Global Anti-Corruption Updates
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (7 Jan 2015)
Today's top story
Former Virginia
Governor Robert McDonnell was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in federal
prison and two years of probation for taking a bribe from a businessman seeking
to promote a dietary supplement.
More news
Global: Russian national charged in U.S. with bribery plot
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Global: London firms watch as Libya bribery trial begins
The Independent
The Independent
China: China ex-security chief faces graft trial – Xinhua
Reuters
Reuters
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka opposition backs anti-corruption probes
Financial Times
Financial Times
Blogs and opinion
Global: Terror expert Louise Shelley: 'Islamic State is a
diversified criminal operation'
Spiegel Online
Spiegel Online
Turkey: Is the AKP shielding former ministers from corruption
charges?
Al Monitor
Al Monitor
News from Transparency
International
Web feature: 2014 in pictures
Online documentary: African voices against corruption
Online documentary: African voices against corruption
WSJ - Corruption Currents: Navalny Eschews House Arrest (6 Jan 2015)
WSJ
- Corruption Currents: Navalny Eschews House Arrest (6 Jan 2015). By Samuel
Rubenfeld. http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2015/01/06/corruption-currents-navalny-eschews-house-arrest-monitoring-tag/
WSJ - Corruption Currents: North Korea Responds to New U.S. Sanctions (5 Jan 2015)
WSJ - Corruption Currents: North Korea
Responds to New U.S. Sanctions (5 Jan 2015). By Samuel Rubenfeld. http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2015/01/05/corruption-currents-north-korea-responds-to-new-u-s-sanctions/
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
The Giving Trees - Fighting Corruption in the Timber Industry with Technology
"Illegal
logging in southern Cameroon and the rest of the Congo Basin is a serious
problem, contributing to the destruction of 2.5%
of the world’s second largest rainforest over a single decade. Studies show
that in two of Cameroon’s nearest neighbors, Gabon
and the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), illicit logging could account for as much as
70% of the timber market. In fact, the entire greenbelt
envelops countries where corruption is rife – India, China, Brazil, Peru,
Indonesia, Ethiopia, DRC, Nigeria – and the links between corruption and
over-logging have been widely studied by the likes of TI, U4, UNODC,
and the World
Bank."
Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (5 Jan 2015)
Today's top story
How an elite anti-narcotics task force became the most
brazen drug thieves on the Texas border.
More news
Brazil: ‘Dilma
precisa fazer de Petrobrás um exemplo de transparência’ (‘Dilma needs to
make Petrobras an example of transparency’)
Estadão (TI mention)
Estadão (TI mention)
China: China
corruption watchdog investigates Nanjing leader for 'severe violations of
discipline and law'
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse
Mexico: Peña
Nieto anuncia estímulos a la economía y promete combatir la corrupción
(Peña Nieto announces economic stimulus, commits to fighting corruption)
EFE
EFE
Solomon Islands: Solomon
Islands PM pushed on anti-corruption commitment
Radio New Zealand (TI mention)
Radio New Zealand (TI mention)
Taiwan: Taiwan's
ex-president receives medical parole after 6 years in prison
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
UK: UK
oil groups face tougher transparency rules
Financial Times
Financial Times
Blogs and opinion
News from Transparency International
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