From: Transparency International - Daily Corruption News - 12 July 2016

12 July 2016

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US: Prosecutors want Blagojevich to serve full 14 years, defense asks for 5
Chicago Tribune
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich should get as little as five years in prison when he is resentenced on sweeping corruption charges next month, a move that would see him released from custody in months, his lawyers said in a court filing late Monday.

More news Global: EU Commission to give Ukraine 15 million euros for fighting corruption  New Europe Global: US: Romania still faces corruption, bureaucracy, lack of transparency Romania Insider Mexico: These Mexican states are way too corrupt, according to the scandal-plagued president Reuters Rwanda: President Kagame sacks health minister over corruption The East Africa Solomon Islands: Pleas for set up of Solomons corruption mechanisms Radio New Zealand (TI mention)

Blogs and opinion Philippines: Body needed to ensure zero-tolerance of sleaze Philstar

News from Transparency International

Press release: Transparency International strongly condemns murder of Kem Ley; seeks independent investigation
On the web: Emerging markets, pathetic transparency

From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 12 July 2016

United States: Johnson Controls pays $14.4 mln to end SEC bribery probe
Jul 12, 2016 08:00 pm

Johnson Controls Inc agreed to pay $14.4 million to settle U.S. regulatory charges that its workers bribed Chinese shipbuilders and shipyards, including some owned by the Chinese government, to win business and enrich themselves. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission […]
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Interview: Kiew Chiawen, Principal Investigations Manager at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Ethical Alliance Advisory Council Member
Jul 12, 2016 07:30 pm

Read our recent interview with Kiew Chiawen, Principal Investigations Manager at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and member of the Ethical Alliance Advisory Council, to hear his thoughts on anti-corruption and compliance issues and his views on the future of enforcement.
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Hong Kong: ICAC chief claims he alone, and not CY Leung, made decision to remove deputy
Jul 12, 2016 07:00 pm

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption chief took sole responsibility on Monday for removing a top investigator, saying she “failed to meet the job requirements”, and denying the city’s leader had anything to do with the controversial move. Simon Peh Yun-lu, head of […]
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Russia: All Russian officials & politicians may face anti-corruption polygraph tests
Jul 12, 2016 06:30 pm

The Russian public chamber has proposed a nationwide program in which civil servants, politicians and even civil activists undergo universal polygraph tests to detect and purge those previously engaged in corruption schemes. “We propose that these tests are taken by […]
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China: Former China Telecom chairman to face prosecution for corruption
Jul 12, 2016 06:00 pm

Former China Telecom chairman Chang Xiaobing will face prosecution, with the Communist Party wrapping up an internal anti-graft investigation against him. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on Monday that Chang allegedly took bribes, interfered in the anti-graft agency’s […]
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United States: Banker Sitting in U.S. Prison Has a Most Incredible Tale to Tell
Jul 12, 2016 05:30 pm

Eugene Gourevitch, a 39-year-old Berkeley-educated finance whiz, spends his days working in the library in a federal prison in Montgomery, Alabama. He’s serving a five-year sentence for wire fraud related to insider trading. How Gourevitch ended up as an inmate […]
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From: Transparency International - Daily Corruption News - 11 July 2016

11 July 2016

Today's top story

Global: Survey: Indian firms best, China worst on transparency
Associated Press (TI mention)
India has the most transparent companies while Chinese firms are the most opaque, according to a global watchdog’s survey released Monday that assesses the efforts of companies in emerging markets to fight corruption.

More news Global: EU commission under fire over Barroso bank job EUObserver India: Ministers can take bribes, not demand: Bodo chief The Asian Age Malawi: Chakwera calls for action on Malawi ‘grand corruption’ scandal: No impunity Nyasa Times Thailand: Magical scarves from Auditor-General to fight corruption Bangkok Post US: Western NY judge admits taking bribes, but still gets $120k pension Syracuse.com Zimbabwe: The end is coming for Mugabe: Zimbabwe looks to be on the brink of revolution The Zimbabwean

Blogs and opinion Philippines: A long haul to end corruption The National

News from Transparency International

Press release: Emerging market companies show low levels of transparency, allowing corruption to thrive

From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 11 July 2016

World: Emerging market companies show low levels of transparency, allowing corruption to thrive
Jul 11, 2016 08:30 pm

The vast majority of the world’s biggest emerging market companies have failed when it comes to transparency, creating an environment for corruption to thrive in their businesses and in the places they operate. A new report from Transparency International reveals […]
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Taiwan: US returns to Taiwan gains linked to corrupt ex-president
Jul 11, 2016 08:00 pm

The United States said Thursday it is returning $1.5 million to Taiwan from the sale of two homes bought with alleged bribes by the family of disgraced former president Chen Shui-bian. The Justice Department said it had sold a condo […]
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Ukraine: ‘We Were Shocked': Top Ukraine Official Arrested Over Bribery
Jul 11, 2016 07:30 pm

Ukraine’s deputy health minister Roman Vasylyshyn was arrested on Thursday over bribery allegations, becoming the country’s first high-ranking official to be accused of corruption since the April 2015 election of a new cabinet. Vasylyshyn was caught receiving money “from sick […]
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United States: Ex-Louis Berger execs sentenced in U.S. over foreign bribe scheme
Jul 11, 2016 07:00 pm

Two former executives at New Jersey-based construction management company Louis Berger have been sentenced for their roles in a scheme to secure government contracts by bribing foreign officials, U.S. prosecutors said. James McClung, 60, was sentenced on Thursday by U.S. […]
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Hong Kong: Chief executive denies any part in removal of top Hong Kong graft-buster
Jul 11, 2016 06:30 pm

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has dismissed allegations he was behind the removal of the city’s top anti-corruption investigator. Days after Rebecca Li Bo-lan – the first woman to head the powerful investigative unit of the Independent Commission Against Corruption – […]
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South Africa: Corruption seeps into South Africa’s R26 billion water project: report
Jul 11, 2016 06:00 pm

Water affairs and sanitation minister Nomvula Mokonyane is in the cross-hairs of the Public Protector after delaying South Africa’s Lesotho Highlands Water Project, allegedly to award contracts to a company she has a long-standing relationship with. This is according to […]
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How to enjoy a corruption-free day

If enough honest people in a corrupt nation refuse to pay bribes, say experts, corruption would start to disappear. But how to rally the honest to take such a stand? On Wednesday, the southern African country of Zimbabwe showed the world what might be possible.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/enjoy-corruption-free-day-194644987--politics.html

From: Transparency International - Daily Corruption News - 8 July 2016

8 July 2016

Today's top story

Brazil: Corruption-stained builder unveils Rio Olympic projects
Associated Press
A big construction company embroiled in Brazil’s sprawling corruption scandal on Thursday showed off its legacy projects for next month’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

More news Brazil: Brazil’s reviled lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha resigns in tears The Guardian Nepal: Transparency International Nepal to monitor post-earthquake reconstruction Kathmandu Post (TI mention) South Africa: State corruption is ‘beyond Satan’s imagination’, says Buthelezi Times Live UK: Ex-Barclays Libor traders jailed for more than 6 years The Independent US: Investigation finds dozens of corrupt border officers San Diego Union-Tribune

Blogs and opinion South Africa: Corrupt and their hunters on different planets Business Day

News from Transparency International

Media advisory: How transparent are the world’s biggest emerging market companies? New report on 11 July
On the web: How to put an end to police corruption in Africa
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From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 8 July 2016

United States: U.S. details Chinese link to U.N. news outlet in bribe case
Jul 08, 2016 08:00 pm

A Chinese government official was involved in discussions about using a news outlet that U.S. authorities believe was part of a bribery scheme at the United Nations to push positive stories about China, according to court papers. The filing by […]
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Netherlands: Dutch prosecutors seek 300 mln euros in Uzbek corruption case
Jul 08, 2016 07:30 pm

Dutch prosecutors on Wednesday asked judges to seize more than 300 million euros in assets belonging to a Netherlands-based front company they say was used to bribe Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan’s president. Prosecutors asked the Amsterdam court to […]
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North Korea: North Korea calls U.S. sanctions over human rights ‘declaration of war’
Jul 08, 2016 07:00 pm

The latest comment came after the State Department imposed sanctions Wednesday on Kim and 22 other North Korean officials and entities over human rights violations that include systematic torture, forced labor, extrajudicial killings and rape. The officials were also accused of tracking […]
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Brazil: Brazil Olympic Corruption Probe Hits Iconic Maracana Stadium
Jul 08, 2016 06:30 pm

Three construction companies involved in the renovation of Brazil’s legendary Maracanã soccer stadium were found guilty of improper enrichment at the expense of the state government, public auditors said Tuesday. As part of a report conducted by Rio de Janeiro’s […]
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Cambodia: Cambodian PM Hun Sen’s family controls the country’s business sector: Report
Jul 08, 2016 06:00 pm

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s family owns or partly controls at least 114 private domestic companies spanning 20 business sectors, with a total share capital worth more than US$200 million, according to a report by Global Witness released on Thursday (Jul […]
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South Africa: South Africa’s corruption watchdog gets extra funds to probe Zuma, Gupta scandal
Jul 08, 2016 05:30 pm

South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Thursday it will receive additional funds to investigate whether President Jacob Zuma allowed the wealthy Gupta family to make government appointments. The prominent business family is accused of being behind Zuma’s abrupt sacking of […]
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