Nigeria: Nigeria rebuffs David Cameron over corruption remarks
Al Jazeera (TI mention)
Nigeria's government has rejected comments by the UK prime minister that it is "fantastically corrupt," calling the remarks "embarrassing" and not reflective of modern Nigeria.
Global: Afghanistan and Nigeria 'possibly most corrupt countries', Cameron lets slip
The Guardian (TI mention)
David Cameron has been overheard boasting to the Queen that the leaders of “fantastically corrupt” countries are coming to a summit he is hosting this week.
Global: Nigerian leader, Kerry join UK anti-corruption summit
AFP
The presidents of Afghanistan, Colombia and Nigeria will join US Secretary of State John Kerry at an anti-corruption summit in London next week, which British leader David Cameron said Sunday will make the issue a global priority.
India: India 'corruption' building to be razed
BBC
The top court in the Indian city of Mumbai has ordered the demolition of an apartment building that has been at the centre of a corruption scandal.
Colombia: Santos ordena a altos funcionarios hacer pública sus declaraciones de bienes y renta (Santos ordered senior officials to make their assets and income statements public)
El Espectador (TI mention)
President Juan Manuel Santos has decided that senior government officials should make their assets and income statements public, following a meeting with José Ugaz, Chair of Transparency International, and Elisabeth Ungar, director of Transparencia por Colombia.
USA: U.S. Treasury anti-laundering head to join HSBC
Reuters
The U.S. Treasury Department's top anti-money laundering official is resigning to take what sources said on Tuesday was a top post at HSBC Holdings Plc, which is struggling to meet terms of an earlier settlement with the U.S. government.
Global: U.S. demands Uzbek leader's daughter turn over $550 million
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
U.S. prosecutors said the daughter of Uzbekistan’s president and several associates failed to comply with a court order to turn over more than $500 million held in Swiss banks as part of a long-running money-laundering investigation.
Luxembourg: Former PwC employees face trial over role in LuxLeaks scandal
The Guardian (TI mention)
Two former employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers accused of being behind the biggest ever leak of confidential corporate tax deals face criminal trial in Luxembourg on Tuesday.
Australia: Coalition to create public register to reveal true owners of shell companies
The Guardian
The Turnbull government will create a public register revealing the identities of the beneficial owners of shell companies in an effort to quell mounting public outrage about multinational tax avoidance in the countdown to the federal election.
South Africa: South Africa's Jacob Zuma says no evidence of arms deal fraud
BBC
South African President Jacob Zuma says an inquiry into an arms deal worth billions of dollars has found no evidence of corruption or fraud.
Walmart allegedly covers up millions of dollars in bribes paid to local government officials in Mexico. A former Morgan Stanley executive is convicted of funnelling money to a Chinese official in ...
The New Yorker
The DAP will gather all its MPs to sign the election integrity pledge launched by anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) to demonstrate its commitment to integrity and ...
Malaysiakini
The new heads of watchdog authorities such as the Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) and the Public Procurement Office (ÚVO) ought to be picked via open selection procedures rather than via political ...
The Slovak Spectator
Transparency International has urged finance ministers attending this month's International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington to rigorously enforce know your customer (KYC) rules at ...
TrustLaw
Transparency and accountability in spending climate funds would help the country attract foreign funds in future to combat climate change, said Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman of the all-party ...
The Daily Star
All six parties in Hungary’s parliament agreed on the main principles of political party and campaign financing and signed a declaration on Wednesday.
The agreement was made during talks ...
Politics.Hu
BeyondTbilisi.ge, a new website launched by Transparency International Georgia (TI), launched on March 16. The site aggregates news in a space that aims to popularize media outlets in Georgia's ...
The Messenger Online
In its efforts to introduce various internationally designed and implemented tools of good governance, Transparency International India today launched ALAC Helpline at Indian Medical Association ...
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