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TWO-THIRDS OF PARLIAMENTS FAIL TO BE WATCHDOGS OF DEFENCE CORRUPTION

New study by Transparency International also finds 85% of them lack effective scrutiny of defence policy Brussels, 17 September 2013—Two-thirds of parliament and legislatures fail to exercise sufficient control over their Ministry of Defence and the armed forces, according to a new report by Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme (TI-DSP). Amongst those, 70 per cent …