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Sydney Morning Herald
Eddie Obeid to take the stand at corruption trial
ABC Online
TONY EASTLEY: A former ALP powerbroker accused of using high political office to amass huge personal wealth has been called to give evidence today at the New South Wales Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC). One time Upper House ...
Former minister Eddie Obeid to front corruption inquiryYahoo!7 News

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Times of India
Casting corruption
Hindu Business Line
But coming back to corruption, let there be no illusion on what Nandy was trying to convey. Not only did he stop with saying that SCs, STs and OBCs accounted for “most of the corrupt”, but also sought to illuminate this “fact” by citing the example of ...
Why Ashis Nandy's corruption theory is a load of bullFirstpost
Death of irony in the age of mediaThe Hindu
Ashis Nandy moves Supreme Court, wants FIR against him quashedNDTV

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The Daily Star
Website aims to expose corruption in Lebanon
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Bribing government clerks to speed up paperwork, reduce property taxes or hasten car registration is a common practice in Lebanon. The media have reported extensively on corruption in most government departments, but no real action has been ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)
Kim Promises Zero Tolerance for Corruption at World Bank
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The head of the World Bank reiterated the institution's commitment to “decisive” anti-corruption enforcement Wednesday, but said the bank should still be open to high-risk projects. Jim Yong Kim said the World Bank would retain its “zero tolerance ...
“Anti-corruption Efforts in a Global Environment: A Commitment to Act”World Bank Group
World Bank Chief Says Corruption Hinders Developing WorldBloomberg
World Bank Chief: Anti-Corruption Key To Good GovernanceBernama
TrustLaw (blog) -Reuters -Nzweek
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
FBI Probing Kickbacks By Panasonic Supplier
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The FBI said this week federal prosecutors charged William McMahon, CEO and co-owner of Trustin Technology, and Sean Volin, who was a manager for Pansonic Corp. of North America at its Secaucus, N.J., office, with wire fraud. McMahon paid kickbacks ...

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10News
Arraignments postponed for South Bay school officials in corruption case
10News
Arraignments postponed for South Bay school officials in corruption case. DA wants case moved from South Bay to downtown. Justice court. Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, ...

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Former minister Eddie Obeid to front corruption inquiry
Yahoo!7 News
Former New South Wales Labor Minister Eddie Obeid is today due to give evidence at a corruption inquiry into mining licences. Mr Obeid, his wife Judith and one of his sons, Moses, are today due to give evidence at the Independent Commission Against ...

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3 plead guilty in Crow reservation corruption case
San Francisco Chronicle
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Three of seven defendants charged in a corruption case on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation have pleaded guilty to federal theft charges after they were accused of taking money meant to pay for monitoring historic and cultural ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)
US Freezes Assets of Colombian Criminal Gang, Drug Kingpin
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The criminal group Los Rastrojos and Diego Perez Henao, also known as Diego Rastrojo, were designated Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets as Specially Designated Drug Traffickers under the Foreign Narcotics ...

Rights Groups Release Defense Corruption and Press Freedoms Indexes
Yahoo! News (blog)
Transparency International UK released its interactive report on international defense and security, indexing corruption worldwide in 82 countries. On Monday, Reporters Without Borders also posted its 2013 world press freedom index, declaring that ...

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Bell corruption trial: City clerk to begin third day of testimony
Los Angeles Times
Bell City Clerk Rebecca Valdez will take the witness stand for a third day on Wednesday in the trial of six former Bell City Council members accused of misusing public funds. Valdez testified on Tuesday that when she began working for the city, she ...
Clerk says signature forged in City of Bell corruption caseKSBY San Luis Obispo News

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Worldcrunch
Is There Such A Thing As Good Corruption?
Worldcrunch
One of the important signs of “good” corruption is that the money stays in the country, allowing for economic growth. The American political scientist John Nye even calls this the "Switzerland factor." The less that corrupt money leaves the country ...

Newstrack India
Now 'Jantantra Morcha' to take on corruption, says Anna
The Hindu
The andolan formerly known as India Against Corruption will henceforth be organised under the banner of Jantantra Morcha, veteran activist Anna Hazare said on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering at Gandhi Maidan here, he said the morcha would ...
Anna and his supporters took oath to make corruption free IndiaNewstrack India
Anna launches front, but won't contest electionDeccan Herald
Anna Hazare begins Jantantra rally from PatnaIndia Today
Times of India -Business Standard -Newsbullet
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Aljazeera.com
EDITORIAL - High risk for corruption
Philippine Star
There has been no corruption scandal so far in the defense department under the watch of President Aquino, but the sector remains vulnerable to graft. Or at least that's the perception of participants in a survey taken by Transparency International UK ...
Survey: Global failings in defence corruptionAljazeera.com
Study: Israel susceptible to corruption in defense sectorIsrael Hayom
defence anti-corruption efforts falls shortgulfnews.com
Wall Street Journal (blog) -BBC News -Jakarta Globe
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World Bank Chief Says Corruption Hinders Developing World
Bloomberg
The World Bank started an alliance between national level anti-corruption agencies, prosecutors and auditors in 2010, Kim said. It is now developing software to help spot corruption in public procurement. “Our willingness to work in difficult ...
World Bank chief says finger-pointing not enough to fix graftReuters

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Wall Street Journal- India (blog)
CEOs Open to Cybersecurity Rules
Wall Street Journal- India (blog)
Corruption Currents, The Wall Street Journal's corruption blog, digs into the ever-present and ever-changing world of corporate corruption. It is a source of news, analysis and commentary for those who earn a living by finding corruption or by avoiding it.

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Wall Street Journal (blog)
“Anti-corruption Efforts in a Global Environment: A Commitment to Act”
World Bank Group
It is apt that we meet here at CSIS, where since 1962 the Center has pushed boundaries to find practical solutions to the major, intractable problems of the times. Among these, perhaps none has been more ubiquitous or enduring than the problem of ...
Kim Promises Zero Tolerance for Corruption at World BankWall Street Journal (blog)
World Bank Chief Says Corruption Hinders Developing WorldBloomberg
World Bank Chief: Anti-Corruption Key To Good GovernanceBernama
People's Daily Online -TrustLaw (blog) -Reuters
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ITV News
Recession and corruption are haunting Spain
ITV News
Who would be Prime Minister of Spain right now? Dreadful growth figures published this morning are showing the worst recession in Spain since the 1950s; an ever worsening dispute with a wannabe independent Catalonia; and a corruption scandal that is ...

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FT Adviser
HBoS bankers face corruption charges
FT Adviser
Lynden Scourfield, 50, and Mark Dobson, 52, formerly senior managers in the Reading and London offices of the top bank, face corruption charges linked to alleged kickbacks paid in return for business loans from a Reading branch of HBOS. Mr Scourfield ...

DND wants revalidation of TI's corruption report
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of National Defense wants a revalidation of a report by UK-based Transparency International that put the country's defense sector in a “very high” risk of corruption. In the report, the Philippines was placed in ...