Daily Corruption News: 21 March 2013
Today's top story
US: Former California city officials convicted in corruption trial
Reuters
Five former elected officials from the scandal-plagued California city of Bell were convicted on Wednesday of misusing municipal funds by collecting exorbitant salaries in a case that drew national attention as a symbol of public corruption.
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Global: Anti-corruption police raid the home of IMF chief Christine Lagarde after claims she 'authorised £270m payout to a convicted fraudster'
Daily Mail
China: A look at China's high-level corruption scandals in the banking sector
International Business Times
Jamaica: PNP to address perception of corruption in politics
Jamaica Observer
Russia: Communist corruption clean-up: Russian party backs UN convention
RT
Multimedia of the week
Malaysia: Inside Malaysia’s shadow state
Global Witness
Blogs and opinion
Global: Outflows from Cyprus could go into Latvia, UAE
WSJ (blogs)
Guinea: Bringing mining contracts into the light
TrustLaw
News from Transparency International
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