Daily Corruption News
8 August 2017

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Venezuela: Venezuela top court orders jailing of opposition mayor Muchacho
Reuters

Venezuela's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of opposition mayor Ramon Muchacho of the Caracas district of Chacao, which has been the site of intense anti-government protests against President Nicolas Maduro.The court said in a statement that its Constitutional Chamber sentenced him to 15 months in prison, and it dismissed him from his post.

Other News

Israel: Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as Israeli corruption probes intensify
Huffington Post

Kenya: Who are the men competing to be president of Kenya?
Washington Post

Papua New Guinea: PNG court dismisses challenge to legality of arrest warrant for PM
Radio New Zealand

South Africa: 'D' Day for South Africa's president over corruption claims
CNN

USA: House Democrats call for transparency in Trump's deregulatory panels
The Hill

Multimedia

Russia: Alexei Navalny, Putin's challenger
Financial Times

Blog/Opinion

Global: As Asia's corporates grow up, tackling global corruption will fall to the UN
Forbes (TI mention)

USA: Why governmental transparency will not work without strong leadership
The Conversation UK

From Transparency International

Press Release: Venezuela: Without an independent judiciary, there is no democracy

Press release: South African MPs should vote President Zuma out of office in no confidence test

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