Daily Corruption News from Transparency International (17 Feb 2016)

17 February 2016 Today's top story USA: Tech company PTC to pay $28 million to resolve U.S. bribery probes Reuters Two units of Massachusetts-based software company PTC Inc will pay a total of $28 million to resolve probes into whether they gave more than $1 million in recreational travel to officials from China, two U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday. More news Global: Petrobras, Martinelli and a Dominican legislator top global corruption list Latin Correspondent (TI mention) Global: Spanish police raid Chinese bank in money laundering probe Associated Press Global: Vimpelcom to admit violation of anti-corruption laws Reuters Brazil: As impeachment stalls, Brazil probe corners Rousseff allies Bloomberg France: Front National raided over EU fraud allegations BBC Israel: Olmert case 'tip of iceberg' as Israel tries to combat corruption Middle East Eye (TI mention) Papua New Guinea: PNG students say shortage of university places leading to corruption ABC News South Korea: South Korea swimming body raided over corruption claims BBC Multimedia of the week Global: See oligarchs' mansions on the London 'Kleptocracy Tour' Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Blogs and opinion Ukraine: The Guardian view on Ukraine’s crisis: take the long view The Guardian News from Transparency International On the web: Unmask the Corrupt Press release: Afghanistan: Government must deal with corruption to build democracy and peace