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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

Police corruption claim may cause drug defendant to be acquitted

corruptionbribery March 25, 2013 0

An Australian man facing the death penalty in Malaysia for alleged drug trafficking could walk free on Monday when a judge is expected to rule on whether the case should proceed.

5 of 6 officials guilty in Bell, Calif., corruption case

corruptionbribery March 21, 2013 0

After deliberating for nearly a month, a jury convicted five former elected officials of corruption Wednesday in Bell, Calif., where prosecutors said they awarded themselves inflated salaries for bogus duties

Jack Abramoff Takes a Break From His Anti-Corruption Crusade to Catch Up With Friends at CPAC

corruptionbribery March 15, 2013 0

Among the CPAC participants filing out of the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center earlier this evening, after the three-day orgy of liberty had come to a close, was Jack Abramoff, the notorious lobbyist

Brian Monteith: SNP promises smack of bribery

corruptionbribery March 11, 2013 0

LAST week, Nicola Sturgeon made a speech where she said that through a new constitution she would end child poverty in an independent Scotland. This came after her boss, the First Minister, assured us that