Financial Transparency Coalition

Bloomberg - U.K. lawmakers urged the government to tighten proposed corruption laws, saying companies should shoulder the blame when their employees use bribes at home or abroad.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Federal Judge T.S. Ellis III summoned prosecution and defense lawyers for a hearing late this afternoon that likely will include discussion, and possibly rulings, on defense motions to drop 15 of the 16 corruption charges against former Rep. William Jefferson and the question on how he should instruct the jury that will decide his fate.

RANCHI: Shortly after assuming the charge as Jharkhand governor, Kateekal Shankaranarayanan issued a veiled threat to corrupt and lethargic bureaucrats of the state.

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are targeting client visits by Swiss-based bankers from UBS in their efforts to identify U.S. citizens with accounts at the bank who may have evaded tax, a Swiss newspaper said on Sunday.