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Fifa scandal should prompt global corruption purge - Cameron

Prime Minister David Cameron is urging a global crackdown on the "cancer" of corruption in the wake of Fifa bribery allegations. He will use the G7 summit in Germany to call for an international effort to clean up government and business. And he will condemn the international "taboo" on pointing the finger at corrupt institutions. Fourteen people have been charged by the US over alleged corruption at world football's governing body. The US justice department alleges that the 14 accepted bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period. Open discussion British officials said David Cameron would speak of a "cancer of corruption that poisons and stifles" the progress the G7 hopes to make on development and growth, and that the kind of scrutiny being applied to Fifa should not be restricted to the footballing body. He is not, however, expected to name organisations and businesses that he would like to see pu...