Transparency International's weekly newsletter and supplement to our Daily Corruption News, 28 July 2017

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Corruption in the news this week

Focus on Pakistan

Pakistan: The biggest casualty of the Panama Papers: Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif
Quartz (28 July)

The record remains intact: No elected prime minister in Pakistan’s history has managed to serve a full five-year term. Not even Nawaz Sharif, who was out trying his luck for the third time.

 
Pakistan: Pakistani court disqualifies PM on corruption allegations
Associated Press (28 July)

A five-judge panel of Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday disqualified thrice-elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding office over allegations of corruption and ordered criminal charges be filed against him and his family.

 

Politicians feeling the heat

Brazil: Brazilian President Temer scrambles for support to block corruption trial
Reuters (27 July)
 
China: China's Xi says party cannot rest on laurels in fighting corruption
Reuters (28 July)
 
Spain: Spanish PM Rajoy appears as witness in corruption trial
France 24 (27 July)
 

Other news

Global: Chinese billionaire convicted in United Nations bribery case
Associated Press (27 July)
 
Global: Halliburton pays $29.2 million penalty in alleged Angola bribery case
Houston Chronicle (27 July)
 
Ethiopia: Ethiopia puts 37 people before court over high-level corruption
Fana Broadcasting (28 July)
 
Maldives: Seven journalists arrested from opposition protest
Maldives Independent (TI mention, 27 July)
 
Russia: Russian former economy minister Ulyukayev indicted on bribery charges
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Tass / Interfax (27 July)
 
Uzbekistan: Glamorous Uzbek princess who accrued a vast fortune under her father's rule and courted British royalty and celebrities has been thrown into jail over $2bn corruption allegations
Daily Mail (28 July)
 

Blogs and opinion

Democratic Republic of Congo: Corruption, violence threaten Congo’s foreign aid and investment
IPI Global Observatory (27 July)
 

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