All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

AP:
erman prosecutors investigating match-fixing in soccer say 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested and about 200 games in Europe are under suspicion. ( read the article)

BBC:

Two suspected computer hackers have been arrested in Manchester in a major inquiry into a global internet scam designed to steal personal details. ( read the article)

CBS News:
Tired of working amid corruption, a 32 year old Russian police officer made an unthinkable video appeal directly to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He says he now fears for his life, but thinks this whistle had to be blown. (read the article)

http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/global_climate_change_lobby/overview/> The Center For Public Integrity:
Global attempts to craft a pivotal new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far-reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, according to an eight-country report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (read the article)

The Canadian Press:
The Quebec government is brushing off widespread calls for a public inquiry into the murky world where politics, the Mafia, and the construction business allegedly interconnect, and instead forging ahead with its own solution. (read the article)

Bloomberg:

China has begun an investigation into alleged subsidies on imports of American broiler chicken products, two weeks after the U.S. imposed tariffs on tire shipments from the Asian nation. (read the article)

The Washington Times:

At least 20 U.N. outposts in dangerous corners of the world suffer from inadequate security despite rising threats to the organization, the U.N. director of security says. (read the article)

NY Times:

China formally arrested an Australian citizen and three other employees of the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto late Tuesday on suspicions of commercial bribery and trade secrets infringement in a case that has rocked the global steel industry and created a diplomatic uproar. NY Times (read the article)

BBC:

High-profile websites including Google, Facebook and Twitter have been targeted by hackers in what is described as a "massively co-ordinated attack". (read the article)

Dawn:

Kang Rixin, general manager of China National Nuclear Corporation, is suspected of involvement in ‘grave violations of discipline,’ according to a statement from the Communist Party’s Central Committee on Wednesday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. (read the article)