Daily Corruption News - Transparency International - 18 April 2016

18 April 2016 Today's top story China: China sets death penalty threshold in corruption cases Agence France-Presse Corruption cases involving three million yuan ($463,000) or more may incur the death penalty in future, Chinese authorities ruled Monday, signalling that officials could be executed for graft.

More news Global: Corruption dominates Latin American political discourse as technology forces greater transparency The Washington Times Brazil: Dilma Rousseff: Brazil votes by overwhelming majority to impeach president Associated Press Iraq: Iraq's Abadi, facing unrest, hopes anti-graft cabinet can be named in coming days Reuters Jamaica: Jamaica's Government still corrupt, lacks transparency — 2015 report Jamaica Observer Malaysia: Malaysia Central Bank warned government in 2014 of 1MDB risks Bloomberg Papua New Guinea: PNG police fighting over anti-corruption arrests of Government officials ABC News Philippines: Philippines prepared to act against banks in Bangladesh heist Bloomberg Zimbabwe: Impediments in fighting corruption revealed NewsDay (TI mention)

Blogs and opinion Nigeria: The danger of a single corruption story by Moses E. Ochonu Sahara Reporters

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