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Wednesday’s Top News Stories

June 17, 2009

By Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown is a contributor to the Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development blog, who has spent much time researching corruption in Kenya and Guatemala. She holds a degree in International Relations from Tufts University.

Read some of today’s top news stories below:

Tax evasion ‘hits developing world hardest’
World Radio Switzerland, June 16, 2009

Indonesia’s corruption court in fight for existence
Reuters, June 17, 2009

Briton charged with Congo corruption
Financial Times, June 17, 2009

US FinCEN Guidance Clarifies Scope of Information Sharing
Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2009

Obama Blueprint Deepens Federal Role in Markets
Washington Post, June 17, 200

Obama’s offshore tax reforms prompt jitters in Ireland
The Christian Science Monitor, June 16, 2009

Jefferson’s Federal Bribery Trial Opens
Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2009

Govt may plug gaps in tax evasion laws
The Economic Times (India), June 17, 2009

Trustees appointed in S.African $1.9 bln fraud case
Reuters, June 17, 2009

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