Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (30 Dec 2014)

Today's top story Russia: Aleksei Navalny, critic of Putin, is given suspended sentence in fraud case New York Times A Moscow court on Tuesday convicted the anticorruption crusader and political opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny of criminal fraud charges and handed down a three-and-half-year suspended sentence. The Moscow police braced for a confrontation with thousands of people planning to protest the verdict outside the Kremlin.

More news Global: Beijing looks at U.S. deal to recover dirty assets: China Daily Reuters Brazil: Petrobras finds itself in deep water Financial Times Egypt: Egypt probes corruption in state bidding process Ahram Online Thailand: Bangkok rocked by police football corruption charges SBC Turkey: Turkey's top judicial body suspends graft probe prosecutors: media Reuters UK: Thatcher was warned U.K.’s ‘Big Bang’ plan might increase fraud Bloomberg

Blogs and opinion Global: Next year, get tough on corruption Forbes Argentina: Cubrir la retirada (Protecting the way out) La Nación Israel: Yisrael Beiteinu corruption scandal shows lobbying must become more transparent Haaretz

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