Daily Corruption News: 8 March 2013

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Posted 8 March 2013

Today's top story

Global: Brookfield Brazil unit draws SEC scrutiny
The Wall Street Journal

The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into allegations that a Brazilian unit of property investor Brookfield Asset Management Inc. paid bribes to win construction permits.



More news

Global: Federal judge says bribery case will proceed
Associated Press

Greece: Los casos de corrupción en Grecia descienden con la crisis (With the crisis, cases of corruption in Greece go down) (TI mention)
EFE

Hong Kong: Billionaire Kwoks plead not guilty to corruption charges
Bloomberg

South Africa: Police not trustworthy: Youth survey
SAPA

Thailand: Anti.corruption spirit needed
The Bangkok Post

UK: Brookes and Coulson in court over bribery charges
Channel 4 News



Multimedia of the week

China: Can China put football corruption behind it?
BBC



Blogs and opinion

Australia: Anti-corruption body is essential
The Australian

Spain: Los costes económicos de la corrupción (The economic costs of corruption)
Diario Público



News from Transparency International

Web feature: International Women’s Day: Profiles of women fighting corruption
On the blog: Women’s Day: South Africa’s corruption crusader





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