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February 22, 2012

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.

Coming Home to Corruption
100 Reporters, February 22, 2012

‘Pervasive’ Corruption, ‘Resilient’ Taliban Complicate Afghan War: Intel officials paint bleak Afghanistan picture
U.S. News and World Report, February 21, 2012

Afghanistan Targets Flight of Cash
The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2012

Third Ministerial of the Paris Pact Initiative
U.S. State Department (Remarks), February 16, 2012

Justice Withdraws Foreign Bribery Charges
The Wall Street Journal (blog), February 22, 2012

Big Tobacco Joins FCPA Lobbying Push
The Wall Street Journal (blog), February 17, 2012

Obama corporate tax plan takes aim at tax havens
Market Watch, February 22, 2012

Isle of Man must ‘prepare for greater transparency’
The Telegraph, February 22, 2012

Cabinet moots steps to clean-up tax haven image
Swiss Info, February 22, 2012

Q+A – Corruption does not just have a “black” face
Trust Law, February 22, 2012

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