Financial Transparency Coalition

Financial Times: The number of businesses launching internal corruption investigations has surged after a drive to encourage staff “whistleblowers”, new research shows.

Daily Telegraph: The fall - down 1.4pc to £23.88 - was not as sharp as in Sydney where the shares fell as much as 3.3pc at one stage. An article published on a website controlled by the Chinese State Secrets Bureau also claimed that large amounts of “intelligence and data” had been found on Rio’s computers following the arrest of four Rio executives on spying charges last month.

Botswana government officials may have entered into questionable deals with convicted US congressman William Jefferson for educational technology and satellite transmission contracts in exchange for support for Botswana during the “diamond for development” controversy.

The IRS on August 7 issued Notice 2009-62, which further extends the deadline for filing a foreign bank account report (FBAR) for those taxpayers who have only signature authority over a foreign account or who have an interest in a commingled fund.