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WSJ -Corruption Currents: Australian Police to Get Anti-Bribery Funding Boost (22 April 2016). By Samuel Rubenfeld. http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2016/04/22/corruption-currents-australian-police-to-get-anti-bribery-funding-boost/

ANALYSIS: Global reach of Taiwanese fraud rings deserves gov't attention .  "A growing number of R.O.C. citizens have been found involved in overseas telecommunication fraud in recent years, a problem that the government has noted but taken few measures to address." Analysis by Joseph Yeh, The China Post: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/analysis/2016/04/18/463767/Global-reach.htm COMMENTARY: Transparency key in fighting graft.   Petty corruption is often easier to identify and classify than sophisticated swindles. Op-ed by Cathy Holcombe, South China Morning Post: http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1936780/transparency-key-fighting-graft INFO: India's domestic black money window will not give immunity from corruption, fraud .  Disclosures made under the four-month domestic black money compliance window beginning June 1 will not get immunity from criminal offences like corruption, or fraud under Indian Penal Code, although there will be no scrutiny of the declar...

INFO: China suspends G20 anti-corruption task force - sources .  China suspended an international anti-corruption task force earlier this year after taking over the G20 presidency, according to six individuals in the group, who called it a setback to global efforts to crack down on shell companies used to conceal assets. Michelle Price, Thomson Reuters Foundation: http://news.trust.org/item/20160420043849-c4d3f INFO: The DNA of Romania's anti-corruption success .  "Few countries can claim a sitting prime minister as one of the 1,250 public officials indicted for corruption in a single year. Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), the agency responsible for the crackdown, has made a deep impact in a country rife with public malfeasance and mismanagement. Its actions have been hailed by citizens, investors and Romania’s EU and U.S. allies, who welcome evidence that the country is getting to grips with its problems." Andrew MacDowall, Politico: http://ww...

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21 April 2016 Today's top story 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. More news Global: Russian national pleads guilty in European bank bribe plot Bloomberg Global: U.N. news outlet at center of bribery case defends its integrity Reuters Germany: Money laundering reaches $113B in Germany as organized cri...

From the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project, a joint four-year initiative of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, with support from the Australian Government. Updates shared by Annika Wythes, Luisa Senibulu, Samita Singh, and Mihaela Stojkoska. If a link below does not work, please copy and paste the link into your browser’s address bar instead. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Court: MPs tax-free salary unconstitutional .  Solomon Islands Members of Parliament (MPs) will no longer enjoy tax-free wages after Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer threw out the award in a landmark ruling. http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/10146-justice-served PNG: Police commissioner sets up inquiry into fraud squad .  Papua New Guinea's fraud squad is to be investigated in the latest development in a major fraud case implicating the country's prime minister. http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/301921/png-police-com...

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has asked the United Nations to extend the mandate of a UN-backed anti-corruption body in his country for another two years, officials said. AFP: https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/31382733/guatemala-leader-asks-un-to-extend-mandate-of-anti-graft-body/