Daily Corruption News: 6 May 2013
Today's top story
Afghanistan: MI6 'handing bundles of cash to Hamid Karzai'
The Telegraph (TI mention)
British intelligence is handing "bundles" of cash over to Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai for special peace projects despite warnings that handouts are promoting corruption at the heart of his regime.
More news
Global: Sospechas de corrupción en la venta de trenes de Metro de Madrid a Argentina (Suspicions of corruption in the sale of metro trains from Madrid to Argentina)
El Mundo
Germany: German conservative plunge in poll amid tax, nepotism scandals
Reuters
Somalia: Somalia's security forces hamstrung by corruption, infiltrators
The New Vision
Thailand: Thais becoming inured to corruption, TDRI says
The Nation (TI mention)
United States: Corruption charge expected for senator
The New York Times (TI mention)
Zimbabwe: Chaos, corruption rock passport offices
The Independent
Blogs and opinion
France: La corruption n'est pas une exception culturelle française (Corruption is not a French cultural exception)
Slate
Kenya: Is war on graft a lost cause?
The Star
News from Transparency International
On the blog: No one has all the answers: the positive role of civil society in Russia
