Article AH4X Cameron puts corruption on G7 agenda after Fifa bribery scandal

Cameron puts corruption on G7 agenda after Fifa bribery scandal

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Patrick Wintour and Owen Gibson
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Prime minister to tell summit that leading nations must 'break the taboo on talking about corruption', calling it 'arch-enemy of democracy and development'

David Cameron is preparing to warn fellow world leaders at the two-day G7 summit that starts in Germany on Sunday that the Fifa bribery scandal must be a trigger for international action against corruption.

The prime minister will criticise what he will call a widespread "taboo" in pointing the finger at corrupt institutions, and will say the Fifa scandal has shown how focusing on an organisation can provide the impetus for cleaning-up operations.

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