Austria: Austria toughens anti-graft laws after scandals
Agence France Presse (TI mention)
After a series of corruption scandals implicating top politicians, Austria is moving to reform its anti-graft legislation, which is deemed too lax by many.
Please note: The next edition of the Daily Corruption News will be published on 2 May due to a public holiday in Berlin tomorrow.
Romania: Romania's Gov't falls in no-confidence vote
Associated Press
Romania's government fell Friday in a no-confidence vote, as opposition parties seized on widespread public anger over biting austerity measures and corruption. The Czech government survived a similar vote.
Thousands of people have protested in both countries in recent months, calling for their governments to abandon the belt-tightening measures and resign in some of the biggest rallies seen since the overthrow of communism in 1989.
Pakistan: Pakistan's top court convicts PM of contempt
Associated Press
The Supreme Court convicted Pakistan’s prime minister of contempt on Thursday but spared him a prison term for refusing to reopen a corruption case against his boss, the president – a verdict that means the premier could limp on in office for months to come, possibly until elections.
USA: Walmart bribery scandal: retailer took part in lobbying campaign to amend anti-bribery law The Huffington Post (TI mention)
Some top Walmart executives have been active in a lobbying group that is pushing to weaken the country's main anti-bribery law, as first reported in the Washington Post. That statute is at the heart of the Justice Department's criminal investigation of the giant retailer in the wake of an explosive report alleging that Walmart officials covered up an internal probe into bribery by its Mexican subsidiary.
Indonesia: In Indonesia, Suharto son in dispute over shipping company
International Herald Tribune (TI mention)
The case highlights one of the main challenges of doing business with companies from fast-growing and resource-rich Indonesia. Because of corruption in many Indonesian courts, some debtors have been able to shield their assets from international parties, plaintiffs’ lawyers say.
Global: Vast Mexico bribery case hushed up by Wal-Mart after top-level struggle
International Herald Tribue
In September 2005, a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an alarming e-mail from a former executive at the company’s largest foreign subsidiary, Wal-Mart de Mexico. In the e-mail and follow-up conversations, the former executive described how Wal-Mart de Mexico had orchestrated a campaign of bribery to win market dominance.
Indonesia: Former ruling party treasurer guilty of graft in Indonesia
Reuters
The former treasurer of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s ruling Democrat Party was found guilty of corruption and jailed for nearly five years.
Russia: In search of Putin’s money
Al Jazeera/Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Many argue that [Putin's] years at the top of Russian politics have seen the country’s reputation become synonymous with cronyism and corruption, and that with Putin at the helm inner cliques have been allowed to run Russia for their own benefit and personal gain.
Global: Corrupt Nigerian governor gets 13-year UK jail term
Reuters
A British court sentenced the former governor of a Nigerian oil state to 13 years in prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to embezzling 50 million pounds in one of the biggest money-laundering cases seen in Britain.
Global: Egypt sues UK over frozen assets
BBC
Egypt has strongly criticised the UK for "not helping enough" with the recovery of Egyptian assets frozen since last year.
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
