Daily Corruption News: 4 July 2012

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Posted 4 July 2012

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Global: Anti-fraud chief says EU states hold back tip-offs
Reuters

The European Union's anti-fraud body recovered a record 691 million euros ($870 million) last year, it said on Tuesday, but expressed concern that public bodies were getting more reluctant to tip it off for fear of damaging national reputations.



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Global: Oxford University Press fined £1.9m over bribery by African subsidiary firms
The Guardian

Global: Wal-Mart’s Castro-Wright retires amid Mexico bribery probe
Bloomberg

Pakistan: Why the corrupt haunt Pakistan cricket
Agence France-Presse

Spain: Bankia board faces investigation over corruption claims
The Guardian

UK: News Corp.’S internal hacking probers confuse skeptics
Bloomberg



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USA: Eric Holder’s record health-fraud case
Washington Post



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