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Daily Corruption News: 20 March 2013
US: U.S. probes Microsoft bribery allegations
Wall Street Journal
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Daily Corruption News: 19 March 2013
Global: EU fails to agree oil, gas anti-corruption law
Reuters
The European Union failed to reach agreement on Tuesday on a planned law that would require oil, gas and mining companies to declare payments to governments.
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Daily Corruption News: 18 March 2013
Zambia: Zambian ex-president appears before corruption probe
Reuters
Former Zambian president Rupiah Banda appeared before an official investigation panel on Monday to answer allegations of corruption during his three years in charge of Africa's biggest copper producer.
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Daily Corruption News: 15 March 2013
US: JP Morgan faulted on controls and disclosure in trading loss
The New York Times
JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s biggest bank, ignored internal controls and manipulated documents as it racked up trading losses last year, while its influential chief executive, Jamie Dimon, briefly withheld some information from regulators, a new Senate report says.
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Daily Corruption News: 14 March 2013
China: Ally of China's disgraced Bo sentenced on graft charges
Reuters
An ally of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has received a suspended death sentence for taking millions of yuan in bribes, a Beijing lawyer said on Thursday, in the latest fallout from one of China's biggest political scandals.
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2013
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Daily Corruption News: 13 March 2013
Global: Crimes found sapping billions from Africa
Wall Street Journal
Kickbacks, graft and tax evasion cost Africa an average of $62.5 billion a year in the decade through 2009, a new study shows, robbing the poorest continent of capital that could have fostered growth and development.
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Daily Corruption News: 12 March 2013
Vatican City: Vatican management a key issue at conclave
Los Angeles Times
Roman Catholic cardinals gathering here to elect the next pope have focused with unusual intensity on the management of the Vatican, which by almost all accounts is deeply dysfunctional — and at worst may have permitted criminal behavior.
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2013
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Daily Corruption News: 11 March 2013
Hungary: Hungary defies critics over change to constitution
BBC
Hungary's parliament has adopted a package of constitutional changes proposed by the ruling Fidesz party which critics say undermine democracy.
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Daily Corruption News: 8 March 2013
Global: Brookfield Brazil unit draws SEC scrutiny
The Wall Street Journal
The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into allegations that a Brazilian unit of property investor Brookfield Asset Management Inc. paid bribes to win construction permits.
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Daily Corruption News: 7 March 2013
Italy: Silvio Berlusconi convicted over publication of wiretapped conversations
Associated Press
A Milan court has convicted former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi of breach of confidentiality for the illegal publication of wiretapped conversations related to a failed bank takeover in a newspaper owned by his media empire.
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2012
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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
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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
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2012
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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
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2012
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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
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2012
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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
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2012
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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
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2012
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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
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2012
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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
