's biggest probe in almost a decade.

15
Jun
2012

Daily Corruption News: 15 June 2012

Global: How an African telecom allegedly bribed its way into Iran
Reuters

For a South African telecommunications company, it represented a unique chance to seize what its chief executive called "one of the most significant ‘virgin' mobile opportunities in the world."

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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