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Britain: Charges in Bribery Case
British prosecutors say that an editor with The Sun, a tabloid newspaper, has been charged in connection with a conspiracy to pay thousands of dollars’ worth of bribes to a press officer working in
Read More »Hammond councilman pleads guilty to bribery
A Hammond city councilman pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge Monday for taking $10,500 in return for steering city tree-trimming contracts to one service. Councilman Al Salinas, 52, also pleaded guilty to one
Read More »NZ companies in overseas bribery spotlight
The Serious Fraud Office is pushing to update New Zealand's 103-year-old law criminalising bribery and is probing a rare complaint of bribes paid to overseas officials by a New Zealand company. The call came
Read More »Albany swamp of corruption must be drained using Gov. Cuomo’s reform plan
One more member of the state Legislature has been identified as a cheap crook. There was money to steal so Brooklyn state Sen. John Sampson took it and then he pulled strings to cover
Read More »Slovenia and Croatia worst in Europe for perception of corruption
The perception of corruption in the economy in Europe is worst in Slovenia, immediately followed by Croatia, which is significantly higher than the European average, the latest survey by Ernst & Young shows. Responding
Read More »Railway bribery: Mahesh Kumar sent to CBI custody
Mahesh Kumar, suspended Railway Board member, who along with Union Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew is an accused in the Rs. 10 crore bribery case, was on Monday sent to CBI's custody
Read More »NY corruption: Gov. Andrew Cuomo tries to dismantle Wilson-Pakula law
Who are Wilson and Pakula and why is their arcane 1947 law a major issue in Albany today? Wilson-Pakula is the original party crasher law, created during America's Red Scare to keep socialists and communists
Read More »Corruption Currents: From Cuomo’s Bill to $25 Million on Horses
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation that would make specific crimes of bribing a public official, scheming to corrupt government and covering up bribery. (Newsday, AP)
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