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Afghanistan's Rock-bottom Global Corruption Ranking Huffington Post The 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), published yesterday, finds Afghanistan at absolute rock bottom, sharing this dismal place with North Korea and Somalia. Despite the flow to Afghanistan over the last decade of ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption: a globalisation of risk Financial Times (blog) Reading this week's Transparency International report into corruption it's easy to conclude that most of the problems are concentrated in emerging markets, far away from the business centres of the US, Europe or Japan. Thursday's news from Rolls-Royce ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times (blog)

Corruption Inquiry Focuses on Algerian Pipeline New York Times ... PIANIGIANI. Published: December 6, 2012. LONDON — Italian prosecutors are investigating possible corruption involving a natural gas pipeline project in Algeria by the energy services company Saipem, which is controlled by the Italian oil company Eni. See all stories on this topic »

Labor's long and winding road to reform Sydney Morning Herald In his devastating critique this week, Faulkner homed in particularly on New South Wales, where appalling tales of misdeeds in the Labor years have been aired at the Independent Commission Against Corruption. His messages about loosening the factional ... See all stories on this topic »

Fight corruption with transparency China Daily China is being swept up in a storm of anti-corruption initiated by the new leadership of the Communist Party of China, which is being felt by the general public who are exposed to continuous scandals that are exposed in the mass media almost every day ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption hallmark of PPP regime says Shahbaz Pakistan Observer He said that during the tenure of Zar Baba Forty Thieves no progress has been made in any sector except in the field of corruption. He said that Pakistan Muslim League-N has tried to prick the conscience of the rulers a number of times for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Russian Diplomats Denounce US Visa, Banking Bans for Corrupt Officials Voice of America Ryzhkov says that, despite a barrage of hostile coverage by Russian state television, many Russians support bank and visa bans for officials suspected of corruption. "It's a pro-Russian act -- it's not anti-Russian," Ryzhkov said of the U.S ... See all stories on this topic » Voice of America

Indonesia's Corruption Rating Remains Bleak Wall Street Journal (blog) Despite Indonesia's efforts through its anticorruption commission and court, the Southeast Asian country's standing remained bleak in an international index of public-sector corruption released Thursday. Investors have been rushing into Indonesia's ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

When it comes to political corruption, one Md. judge says: 'Enough' Baltimore Sun Little else could explain the public's indifference to a topic that has launched countless editorials in recent years — the prosecution of political corruption in this state and the need for reform. So it provides some relief to hear someone in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Anti-corruption momentum China Daily Li Chuncheng, deputy secretary of the Sichuan provincial Party committee, was investigated for alleged violations of discipline less than a month after he was elected an alternate member of the 18th Party Central Committee. The mayor of Lanzhou ... See all stories on this topic »

Kiwis keep corruption at bay Sydney Morning Herald Upon seeing NZ beat us in the annual public sector corruption league table, my initial reaction was to specifically blame the NSW Labor Party for all the obvious reasons, but this is a survey of perceptions of corruption, rather than just what has been ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption tape reveals coal director's lie The Australian Financial Review Coal magnate Travers Duncan has been accused of lying about his dealings with disgraced former NSW Labor minerals minister Ian Macdonald after a secretly taped phone call was played at a corruption inquiry. The wealthy businessman told business ... See all stories on this topic » The Australian Financial Review

EACC should not dwell on old corruption – Dalmas Capital FM Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 6 – Public Service Minister Dalmas Otieno has challenged the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to focus its energies on programmes that will discourage corruption. Otieno said the commission should not concentrate all ... See all stories on this topic » Capital FM Kenya

US Senate Passes Magnitsky Bill Wall Street Journal (blog) The bill, which already cleared the House, passed on a 92-4 vote, and President Barack Obama intends to sign it into law. Under the legislation, the U.S. assets of human-rights abusers would be frozen and they would be banned from being granted visas ... See all stories on this topic »

Trenton Mayor Tony Mack Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges NBC New York Trenton Mayor Tony Mack Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges. Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, his brother and an associate are accused in an eight-count indictment of extortion, bribery, and mail and wire fraud. See all stories on this topic »

Corruption in Israel OpEdNews It spurns the UN Charter, major treaties, and other international law. It violates its own. It gets away with murder because world leaders mattering most do nothing. It's contemptuous of anyone not Jewish. Arabs are considered subhuman. Militancy ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption alleged at Port Pacific Daily News The governor's office confirmed yesterday that the Port Authority of Guam board and its legal counsel are investigating allegations of impropriety and corruption at the agency. "Some employees have been served with notices of proposed adverse action ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption Is Killing Nigeria's Potential – US Envoy Osun Defender Hawkins said, "The potential of the people of Nigeria is absolutely phenomenal; Nigerians are forward looking with a whole lot of entrepreneurial expertise, but this potential is not being harnessed because of the potential risk element of corruption ... See all stories on this topic » Osun Defender

Record of Obeids' involvement in mining venture deliberately removed from ... Sydney Morning Herald The Independent Commission Against Corruption has heard that Mr Poole, who runs boutique investment bank Arthur Phillip, was referring to a draft agreement drawn up between Cascade Coal and entities associated with the family of controversial former ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

ThyssenKrupp Reshuffles Board After Losses, Corruption Case Businessweek ThyssenKrupp AG (TKA), Germany's largest steelmaker, ousted three top executives in an effort to repair a boardroom tainted by corruption allegations and an ill-fated expansion in the Americas. Executive board members Olaf Berlien, 50, Edwin Eichler ... See all stories on this topic »

India elects official facing corruption charges, Lalit Bhanot, as head of its ... GlobalPost (blog) However, Bhanot's unanimous election is conditional on him explaining to the IOC his legal position as he faces corruption charges in connection with the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the IANS news agency reported. Bhanot, a former political aide to ... See all stories on this topic »

On democracy, corruption and the jackals The Guardian Nigeria H.L MENCKEN (1880-1956) is reported to have once said that democracy is a form of religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses. Thus I sought to know the extent to which "jackalism" could be useful as a metaphor for democratic practice. What I ... See all stories on this topic »

Why a Democratic Tea Party Is the Best Hope for Fixing Corrupt Government The Atlantic Eighty-seven percent of us named ending government corruption a top issue for the next administration -- number two on that list, chosen by just as many Republicans as Democrats. And thousands have followed the leadership of groups such as Common ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption unit in driving test probe Independent Online Since then, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has informed us of of a new National Traffic Anti-Corruption Unit that has been set up to combat the problem. In March, an anonymous source told us how it was impossible to book a Code 10 ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Online

GeoGlobal deal tainted by lack of diligence, not corruption Firstpost Earlier this week, anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal went public with sensational allegations of corruption against the Gujarat government headed by Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a case involving GeoGlobal Resources, a Barbados-based company, ... See all stories on this topic » Firstpost

Case for Rs167m corruption in Tawana Pakistan ready The News International The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) informed the PAC that embezzlement and corruption of about Rs167 million in "Tawana Pakistan Project" has been established and procedural work for filing a reference in the accountability courts will be finalised. See all stories on this topic »

The fight against corruption The Economist ON NOVEMBER 30th Wang Qishan, the Communist Party's new anti-corruption chief, met leading experts on fighting corruption and told them that the party's survival depended on the outcome of their efforts. "Trust cannot replace supervision," he told them. See all stories on this topic » The Economist

Winning fight against graft New Straits Times CORRUPTION busting is high on the government's transformation programme. With a dedicated National Key Result Area (NKRA), second only to reducing crime, it is no wonder that Malaysia's ranking in the 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has ... See all stories on this topic » New Straits Times

Marginal drop in corruption index not enough ... says OCG Jamaica Observer THE Office of the Contractor General (OCG) yesterday cautioned that the marginal drop in Jamaica's corruption ranking by Transparency International (TI) — the global anti-corruption watchdog — should not be taken as a prompt to relax. Transparency ... See all stories on this topic »

JUST SAY NO TO CORRUPTION The Citizen Daily Grand corruption appears to have set up camp in Tanzania. It is depleting natural resources, destabilising the national economy, widening the gap between the rich and poor and holding back social progress. Almost all public offices and services appear ... See all stories on this topic »

Italy to ban convicted criminals from parliament, government Reuters The 76-year-old Berlusconi, who has repeatedly been tried for corruption and is currently facing three trials, will still be able to run for parliament - as he strongly hinted he would do on Wednesday - under the new rules because he has never been ... See all stories on this topic »

Mozambican Corruption Declines Slightly AllAfrica.com Maputo — Mozambique was somewhat less corrupt in 2012 than in 2011, according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, published by the anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI). The Index scores countries on a scale of zero to 100. See all stories on this topic »

Ekweremadu - Corruption Will Deprive African Countries From MDGs Target AllAfrica.com The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and the President, Pan African Parliament, Bethel Amadi, have said that more than 90 per cent of African countries would ... See all stories on this topic » AllAfrica.com

Corruption Eases Slightly in Tanzania AllAfrica.com TANZANIA remains the second least corrupt country in East Africa, according to this year's global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released. It is second behind Rwanda in the region. However, globally, Tanzania has dropped two places from 100th last ... See all stories on this topic »

Sata Warns Anti-Corruption Wing against Embarrassing Minister of Justice Zambia Reports President Michael Sata has warned the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) against embarrassing his ministers by publicizing cases they are investigating. Speaking when he swore in Rollen Mukanda as ACC commissioner at State House this morning, Sata ... See all stories on this topic » Zambia Reports

Speak up against corruption Fiji Times "IF you are a victim of corruption or white collar crime make a stand and speak up now." This is the message from the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) as Fiji marks International Anti-Corruption Day in Lautoka today. Corruption ... See all stories on this topic »

Rolls-Royce reveals SFO corruption probe Financial Times Rolls-Royce, the aircraft engine maker, warned on Thursday that it faced the possibility of prosecution after the Serious Fraud Office and an internal investigation raised concerns about corruption and bribery in Indonesia, China and other overseas ... See all stories on this topic »

Fighting Corruption Is a Top Priority - PM AllAfrica.com Gisagara — The Government is committed to eradicating corruption and injustices, Prime Minister Dr Pierre Damien Habumuremyi has said. "Our government attaches much importance to the fight against corruption," he stated. The Premier made the remarks ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption Threat to Democracy,Stability and Service Delivery Says Premier ... AllAfrica.com Fraud and corruption pose a serious threat to the stability and security of societies as they undermine democratic institutions and values of our hard won democracy, ethical values and justice, and also jeopardise sustainable development, effective ... See all stories on this topic » AllAfrica.com

World Bank report linking jobs to corruption and tribalism spot-on Daily Nation It goes further to say that vices like corruption, tribalism, bribery and sexual harassment are the major contributors to this trend, and unless they are addressed, the situation is never going to change. For a long time now, the problem of ... See all stories on this topic »

People to smash idols of corruption: Shahbaz The Nation The CM said this while talking to Assembly Members from various districts. The CM said that during the tenure of Zar Baba and Forty Thieves no progress had been made in any sector except for corruption. He said that the PML-N tried to prick the ... See all stories on this topic » The Nation

Has corruption in M'sia really gone down? Malaysia Kini It is arguable whether Malaysia has really done better in the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report released by Transparency International-Malaysia, on behalf of Transparency International in Berlin. As the report states clearly, the scoring ... See all stories on this topic » Malaysia Kini

Corruption: ASUU slams FG for 'window dressing' P.M. News (blog) Dr Nasir Fagge, President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday advised Nigeria's Federal Government to prosecute and punish Nigerians found guilty of corruption. Fagge gave the advice in Lagos. He was reacting to the 2012 ... See all stories on this topic »

Comptroller: Report of TI on corruption offends Venezuelans' dignity El Universal Venezuelan Acting Comptroller General Adelina González has disclaimed the Corruption Perception Index disseminated on Wednesday by NGO Transparency International, according to which Venezuela is the most corrupt country in Latin America. "Such a ... See all stories on this topic »

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa formulates anti-graft policy: minister Business Recorder (blog) Provincial Minister for Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussein has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has become first province that had formulated policy for the eradication of the menace of corruption and stressed the boycott of corrupt elements. Addressing a ... See all stories on this topic »

Back Story: This week's corruption Kyiv Post This is not a column about corruption in the OVIR (Office of Visa and Registrations). Such would be met with a collective ho-hum. Bribery is endemic in Ukraine whether you are dealing with an uncomplicated request for permanent residency, as above, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rolls Faces Corruption Probe After Uncovering Malpractice Businessweek Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (RR/), Europe's largest maker of commercial aircraft and ship engines, said it unearthed possible wrongdoing in overseas business dealings and is under scrutiny by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office. A company review, spurred by an ... See all stories on this topic »

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