Daily Corruption News: 31 August 2012
Today's top story
Brazil: First conviction in Brazil graft mega-trial
Agence France-Presse
Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted a leading politician yesterday, the first in a major bribery trial over alleged vote-buying in Congress under former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Global: Swiss prosecutors probe UBS bank over Malaysia money laundering claims
Associated Press
Global: Uganda leads corruption indices in East Africa
The Independent Uganda
Angola: Angola poll opens amid fraud claims
Voice of America
USA: Wall Street banks win end of Fannie Mae shareholder claims
Reuters
Blogs and opinion
Kyrgyzstan: Politics in Kyrgyzstan: Another faller
Economist
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