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August 17, 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.

$360M lost to insurgents, criminals in Afghanistan
Associated Press, August 17, 2011

Indonesia’s high-profile graft case widens
Financial Times, August 16, 2011

Corruption watchdog urges FIFA to reform
AFP, August 16, 2011

Migration of Banks From Former Tax Havens Begins
Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2011

Tax dodgers thrive in Italy despite austerity plan
Reuters,  August 16, 2011

Sierra Leone to use UN Convention on corruption
Awareness Times, August 16, 2011

India corruption: Hundreds held over Hazare protest
BBC, August 16, 2011

Afghanistan’s culture of corruption must be ended
Montreal Gazette, August 17, 2011

Party Tainted by Corruption Leaves Brazil Government Coalition
Latin American Herald Tribune, August 16, 2011

Impact of corruption on our society
The Nation (Pakistan), August 16, 2011

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