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Friday, June 14, 2013

Austria corruption crackdown spreading its net wide

Duchatczek addresses a news conference after a meeting in the finance ministry in ViennaBy Michael Shields VIENNA (Reuters) - Suspicions of bribery at Austria's central bank have dragged it into a nationwide crackdown on corruption that has shaken confidence in the country's highest ranks of power and prestige. Vienna prosecutors this week charged nine people, including the deputy governor of the Austrian National Bank, over suspected bribes and kickbacks for banknote contracts with Azerbaijan and Syria. ...



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