Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (3 Nov 2015)

3 November 2015 Today's top story Germany: Fifa crisis: Tax raid on German football association BBC Police in Frankfurt have raided the headquarters of the German Football Association (DFB) over allegations of tax evasion linked to the 2006 Fifa World Cup, prosecutors say.

More news Global: Britain returns $60 million corruption assets to Macau Agence France-Presse Global: UBS also under scrutiny over FIFA swissinfo.ch Global: Telecoms company VimpelCom to take $900 mln investigation provision Reuters China: Former senior Chinese official jailed for 12 years for graft Reuters Iraq: Iraq sacks trade ministry officials in graft probe - officials Reuters Philippines: 2 NBI personnel get long jail terms for graft InterAksyon South Korea: Korea vows to back UN convention on corruption Asia News Network Vatican City: New book claims to expose corruption, mismanagement inside the Vatican Associated Press

Blogs and opinion Global: Volkswagen disaster comes as no surprise The Dominion Post China: Why China’s graft probes don’t rattle investors Reuters

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