Daily Corruption News: 31 May 2012

Posted 31 May 2012

Today's top story

India: India clears new national telecom policy
The Wall Street Journal

India's federal cabinet of ministers on Thursday approved the long-awaited new telecommunications policy, as the government moved ahead to bring in greater transparency on policies and regulations in a sector tarnished by graft allegations.



More news

Global: New details emerge as ex-border patrol brothers fight corruption charges
The Huffington Post

Czech Republic: Is Rath corruption case a landmark?
Prague Post (TI mention)

Tunisia: Tunisia’s judges strike after 82 colleagues fired for corruption
The Washington Post

UK: Fraud investigation uncovers £20m public sector fraud and error
BBC News

Zambia: Zambia arrests former president Banda's son over graft
Agence France-Presse



Multimedia of the week

Nigeria: Pressure mounts to stop fuel corruption in Nigeria
BBC



Blogs and opinion

Global: Corruption: You get who you pay for
The Economist

Global: World Bank begins publishing debarment decisions
Wall Street Journal Blog



News from Transparency International

Web feature: Reporting corruption in Latin America
Upcoming event: How corrupt is Europe? New report on 6 June





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