Wednesday’s Daily News Digest
August 25th, 2010
UN agency makes unusual Pakistan aid appeal
Associated Press, August 25, 2010
Philippines hostage crisis exposes police corruption, ineptitude
Christian Science Monitor, August 25, 2010
Chirac poised to avoid graft trial
Financial Times, August 25, 2010
FASB chief to retire; board size to increase
Reuters, August 24, 2010
Russian Police Bust Money-Laundering Ring, Detain Bank Manager, Adviser
Bloomberg News, August 25, 2010
Lloyd’s, Stanford Trial Begins on Insurance Claim
Bloomberg News, August 24, 2010
Caribbean financier indicted in US in fraud case
Associated Press, August 24, 2010
Swiss prepare to turn the page on UBS US tax saga
AFP, August 25, 2010
Director Exit Prompts Unusual FCPA Disclosure
Main Justice, August 24, 2010
Opposition to file complaint against Kim
The Korea Times, August 25, 2010
Doubts over Ma’s tough cure for corruption
Asia Times, August 26, 2010
Austrian bank “laundered drug money”
B92, August 25, 2010
Reputed Mafioso pleads guilty in Scott Rothstein-linked case
The Miami Herald, August 25, 2010
Deal of the day: money-transfer companies evolve, as remittances rebound
Financial Times (blog), August 25, 2010
Mystery of Tory donor’s Swiss home: Questions over why millionaire lists ski resort as his current address
Daily Mail, August 25, 2010
Revenue & Customs Brief 34/10: HMRC Amends Inheritance Tax Domicile Rules
HM Revenue & Customs, August 24, 2010
Taxman bars Crocodile Dundee from leaving Australia
Reuters, August 25, 2010
German State Mulls Purchase Of Stolen Tax Data
Tax-News.com, August 25, 2010
SOEs’ taxes higher than private firms
Global Times, August 25, 2010
Federal Councillor Calmy-Rey travels to India for a Meeting with Ministers
Swiss Government Press Release, August 24, 2010
House wants higher tax target
The Jakarta Post, August 25, 2010
LGT stops client money exodus, H1 profit up 6.4 pct
Reuters, August 25, 2010
An IRS “Sweep Up” Of Online Gambling Operators Forthcoming?
Gambling 911, August 24, 2010
South African Steel Company Probing Iron Mine Deal
Main Justice, August 24, 2010
Editorial: Flawed nominees
The Korea Herald, August 25, 2010
OP-ED: Yemen on the Brink
Worldpress.org, August 24, 2010
Thai PM: Extradition of Bout can’t be rushed
Associated Press, August 25, 2010
Analysts Monitor New African Oil States for Corruption
VOA News, August 24, 2010
Three in court after R200m fraud
Independent Online (South Africa), August 25, 2010
Ex-GI charged in Afghan bribe scheme
UPI, August 24, 2010
Ex-ambassador banned from public office for bribery
Columbia Reports, August 24, 2010
Romanian lawmakers approve anticorruption law
Associated Press, August 24, 2010
UK threatens to cut aid to resource rich African states
Daily Nation (Kenya), August 24, 2010