Daily Corruption News: 26 September 2012

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Posted 26 September 2012

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Japan: Olympus and ex-executives plead guilty in accounting fraud
Reuters

The Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus Corporation and three of its former executives pleaded guilty on Tuesday over charges related to a $1.7 billion accounting cover-up in one of Japan’s biggest corporate scandals.



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Global: Equatorial Guinea sues France over corruption inquiry
BBC News (TI mention)

Global: Bribery unsettles boardroom stomachs, survey finds
The Wall Street Journal

Bangladesh: World Bank cites preconditions for reinstating Bangladesh bridge financing
The Wall Street Journal

UK: US probe of HSBC tangled up in bureaucracy, infighting
Reuters



Blogs and opinion

Global: Corporate malfeasance continues apace in Asia
The Financial Times



News from Transparency International

On the blog: TI Portugal Summer School: A lesson on integrity
Call for proposals: The IACC Social Entrepreneurs Initiative





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