Daily Corruption News: 31 May 2012

India: India clears new national telecom policy
The Wall Street Journal

India's federal cabinet of ministers on Thursday approved the long-awaited new telecommunications policy, as the government moved ahead to bring in greater transparency on policies and regulations in a sector tarnished by graft allegations.

Daily Corruption News: 30 May 2012

Egypt: Mubarak sons face charges over stock market fraud
Reuters

The two sons of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak will face charges of stock market manipulation, the public prosecutor said on Wednesday, three days before a court was due to issue a verdict in a separate trial for their role in alleged corruption.

Daily Corruption News: 29 May 2012

Philippines: Philippines senate ousts top court chief on charges of hiding wealth
The Wall Street Journal

The Philippines Senate voted Tuesday to dismiss the chief of the country's Supreme Court for masking millions of dollars in assets, giving a boost to President Benigno Aquino III's two-year-long anticorruption campaign.

Daily Corruption News: 25 May 2012

Global: U.S. condemns corruption, harassment in Latin America
Agence France-Presse

The United States on Thursday condemned abuses of power across Latin America, highlighting serious human rights violations committed by Honduran police, and growing harassment of the opposition in Cuba and Venezuela.

Daily Corruption News: 25 May 2012

Global: U.S. condemns corruption, harassment in Latin America
Agence France-Presse

The United States on Thursday condemned abuses of power across Latin America, highlighting serious human rights violations committed by Honduran police, and growing harassment of the opposition in Cuba and Venezuela.

Daily Corruption News: 23 May 2012

UK: Metropolitan police anti-corruption unit investigated over payments
The Guardian

Scotland Yard is investigating allegations that detectives working for its anti-corruption unit have been paid thousands of pounds by a firm of private investigators.

Daily Corruption News: 22 May 2012

Haiti: Ex-Haiti official, 9 years in telecom bribery case
Associated Press

A former senior executive at Haiti's state-run telecommunications company was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for money laundering offenses tied to nearly $500,000 in bribes he accepted from U.S. businesses.

Daily Corruption News: 21 May 2012

Dominican Republic: Dominican election marred by allegations of fraud
Fox News Latino

After a night of counting ballots in the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, of the governing Dominican Liberation Party declared victory early Monday, but his outspoken rival and former president Hipólito Mejía, of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, vows to challenge election results.

Daily Corruption News: 18 May 2012

Myanmar: Myanmar’s corruption legacy shadows opening to investors
Bloomberg (TI mention)

For Zaw Naing, 40, who sells satellite imagery to Myanmar’s government, teeing off on the golf course with any of the former generals running the country is essential to sealing deals. Sometimes, he has to do more.

Daily Corruption News: 16 May 2012

UK: Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks charged with perverting course of justice
The Telegraph

Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, has been charged over the alleged destruction of evidence relating to phone-hacking.