Daily Corruption News: 30 April 2013
Today's top story
Global: Joao Havelange, Fifa's honorary president, resigns over bribes
BBC
Joao Havelange, 96, has resigned as Fifa's honorary president after a report ruled he had taken bribes. The Brazilian was described as "morally and ethically reproachable" for taking kickbacks from a World Cup rights marketing agency.
More news
Global: Carson Yeung pleads not guilty to money laundering charges
The Guardian
Hong Kong: Gifts for mainland officials anger Hong Kong
Wall Street Journal
Israel: Key witness supports Liberman in graft trial
Jerusalem Post
Kenya: Kenya chief justice denies taking bribe in presidential petition
Reuters
Taiwan: Taiwan's former top cabinet official jailed for graft
Agence France-Presse
Blogs and opinion
Bangladesh: Bangladesh factory deaths: Deep-rooted corruption behind a human tragedy
The Huffington Post
Iraq: Bomb detectors may be a fraud, but they’re still everywhere in Iraq
Wall Street Journal (blogs)
News from Transparency International
Web feature: Fighting corruption: why civil society needs a place at the table
On the blog: A Treatise of Banking Nature
