Daily Corruption News: 18 July 2012

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Posted 18 July 2012

Today's top story

Global: FIFA unveils new crime fighting duo to tackle corruption in soccer
CNN

FIFA has employed a pair of high-profile crimefighters to help tackle corruption in the game, after a wake of scandals that have engulfed soccer's world governing body.



More news

Global: Bank of America, Syncora settle mortgage fraud lawsuit
Reuters

Global: UNESCO awards Equatorial Guinea prize despite outcry
Reuters (TI mention)

Bangladesh: Bangladesh corruption now reality TV for education minister
Reuters

India: Court passes on documents against Abhishek Verma to CBI
Times of India (TI mention)

Romania: Corruption, power plays keep Romania under scrutiny
Deutsche Welle

South Korea: Lee's close confident claims bribes used for presidential campaign
The Korea Times

Vatican City: Report berates Vatican bank, urges serious reform
Reuters



Multimedia of the week

Global: Comment lutter contre la corruption?
(How can you fight corruption?)
Radio France Internationale (TI mention)



Blogs and opinion

USA: Body brokers leave trail of questions, corruption
Huffington Post



News from Transparency International

Blog: Georgia: Market concentration in pharmaceutical sector drives up prices

Web feature: A rare chance to fix the rot in banking





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