Afghanistan campaign / Indonesia illusion / Global strangle

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INFO: EU launches anti-corruption campaign in Afghanistan. The EU delegation in Afghanistan has launched a seven-week campaign to raise public awareness about corruption and its ills, including a high-level conference in early May, to help Afghans combat graft and mobilize support for government action against corruption.

Read the story by Zabihullah Tamanna, in Anadolu Agency. http://aa.com.tr/en/world/eu-launches-anti-corruption-campaign-in-afghanistan/537165

COMMENTARY: Breaking illusion of corruption eradication [in Indonesia]. "Many believe that corruption in Indonesia is still as pervasive as ever. One major indicator of this is the alleged continuous weakening of the nation’s anticorruption agency, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)."

Read the op-ed by Hendi Yogi Prabowo, director of the Center for Forensic Accounting Studies at the Islamic University of Indonesia, Yogyakarta, in The Jakarta Post. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/15/breaking-illusion-corruption-eradication.html

INFO: Corruption continues to strangle global trade. Despite increased global efforts to curtail it, corruption remains a significant obstacle to international business, according to the most recent annual survey of business attitudes to corruption published by Control Risks, the global business risk consultancy.

Read the article by Michael White, in Global Trade. http://www.globaltrademag.com/global-trade-daily/news/corruption-continues-to-strangle-global-trade

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