Alan Garcia, Peru's president, has accepted the resignation of his entire cabinet in an effort to tackle a growing corruption scandal over oil concessions.

Ahead of the move on Friday, Garcia had faced calls from opposition leaders to sack cabinet members after audio tapes emerged linking some of them to a plan to award oil contracts in exchange for bribes.


...The kickback scandal surfaced on Sunday when nine audio tapes were leaked to news media.

The tapes appeared to reveal alleged backroom negotiations between government officials, a former congressman and a top oil baron, in an alleged bid-rigging scheme that would have Norway's Discover Petroleum win five oil exploration concessions.