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Verdict due in Berlusconi bribery trial
An Italian court is due to reach a verdict in a trial in which former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is accused of bribing a British lawyer. Prosecutors are pressing for a five-year jail sentence
Read More »New York: US CEO gets 30 months in jail for bribing Nigerians
The former head of US construction company KBR was sentenced to 30 months in prison over the bribing of Nigerian officials to win contracts, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. Albert Stanley, the former
Read More »Business ethics and anti-corruption update from Norton Rose
Innospec Ltd's former global sales and marketing director, David Turner, pleaded guilty to three criminal charges of conspiracy to corrupt at London's Southwark Crown Court. Dr Turner pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to
Read More »Top 10 Corruption Scams in India
This is the season of scams and the biggest ever corruption cases in India have been unearthed more recently. So, we decided to dig deep to see which scams were the biggest and most
Read More »Small Group of Lawyers Launches Big Battle Against Corruption
In Paris' 4th Arrondissement, on a side street popular with pedestrians in the exclusive Marais District, there's a large home that’s attracting some big attention. The entrance to the 17th century mansion is guarded
Read More »Bribe Paying Countries. China Is Second Worst
Transparency International has just come out with a new ranking of bribe paying countries, entitled the 2011 Bribe Payers Index (h/t The Diplomat). This index "ranks 28 of the world’s largest economies according to
Read More »S.Korea parliament speaker charged with bribery
Prosecutors in South Korea said they charged the parliament speaker and two others with bribery in a scandal that caused the speaker to resign his seat. The charges were brought against Park Hee-Tae, one of
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