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Those Corruption Protests Have Backfired in India New York Times (blog) NEW DELHI — Since April last year, India has seen a wave of protests against politicians and political corruption. The latest demonstration, which ended on Tuesday, was led by the yoga master Baba Ramdev, whose alternative-medicine factory has cures ... See all stories on this topic »

Zweifach named News Corp's chief compliance officer, heading anti-corruption ... Washington Post NEW YORK — News Corp. said Wednesday that its general counsel, Gerson Zweifach, has been designated the company's chief compliance officer, in charge of a review of its anti-corruption controls. The review began last summer after disclosures that ... See all stories on this topic »

Brazil targets corruption in 'trial of the century' Christian Science Monitor First, although corruption in Brazil is endemic, it rarely leads to criminal prosecution and almost never when politicians are involved, so this is widely considered a step forward for Brazilian justice. It also highlights the widespread use of illegal ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Thailand Wildlife Trafficking Seizures Increase Tenfold, But Corruption Still ... Huffington Post Yet, the trade's Mr. Bigs, masterful in taking advantage of pervasive corruption, appear immune to arrest and continue to orchestrate the decimation of wildlife in Thailand, the region and beyond. And Southeast Asia's honest cops don't have it easy ... See all stories on this topic »

Court upholds sentences in corruption case San Francisco Chronicle JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the sentences of a once-successful attorney and two former judges in a Mississippi corruption case. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans affirmed the sentences of former lawyer ... See all stories on this topic »

A Long Wait for Freedom From Corruption Wall Street Journal (blog) This month, activists at the forefront of anti-corruption protests that commanded national attention a year ago announced that they were thinking about joining the system they'd been trying to beat. Also this month, the public works minister in the ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Corruption is an albatross around Prez Mahama's neck - Sir John Myjoyonline.com Sir John said corruption is like an albatross around the neck of the President hence he [Mahama] cannot prosecute government officials which according to the NPP scribe have embezzled state funds. The NPP scribe's comment is borne out of his party's ... See all stories on this topic » Myjoyonline.com

Corruption undermines recovery: Daniel Wolff NOLA.com In "I'm Carolyn Parker," the documentary film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by Jonathan and myself among others, the Semmes school is a hulking presence. Standing in ruins on a block in Holy Cross, it's pointed out as a local landmark. See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

Federal judge to give Kwame Kilpatrick fourth attorney for public corruption trial Detroit Free Press Kwame Kilpatrick's last-minute request for a new lawyer didn't just create legal drama — it also landed him a fourth attorney at taxpayers' expense. One day after denying him a new lawyer, U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds wrote today that she would ... See all stories on this topic »

Corrupt people will face the music of the law: Manohar Parrikar Times of India Parrikar chose the country's Independence day as the occasion to end his "period of constraint", and sent out a warning that those found indulging in corruption directly affecting the common man would be dealt with harshly. "Petty corruption reduction ... See all stories on this topic »

BOOK REVIEW: 'The Corruption Chronicles' Washington Times Since 1994, Judicial Watch has been on the front lines against political corruption in the nation's capital. Founded as a watchdog group to keep an eye on the excesses of the Clinton administration, it has since developed a reputation as a nonpartisan ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

PM promises to battle corruption New York Daily News "We will continue our efforts to bring more transparency and accountability in the work of public servants and to reduce corruption," the prime minister said in his address to the nation on Independence Day. "But we will also take care that these ... See all stories on this topic »

High Tide: From Walmex Stock Sinks to Fighting to Clear a Name Wall Street Journal (blog) Investigations into alleged sexual liaisons by a former railways minister in China led to a document detailing a web of corruption that included kickbacks and other graft. (MarketWatch). Do Sheldon Adelson's problems in Macau all come down to the ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Let's tackle corruption now - Motlanthe Independent Online "For example, our endeavour to root out corruption has necessitated that we pay greater attention to eliminating weaknesses in our procurement system, which is often the source of most of the corruption we encounter. "In this regard, the National ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Online

Enhance corruption fighting agencies' capacity – NDP Creamer Media's Engineering News The capacity of corruption fighting agencies needs to be enhanced, and these bodies must have political will and support, according to the revised National Development Plan (NDP) 2030. The plan, presented to President Jacob Zuma during a joint sitting ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption and interpretations of 'reformasi' Jakarta Post Gayus Tambunan, 33, Muhammad Nazaruddin, 33 and Angelina Sondakh, 34, all have three things in common: they are in their early 30s, they are involved in large scale corruption and they are all being investigated by the Corruption Eradication ... See all stories on this topic »

Mumba Wants Corruption Tag Discarded AllAfrica.com MMD leader Nevers Mumba has implored party members to ensure they remove the corruption tag associated with his party, which he said has now turned into a popular "song" in Zambia. And Dr Mumba has said he enjoys a wonderful relationship with ... See all stories on this topic »

SAN JACINTO: Corruption case codefendant has "life-threatening" condition Press-Enterprise One of two remaining co-defendants in the San Jacinto corruption case has a "life-threatening" medical condition, the judge overseeing the matter said Wednesday, Aug. 15 as he continued the trial date of the nearly three-year-old case into September. See all stories on this topic » Press-Enterprise

Expro Re-Investigates Bribery Allegations Wall Street Journal (blog) By C.M. Matthews. An oil field management company owned by a Goldman Sachs-backed private equity consortium is re-investigating claims that its employees paid bribes in Kazakhstan. Expro International and the consortium, Umbrellastream, received ... See all stories on this topic »

County corruption defendant Prudhoff to be sentenced Thursday WKYC-TV Prudhoff pleaded guilty June 6 to conspiracy, making false statements to law enforcement officers and filing false income tax returns, corruption-related charges connected to Cleveland attorney Anthony O. Calabrese III. For his plea agreement, Prudhoff ... See all stories on this topic »

Dealing with corruption Deccan Herald Basic problem of governance today is that persons appointed by the government are expected to check corruption by the same government. This is like expecting the manager to check the illegal works of the factory owner. Need is to take the appointment ... See all stories on this topic »

Lawmakers Allege Wal-Mart 'May Have' Evaded Taxes, Laundered Money Wall Street Journal (blog) The audit committee of Wal-Mart's board is investigating alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in connection with its foreign subsidiaries, including its Mexican unit, and whether prior allegations of such violations were ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Uganda president reappoints officials accused of graft Reuters KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni reappointed three senior government officials on Wednesday 10 months after they stepped down over corruption allegations, a move analysts said undermined the veteran leader's promises to fight ... See all stories on this topic »

MDP files corruption case in ACC over delay in HRCM report Minivan News The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has filed a case in Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) alleging corruption involved in Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM)'s delay in releasing its findings concerning a police crackdown on ... See all stories on this topic » Minivan News

How liaisons led to massive corruption in China MarketWatch BEIJING (Caixin Online) — A graft investigation into former railways minister Liu Zhijun that started in February 2011 has concluded with the ministry issuing a document on Aug. 3 that lists six disciplinary violations Liu committed. The internal ... See all stories on this topic »

FCPA Probe of Company Formerly Known as Blackwater Ends Without Charges Wall Street Journal (blog) By Samuel Rubenfeld. The U.S. Justice Department ended its foreign bribery probe of Academi LLC, the company formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, without filing charges. In a letter dated July 19 to lawyers for Academi, the Justice Department said ... See all stories on this topic »

Anti-corruption campaigners call for probe of alleged shoddy work at Arafat ... Vancouver Sun Palestinian anti-corruption campaigners on Wednesday called for an investigation of allegedly shoddy work on Yasser Arafat's mausoleum that they said cost public coffers more than $600000 at a time of a government cash crunch. The charges came during ... See all stories on this topic »

I have proof Kamran is corrupt: Zulqarnain The Nation LAHORE – Wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has accused team-mate Kamran Akmal of being involved in corruption, adding that he will be bringing forward the proof against him soon. In a message posted on his facebook account, Zulqarnain criticised the ... See all stories on this topic » The Nation

Investigation to prove accountability: NAB probes corruption in tobacco board The Express Tribune The disclosure came amid hearing of a case in the Supreme Court pertaining to corruption worth billions of rupees in land deals of the National Insurance Company Limited – also an attached company of the commerce ministry. The Federal Investigation ... See all stories on this topic » The Express Tribune

Corruption probe spurs another suit Tulsa World White is one of at least 46 people who have been freed from prison or had their cases modified because of civil rights violations or potential problems with their cases as a result of the police corruption scandal. A federal investigation of Tulsa ... See all stories on this topic »

Santosh Hegde slams Mamata Banerjee for her corruption in judiciary remarks Times of India BANGALORE: Former Supreme Court Judge Santosh Hegde today slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her corruption in the judiciary remarks, saying it was 'unbecoming' of her to level such charges. "It is not right to make ... See all stories on this topic »

Network of Journalists against corruption launched in Accra Myjoyonline.com The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) in collaboration with the British High Commission has launched a network of journalists to serve as crusaders against corruption in the country. The fourteen (14) network members are made up of four females ... See all stories on this topic » Myjoyonline.com

Argentine ex-president appears on corruption charges Deutsche Welle Argentina has put former President Fernando de la Rua in the dock on charges of corruption. De la Rua is alleged to have paid senators to vote through employment legislation during the country's financial crisis. The ex-president went on trial on ... See all stories on this topic » Deutsche Welle

After openly abetting corruption, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's uncle Shivpal ... Times of India LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh (UP) public works department (PWD) minister Shivpal Singh, who was recently caught on camera openly abetting corruption, has now publicly threatened mediapersons. Shivpal Singh asked mediapersons to come only when they ... See all stories on this topic »

Nitish confident to make Bihar corruption-free Hindustan Times I have full confidence that we will be able to stamp out corruption (from the state)." Kumar said a strong three-member Lokayukta has started functioning in the state and he had asked for bringing the chief minister, public representatives, the chief ... See all stories on this topic »

Anti-Corruption Body Sues to Recover City Cemetery Cash AllAfrica.com The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has sued suspects in the Sh283 million Nairobi City Council cemetery scandal seeking to attach their properties to recover the money. EACC now wants Stephen Githinji Kamau, who trades as Stiff Enterprises, ... See all stories on this topic »

Racing corruption probe in Australia Horsetalk Racing Victoria is promising swift action as a race-fixing scandal threatens to boil over in Australia. Fairfax and the ABC reported that a jockey had come to the attention of police in Victoria over his ride in a race won by another horse. Police are ... See all stories on this topic » Horsetalk

Corruption in CAG office Daily Star Online Corruption in CAG office. Gatekeeper-turned-poacher story! Unsurprisingly, Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) has detected some 23 instances of corruption in the Comptroller & Auditor General's office. This statutory body is entrusted with a ... See all stories on this topic »

Judge denies Kilpatrick bid for new lawyer in corruption trial Detroit Free Press If he was looking for a delay in his upcoming public corruption trial, that didn't work. And if he was looking for grounds for appeal should he be convicted, that likely won't work either, the experts said, weighing in on the news that the former ... See all stories on this topic »

ANC backs hiding parts of corruption report Times LIVE Releasing the report would be unfair to the parties involved and endanger the interests of the municipality, Durban ANC chairman Sibongiseni Dhlomo said today. "The eThekwini regional executive committee supports the council's decision not to publish ... See all stories on this topic » Times LIVE

Haj corruption: SC demands Asghar's inquiry report by Aug 28 DAWN.com A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Sh. Azmat Saeed resumed the hearing of a suo motu case related to alleged corruption in Hajj arrangments in 2010. During the course of ... See all stories on this topic » DAWN.com

World Bank Exposes Corruption in Nigerian Business AllAfrica.com The report of a World Bank study conducted in 26 states in Nigeria and released on Monday has indicated that about 80 per cent of businesses in the country paid bribes to government officials in 2011 to stay in business. According to the report, World ... See all stories on this topic » AllAfrica.com

Ex-exec chairman jailed 12 weeks, fined for corruption AsiaOne The former executive chairman of listed AEM-Evertech Holdings pleaded guilty to corruption but claimed he was not the main perpetrator. Tok Kian You, 51, maintained that he took the cue from the firm's co-founder and former chief executive Ang Seng Thor. See all stories on this topic » AsiaOne

Roger Marolt: Subtle, corrosive corruption in local politics Snowmass Sun Online News There's a bad wind blowing in the Village. Last week, after making light about territorial concert blankets, a couple of our elected officials went ballistic on me. Most of it was run-of-the-mill cussing, griping, and cat fighting, but there was a ... See all stories on this topic »

Peru Corruption Investigation Report Due in September OOSKA News Peru Corruption Investigation Report Due in September. 15 Aug 2012 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent. PERU, LIMA — The commission investigating alleged corruption by former Peruvian government officials will provide a report next month on ... See all stories on this topic »

10-year sentence for corruption conviction in Ohio WANE AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A co-defendant of a former county commissioner in Ohio sentenced to 28 years in prison for bribery has landed a term of 10 years and one month for racketeering. Judge Sara Lioi (LEE'-oy) sentenced former Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) ... See all stories on this topic »

Wildlife traffickers profit by rampant corruption, lax laws in Asia Greenfield Daily Reporter BANGKOK — Squealing tiger cubs stuffed into carry-on bags. Luggage packed with hundreds of squirming tortoises, elephant tusks, even water dragons and American Paddlefish. Officials at Thailand's gateway airport proudly tick off the illegally ... See all stories on this topic »

Clements guilty in Ala. 2-year-college corruption WALA-TV FOX10 2-year-college corruption. Updated: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 11:45 AM CDT Published : Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 11:45 AM CDT. OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The attorney general's office has secured a guilty plea an investigation of two-year college corruption. See all stories on this topic »

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