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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

NY corruption: Gov. Andrew Cuomo tries to dismantle Wilson-Pakula law

corruptionbribery May 3, 2013 0

Who are Wilson and Pakula and why is their arcane 1947 law a major issue in Albany today? Wilson-Pakula is the original party crasher law, created during America's Red Scare to keep socialists and communists

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

corruptionbribery May 2, 2013 0

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.

NY pols fighting corruption, avoiding major steps

corruptionbribery April 26, 2013 0

Former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi went to prison for influence-peddling at the state's massive pension fund and gets by these days on a $105,941 pension. Former Sen. Carl Kruger is behind bars in a

Former SNC-Lavalin CEO faces new corruption charges

corruptionbribery April 23, 2013 0

The former chief executive of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc (SNC.TO), a Canadian construction and engineering company caught in a far-reaching misconduct scandal, faces six new fraud-related charges, police said on Wednesday after issuing a warrant