Daily Corruption News: 2 August 2012

Today's top story

Brazil: Q&A: Brazil's 'big monthly' corruption trial
BBC

Dozens of defendants are due to go on trial at the Brazilian Supreme Court on Thursday in what is billed as one of the biggest political corruption scandals in the country's recent history.

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Global: FSA fines Turkish Bank U.K. unit for money laundering breaches
Bloomberg

Afghanistan: Afghan finance minister faces corruption investigation
Reuters

Egypt: Judge orders Mubarak sons detained in new case
Agence France-Presse

Mexico: 4 Mexican military officials accused of organized crime ties
CNN

Blogs and opinion

Czech Republic: Prague's new prosecutor
The Economist

News from Transparency International

On the blog: Kosovo: Open Letter to the Justice Minister

Web feature: Calling out public officials on corruption: codes of conduct