Daily Corruption News: 26 October 2012
Today's top story
Italy: Italy’s Berlusconi sentenced to jail for tax fraud
Reuters
An Italian court on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television company.
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Global: The curse of corruption in Europe's east
The International Herald Tribune (TI mention)
Global: World Bank contract details to be published online in transparency push
The Guardian
Brazil: Sentencing begins in Brazil corruption trial
Associated Press
Cameroon: Cameroon trying to reduce corruption, still room to improve - watchdog
TrustLaw
China: Billions in hidden riches for family of Chinese leader
The New York Times (TI mention)
Paraguay: Urgen leyes anticorrupción (Anti-corruption laws needed)
ABC Color (TI mention)
Slovakia: Corruption hurting Slovak economy, secret service says
Reuters
USA: Wal-Mart beefs up anti-corruption efforts during bribery probe
Los Angeles Times
Blogs and opinion
India: Will graft allegations in India help the country shed its corruption problem?
Quartz
Ukraine: Ukraine’s ugly elections
Bloomberg
News from Transparency International
Web feature: Uprooting corruption, not trees
On the blog: No impunity: Armenians duck justice
