From: Ethical Alliance Daily News - 7 Sept 2016

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Romania: Romanian former PM accused of corruption over Tony Blair visit
Sep 07, 2016 08:00 pm
The former Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta is being investigated for alleged financial corruption relating to a visit by Tony Blair in 2012. Romanian state prosecutors questioned Ponta on Tuesday about allegations that he misused his authority as leader of […]
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Brazilian police have questioned Wesley Batista, chief executive of meat packer JBS SA and board member of wood pulp producer Eldorado Brasil SA, said a representative for J&F Investimentos, controlling owner of both companies, on Monday. The J&F representative said […]
The Australian Taxation Office is investigating more than 800 high net wealth Australian clients of the controversial Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca, which is the focus of an unprecedented leak of tax haven records released globally. More than 11.5 million documents have been leaked […]
China has bought back to the country one-third of those on its top 100 list of most wanted corruption suspects who have fled overseas, the ruling Communist Party’s top graft buster said on Tuesday. China issued the list in 2014 […]
Organizers of the Greek league say games will start on Saturday after a two-week delay imposed by the government, which is struggling to tackle ongoing violence and alleged corruption in the sport. On Tuesday, organizers posted a timetable of matches […]

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