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"Vietnam has won every war it has fought ... There is no reason it cannot win the war against corruption"
Le Hien Duc, Transparency International Integrity Award winner 2007, on the fight against corruption in Vietnam.
The Independent; UK; 15 December 2007
"legal nihilism"
Dmitry Medvedev, Russian presidential candidate, describing the state of corruption in Russia.
The Guardian; UK; 23 January 2008.
"I would rather not speculate about that"
Peter Löscher, Siemens CEO, on the likelihood that other countries will impose moratoriums on doing business with Siemens as the Nigerian government has done.
Spiegel Online; International; 12 December 2007
"Corruption is the oil in the machinery that allows these systems to work"
Doris Buddenberg, head of the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, acknowledging that human trafficking networks could not function without corruption.
Channel NewsAsia; Asia; 30 January 2008
"The probe has revealed unacceptable indicators of fraud and corruption”
World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick on the World Bank discovery of corruption in health projects it funds in India.
The Wall Street Journal; US; 12 January 2008