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SocGen Unit CEO Charged With Bribery as Prokhorov Urges Freedom
The head of Societe Generale SA (GLE)’s Russian unit was charged with commercial bribery, a day after allegedly being caught in a sting operation with cash on his desk from a client seeking to
Read More »Motor racing’s Ecclestone denies bribery in German case: lawyers
Lawyers for Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone reiterated on Wednesday that he had not bribed a German banker during the 2005-2006 sale of a stake in the motor racing business, after a newspaper
Read More »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 »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 »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)
Read More »Putin’s anti-corruption campaign: the public can help
Russia’s anti-corruption campaign looks like an attempt to secure the national loyalty of the state elite by increasing their stakes in Russian institutions. To this end, bureaucrats have been banned from possessing foreign shares,
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