NewsBin - Global Anti-Corruption: February 2016

Friday, February 19, 2016

WSJ - Corruption Currents: Whistleblowers Allege U.S. Military Officials Skewed ISIS Reports (17 Feb 2016)

http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2016/02/17/corruption-currents-whistleblowers-allege-u-s-military-officials-skewed-isis-reports/

Anticorruption Bibliography–February 2016 Update

http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/02/18/anticorruption-bibliography-february-2016-update/

Daily Corruption News from Transparency International - 18 Feb 2016

18 February 2016

Today's top story

Uganda: Uganda election: Ruling party accused of bribery, intimidation and terrorisation ahead of vote
International Business Times UK
Uganda's ruling party, the National Resistance Movement, has been bribing and intimidating members of the public to support incumbent president Yoweri Museveni in the run-up to the 18 February presidential elections, an electoral observer told IBTimes UK.

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Global: Bilal Erdogan is under investigation by the Italian authorities over a money laundering case.
New Europe
Global: Papa Massata Diack interrogated by police in Senegal for seven hours
Associated Press
Global: Tunisie: Swatch intente un procès à I Watch. Des internautes réagissent (Tunisia: Swatch sues I Watch. Internet users react)
Al Huffington Post Maghreb (TI mention)
Afghanistan: Afghanistan remains profoundly corrupt after U.S. invasion, report finds
NPR (TI mention)
India: CBI cracked down on 2,200 corrupt government officials in 2015
International Business Times India Edition
Russia: Businessmen protest against Russia corruption
Sky News
Thailand: Tennis corruption: Jatuporn Nalamphun banned for betting offences
BBC

Multimedia of the week

Global: See oligarchs' mansions on the London 'Kleptocracy Tour'
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Blogs and opinion

Uganda: Africa suffers when leaders think they're Too Big to Go
USA Today

News from Transparency International

On the web: End corruption for a sustainable future
Press release: Better enforcement of anticorruption laws needed to clean up business in Mozambique

Ethical Alliance Daily News (18 Feb 2016)

Italy: 21 arrested in northern Italy for corruption in health system

Published on Feb 18, 2016 06:30 pm

Corruption falters as investors, journalists and voters take action

Corruption is a global scourge, sometimes becoming so deeply ingrained in countries that combating it seems impossible. In January, Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, noting that the problem “remains a blight around the world.”

Read more in The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/17/corruption-falters-as-investors-journalists-and-voters-take-action

Thursday, February 18, 2016

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.

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