IPS Inter Press Service - Corruption

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PERU: Montesinos Defends Fujimori, Then Clams Up - (Found July 2, 2008 )

LIMA, Jul 1 (IPS) - Vladimiro Montesinos, the second most powerful person in the regime of former President Alberto Fujimori in Peru (1990-2000), has admitted in court that crimes were committed during intelligence operations he directed.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43032

ECONOMY: World Bank Sees Progress Against Corruption - (Found July 2, 2008 )

WASHINGTON, Jun 24 (IPS) - Developing and former Soviet countries are making rapid progress in controlling corruption and promoting political stability and government accountability, the World Bank said in a new report Tuesday.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42943

ECONOMY-ANGOLA: Slowdown Will Hurt Trade Partners - (Found July 2, 2008 )

LISBON, Jun 19 (IPS) - Slower economic growth in Angola will have a negative effect on exports from the southwest African nations main trading partners, especially Portugal and Brazil.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42891

BULGARIA: Netting of Big Fish Brings Hope - (Found July 2, 2008 )

BUCHAREST, Jun 17 (IPS) - A conviction in a high profile corruption case may alleviate some of the toughness expected from a July report of the European Commission on the progress by Bulgaria in combating corruption and organised crime.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42829

BALKANS: Now the Safest - (Found July 2, 2008 )

BELGRADE, Jun 16 (IPS) - After years of bloody chaos, instability and violence, the Balkans have turned into one of the safest areas in Europe, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) report says.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42816

AFGHANISTAN: Yet More Promises Come - (Found July 2, 2008 )

PARIS, Jun 13 (IPS) - The international support conference on Afghanistan this week fell short of offering an adequate answer to the multiple problems facing the country.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42799

IRAN: Corruption Scandal Could Become a "Gladiator's Game" - (Found July 2, 2008 )

NEW YORK, Jun 13 (IPS) - An Iranian official who accused more than 40 high-ranking officials and grand ayatollahs of financial corruption in a speech to a student group early last month in the city of Hamadan was arrested in Tehran Wednesday.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42797

PERU: Acquittals for Lawmakers Accused of Taking Bribes - (Found July 2, 2008 )

LIMA, Jun 9 (IPS) - A court in Peru acquitted nine former lawmakers accused of taking bribes to switch party allegiance and vote with the government of former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), so as to assure him majority support for his initiatives.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42723