From: Transparency International - Daily Corruption News - 5 Aug 2016

5 August 2016

Today's top story

Brazil: Brazil senate panel recommends impeaching, removing Rousseff
The Wall Street Journal
A Senate committee voted 14-5 on Thursday to recommend a conviction in suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial and that she then be permanently ousted.

More news Brazil: Brazil Eletronuclear CEO gets 43-year sentence for corruption -paper Reuters China: Two more of China’s former top commanders taken away for corruption investigation: military sources South China Morning Post Iraq: Iraq court bans parliament speaker from traveling after corruption claims Al Arabiya Uganda: Yogera: New platform launched to fight corruption New Vision US: After 'very embarrassing' blunders, prosecutors offer no-jail deals in L.A. Coliseum corruption case LA Times

Multimedia of the week South Korea: South Korea cracks down on graft Reuters

Blogs and opinion Global: International graft crackdown takes hold, FBI official says, citing Brazil Reuters Morocco: Corruption is crippling Morocco’s nascent democracy Middle East Monitor

News from Transparency International On the web: Brazil and the Olympics: three steps to re-energise the fight against corruption On the blog: What to think when Russia walks into the Olympic stadium On the blog: Tackling corruption must remain at the core of UK government’s drive for prosperous, stable and secure societies