Daily Corruption News: 20 June 2012
Today's top story
Palestine: Palestinian anti-corruption court secures conviction but raises questions of bias
Washington Post
A two-year-old Palestinian court charged with combating corruption handed down its first major conviction this month, ruling that a man widely considered a pretty big fish — the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s former economic adviser — had embezzled millions of dollars.
More news
Global: F1 banker acknowledges receiving bribes
Financial Times
Estonia: Estonia court acquits Merko owner, former ministers of bribery
Bloomberg
Greece: Greece must better enforce anti-bribery laws, OECD says
Bloomberg
Indonesia: Indonesia asks army to train tax collectors
Financial Times (TI mention)
Nigeria: Nigeria corruption investigator under investigation
Voice of America
UK: U.K. carbon VAT fraud gang jailed for total of 15 years
Bloomberg
Blogs and opinion
Russia: Could corruption scandal bring down Kabardino-Balkaria leader?
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
News from Transparency International
Web feature: Can G20 Summits deliver financial reform?
On the blog: EU agencies face long summer cooling off
