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August 16, 2011

By Dan Hennessey

Daniel Hennessey, an international affairs and geography major at the George Washington University, is an outreach and communications intern at Global Financial Integrity in Washington, DC.

Report estimates illicit financial outflows at $426 b
Hindu Business Line, August 16, 2011

Australia’s wildlife blackmarket trade
Australian Geographic, August 15, 2011

Deutsche Börse Unite Sued Over Alleged Iran Funds
Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2011

US acts to curb Afghan contract corruption
Washington Post, August 16, 2011

Committee moves ahead on draft legislation to combat shell companies in Wyoming
Casper Star-Tribune, August 15, 2011

Money Laundering: Over $1 trillion enters global financial market
Ghana Business News, August 15, 2011

President Yahya Jammeh’s D100,000,000 home in Maryland revealed
Senegambia News, August 15, 2011

Indian anti-graft activist arrested as protests spread
Reuters, August 16, 2011

UN to help Peru recover money derived from corruption
Andina, August 15, 2011

Local coal boss in China gets 20-year jail term for corruption
Reuters, August 15, 2011

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