Daily Corruption News: 17 January 2013

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Posted 17 January 2013

Today's top story

Global: Kallakis: how offshore secrecy in British Virgin Islands lends itself to fraud
The Guardian

The Achilleas Kallakis case is a graphic demonstration of the way in which the British Virgin Island's regime of offshore secrecy has served to facilitate fraud.



More news

Austria: Austrian count cleared of arms deal money laundering
Reuters

Czech Republic: Former defence minister to be charged with corruption
Czech News Agency

Indonesia: Indonesia’s graft-buster aims high
Financial Times

Pakistan: Pakistan in talks with cleric as Premier arrest order rebuffed
Bloomberg Businessweek



Multimedia of the week

Nigeria: Oil and the Delta Bush
Reuters



Blogs and opinion

Afghanistan: Corruption in Afghanistan: An introduction to one fine mess
Foreign Policy

Brazil: Brazilian corruption: far from over
Financial Times (blogs)



News from Transparency International

Web feature: Holding politicians to account: asset declaration
On the blog: Year of the whistleblower?





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