Daily Corruption News: 21 February 2013
Today's top story
Global: Zimbabwe’s disappearing diamonds
100Reporters
Once a month, sometimes more, a VIP-configured Airbus jetted into Lanseria International Airport, a small and privately-owned base facility near Johannesburg, South Africa. The plane, an Airbus 319CJ, also stopped at Zimbabwe’s Harare airport. It carried important people and was widely believed to ferry some precious—and illicit–cargo: Zimbabwe’s conflict diamonds.
More news
Canada: SNC bribery probe widens to Algeria
The Globe and Mail
China: Bo Xilai not cooperating on corruption probe, stages hunger strike: sources
Reuters
Czech Republic: Czechs least satisfied with corruption, most with goods offer
Prague Daily Monitor
Malta: Malta bans two oil groups from supply tenders
Reuters
Russia: Russia needs financial police to combat illegal capital flight
Reuters
Blogs and opinion
Global: Corruption in government, business can be found everywhere
Voice of America (TI mention)
Global: Wrestling with corruption at the Olympics
Bloomberg
Brazil: A spa treatment for Brazilian corruption
Financial Times
News from Transparency International
Web feature: Secrecy breeds contamination: The horsemeat scandal
On the blog: Salvadoran Parliament wastes public funds
