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St. Maarten officials probe opposition leader as part of bribery investigation

corruptionbribery April 15, 2013 0

Authorities in St. Maarten are investigating allegations that the leader of the Dutch territory's main opposition party asked the manager of a strip club to help blackmail a fellow legislator.

George Shirakawa is just the beginning of corruption case: Mercury News editorial

corruptionbribery April 11, 2013 0

George Shirakawa Jr.'s guilty pleas to five felony charges Monday ended his political career. But the harder and in some ways more important work for the Santa Clara County district attorney lies ahead: finding

Cuomo, DAs announce NY anti-corruption measures

corruptionbribery April 10, 2013 0

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday proposed giving prosecutors more power to combat public corruption and would, for the first time, require public officials to report corrupt actions by their colleagues.

Study finds corruption on rise among border agents, rep says security ‘at risk’

corruptionbribery April 9, 2013 0

A government watchdog report has identified a dramatic increase in documented corruption cases among U.S. border and immigration agents, finding nearly 150 have been arrested or indicted since 2005.

Don’t just get mad at Albany’s corruption; bring in outsiders to clean it up

corruptionbribery April 8, 2013 0

The arrests of two New York state legislators and the pending resignation of a third implicated in the scandal makes the case for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred investigation to root out what the federal prosecutor

Wal-Mart Bribery Scandal Puts Spotlight on U.S. Anti-Corruption Law

corruptionbribery April 5, 2013 0

Federal regulators have taken heat for not cracking down enough on Wall Street misdeeds, but Washington’s watchdogs have been baring their teeth plenty when it comes to investigating the business of foreign corruption.

Corruption case surrounding NYC mayor’s reverberates from campaign offices to state Capitol

corruptionbribery April 4, 2013 0

It’s a case that smacks of small-time corruption, with allegations of cash payoffs in parked cars. But the charges a Democratic state senator schemed to bribe his way into the GOP race for New

Bharara Sees ‘Pervasive’ Corruption

corruptionbribery April 4, 2013 0

Even for a prosecutor given to colorful metaphors and rhetoric, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara delivered a particularly damning appraisal of New York's political culture on Tuesday after unveiling a complaint alleging influence-peddling, secret land