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March 31, 2010

By EJ Fagan

EJ Fagan is the New Media / Advocacy Coordinator for the Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development in Washington, DC. He holds the same position with Global Financial Integrity.

Africa Has 27 Million More People in Poverty Following Crisis
Bloomberg News, March 30, 2010

‘Nigeria lost 165billion to fraud in 39 years’
Next (Mali), March 31, 2010

ECA: Illicit Financial Flows Ruining Development”
Nam News Network (Brunei), March 31, 2010

British island tax havens seek eastern promise
Reuters, March 31, 2010

Rare Discord Upsets Usual Swiss Calm
The New York Times, March 31, 2010

Pakistan to ask Switzerland to reopen Zardari cases
BBC News, March 31, 2010

Mullen calls for ending Afghan corruption
UPI, March 31, 2010

Transparency urged for nascent oil sector
The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia), March 31, 2010

Nigeria: It’s Amazing That We Can’t Tell How Much Oil is Pumped Daily- Peterside
The Independent (Lagos)

NJ bank penalized for not reporting transactions
BusinessWeek, March 30, 2010

Nigeria: Tax Collection – Ekiti LGs to Engage Consultants
Daily Independent (Lagos), March 30, 2010

Rio Tinto sacks four employees jailed in China for taking bribes
The Financial Times, March 30, 2010

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