Daily Corruption News: 3 July 2012
Today's top story
Global: Glaxo agrees to pay $3 billion in fraud settlement
The New York Times
In the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company, the British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $3 billion in fines for promoting its best-selling antidepressants for unapproved uses and failing to report safety data about a top diabetes drug, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
More news
Czech Republic: A just man needed
The Economist (TI mention)
France: French police raid Sarkozy offices in finance probe
Agence France-Presse
Indonesia: Fighting corruption in Indonesia
France24 (TI mention)
Mexico: Lopez Obrador seeks fraud probe in Mexican Pesidential election
Bloomberg
Russia: Russia plans to register 'foreign agent' NGOs
The Guardian (TI mention)
South Korea: South Korea president's brother quizzed over banking graft scandal
Reuters
UK: London 2012: new drive to tackle corruption launches before Olympics
The Guardian
USA: SEC sets date to vote on conflict minerals rule
Reuters
Blogs and opinion
USA: Judge says anti-retaliation provisions don’t cover foreign whistleblowers
The Wall Street Journal
News from Transparency International
Web feature: Half of Spain's provincial authorities fail the transparency test
News: Banking scandal exposes weak corporate governance
