Financial Transparency Coalition

ZURICH/MIAMI (Reuters) - A federal court judge in Miami approved a delay in a high-profile trial on Monday in which U.S. tax authorities hoped to force UBS AG to reveal the identities of thousands of Americans suspected of using the Swiss bank to evade taxes.

"A New Moment of Promise": President Obama addresses the Parliament of Ghana in Accra on July 11, 2009.

Wall Street Journal - A federal jury convicted Connecticut investor Frederic Bourke Jr. on Friday of engaging in a scheme to bribe Azerbaijan government officials, marking a big victory for the Justice Department as it ratchets up its pursuit of overseas corruption.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. -- Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson is the first and only U.S. public official to be charged under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act since it was enacted in 1977.