Financial Transparency Coalition

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon faces a food crisis this year as corruption in the impoverished nation's Agriculture Ministry worsens a shortfall in maize supply, according to the findings of a government investigation.

Wealthy U.S. citizens using a tax-evasion amnesty program have identified nearly 10 Swiss and European banks where their accounts are held, opening new fronts in the Internal Revenue Service's probe into potential tax crimes, according to people familiar with the situation.

UBS AG will hand over some 4,450 names of U.S. account holders as part of a U.S.-Swiss tax-evasion settlement and investigation that could produce in total 10,000 account identities, according to people familiar with the situation.

The Swiss banking industry, facing a raft of proposals from Congress and the IRS for new requirements aimed at catching U.S. tax evaders, is beefing up its Washington lobbying ranks.