Daily Corruption News: 30 January 2013
Today's top story
Global: HSBC hires U.S. expert on drug cartels after Mexico lapses
Reuters
HSBC is hiring a former U.S. deputy attorney general with a background in fighting drug cartels to help the global bank avoid a repeat of lapses in its anti-money-laundering controls that led to a $1.9 billion (1.2 billion pounds) fine.
More news
Global: Wal-Mart accused of using Mexican governor to push bribes
Bloomberg
Canada: Illegal donations made to Quebec’s main political parties, Charbonneau inquiry told
The Globe and Mail
Haiti: EE.UU. y Transparencia Internacional crean en Haití línea contra corrupción (US and Transparency International create an anti-corruption hotline in Haiti) (TI mention)
EFE
Italy: Italy's finance minister defends role of government in bank scandal
The Guardian
UK: News Corp. tabloid bribery suspect cleared by U.K. prosecutors
Bloomberg
US: Diane Hathaway, ex-Michigan Supreme Court Justice, pleads guilty to bank fraud
Associated Press
Blogs and opinion
Global: Our favourite corruption fighters of 2012
Quartz
News from Transparency International
Web feature: Everyone pays the cost – corruption in the defence sector
On the blog: Bringing the fight against corruption to the Millennium Development Goals
