Daily Corruption News from Transparency International - 20 April 2016

20 April 2016 Today's top story Honduras: OAS anti-graft body to probe Honduran scandal dogging president Reuters An anti-graft mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Honduras said on Tuesday it will investigate a multi-million dollar corruption scandal that has dogged the president of the Central American country, Juan Orlando Hernandez.

More news Brazil: 3 men in line for Brazilian presidency accused of corruption The Washington Post China: China suspends G20 anti-corruption task force Reuters Hong Kong: Hong Kong player banned for anti-corruption code breach Reuters Nigeria: 37,000 ghost workers in civil service, says anti-corruption chief Newsweek Pakistan: No stability until corruption rooted out: army chief Dawn (TI mention) Romania: Romanian ex-president Traian Basescu, accused of money laundering in controversial real estate deals Business Review Switzerland: Swiss crack down on bribery as "Lex FIFA" set to take force Reuters Tasmania: Tasmanian woman charged over '$3m money laundering operation' ABC News

Blogs and opinion Kenya: Answering an urgent call on corruption The Star

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