From: Transparency International - Daily Corruption News - 01 Dec 2016

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1 December 2016
Today's top story
Brazil: Brazil legislators vote against anti-corruption bill even as nation mourns
The Guardian
Prosecutors investigating Brazil’s biggest-ever graft scandal have threatened to resign en masse if a move to gut an anti-corruption bill won approval from legislators as the nation mourns an air disaster.

More news
Global: Arms deals account for '40 percent of corruption in world trade'
Deutsche Welle
Cambodia: Cambodian court jails former envoy to South Korea for graft
The New York Times (TI mention)
China: China pushes on in fight against corruption, warns against ‘pomp’
The Wire
Ghana: Ghana: Citizens to vote on jobs, corruption and the economy
Africa News
India: Modi plans to cut corruption with Amazon-style platform
Bloomberg
Malaysia: Malaysians worry Trump will drop a corruption investigation into his “favorite prime minister”
Quartz (TI mention)

Blogs and opinion
Mexico: Tulum, Mexico: How an eco-chic retreat became a den of corruption
Newsweek
US: We can start taking Trump seriously about ditching his business interests when he does these five things
Quartz (TI mention)

News from Transparency International
Press release: Transparency International calls for ending the secrecy that enables corruption
On the blog: Cleaning up Georgia's elections

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