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Britain: Charges in Bribery Case

corruptionbribery May 15, 2013 0

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

Hammond councilman pleads guilty to bribery

corruptionbribery May 14, 2013 0

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

NZ companies in overseas bribery spotlight

corruptionbribery May 13, 2013 0

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

Albany swamp of corruption must be drained using Gov. Cuomo’s reform plan

corruptionbribery May 9, 2013 0

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

Slovenia and Croatia worst in Europe for perception of corruption

corruptionbribery May 8, 2013 0

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

Corruption Currents: From Cuomo’s Bill to $25 Million on Horses

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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)

Putin’s anti-corruption campaign: the public can help

corruptionbribery April 30, 2013 0

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,

Bosnia federation head arrested in corruption probe

corruptionbribery April 29, 2013 0

A Bosnian court ordered that the president of the country's autonomous Muslim-Croat federation and four other officials be detained for a month after prosecutors said they took bribes to arrange pardons for convicts.