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3
Dec
2012

Daily Corruption News: 3 December 2012

Slovenia: EU member state Slovenia sees more protests against corruption, austerity
Associated Press

Slovenia's prime minister is on trial accused of involvement in a bribery scandal. The main opposition leader who is also mayor of Ljubljana is under investigation for alleged corruption. So is the mayor of the second-largest city. Slovenes say they have had enough.

30
Nov
2012

Daily Corruption News: 30 November 2012

China: Corruption the killer in China rail crash: family
Agence France-Presse

More than a year after a train crash in China left his parents dead and his brother disabled, American Leo Cao still feels bitter grief, but also anger at what he sees as the real killer -- corruption.

29
Nov
2012

Daily Corruption News: 29 November 2012

UK: Leveson criticises police but says they are not corrupt
BBC

The Leveson report has criticised the Metropolitan Police for its handling of the phone-hacking investigation.

28
Nov
2012

Daily Corruption News: 28 November 2012

Canada: Ex-boss of SNC Lavalin, Pierre Duhaime, arrested by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit
The Canadian Press

Quebec's anti-corruption squad has struck at the highest levels of Canada's corporate world with the arrest Wednesday of former SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime.

27
Nov
2012

Daily Corruption News: 27 November 2012

Afghanistan: Kabul Bank audit details extent of fraud
The New York Times

Kabul Bank became Afghanistan’s largest financial institution by offering the promise of modern banking to people who had never had a saving or checking account.

26
Nov
2012

Daily Corruption News: 26 November 2012

Global: Offshore secrets revealed: the shadowy side of a booming industry
The Guardian

The existence of an extraordinary global network of sham company directors, most of them British, can be revealed.

23
Nov
2012

Daily Corruption News: 23 November 2012

Global: Wal-Mart’s India venture suspends executives amid bribery investigation
The New York Times

Wal-Mart’s Indian joint venture has suspended several senior executives and delayed the opening of some stores in the country as part of an internal bribery investigation, the company said on Friday.

22
Nov
2012

Daily Corruption News: 22 November 2012

France: Sarkozy questioned by judge on Bettencourt gifts, campaign funds
Businessweek

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived today in Bordeaux to face judges investigating claims people close to Liliane Bettencourt took advantage of the 90-year-old’s mental frailty to access her fortune.

21
Nov
2012

Daily Corruption News: 21 November 2012

Russia: Russian farmer strikes back at corruption by publishing his own newspaper
Associated Press

When Eduard Mochalov tried to have the people who stole his cattle and pig farm brought to justice, he spent eight months in jail on charges he says were cooked up.

20
Nov
2012

Daily Corruption News: 20 November 2012

Croatia: Former Croat PM jailed for corruption
Associated Press

A court on Tuesday convicted former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader of graft and sentenced him to 10 years in prison after a trial closely watched by the European Union.

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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