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New Communist Party Chief in China Denounces Corruption New York Times BEIJING — In his first speech to the Chinese Communist Party's elite Politburo, Xi Jinping, the new party chief, denounced the prevalence of corruption and said officials needed to guard against its spread or it would "doom the party and the state." ... See all stories on this topic »

SEC Rocked By Lurid Sex-and-Corruption Lawsuit RollingStone.com (blog) Move over, adulterous generals. It might be time to make way for a new sexual rats'nest – at America's top financial police agency, the SEC. In a salacious 77-page complaint that reads like Penthouse Forum meets The Insider meets the Keystone Kops, one ... See all stories on this topic »

Hamilton Mayor John Bencivengo corruption trial: Jury will begin deliberating ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Enlarge Michael Mancuso/The Times Hamilton Mayor John Bencivengo leaves the federal courthouse in Trenton this afternoon after his initial hearing on extortion charges. He is accused of soliciting and receiving bribes from a health insurance broker for ... See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

2 NY pols sent to prison on corruption convictions Wall Street Journal NEW YORK — A former Yonkers councilwoman has been sentenced to six years in prison for accepting nearly $200,000 to change her vote on real estate deals. Her co-defendant, a former leader of the city's Republican party, was sentenced to four years on ... See all stories on this topic »

China's new leader warns against corruption Aljazeera.com China's new leader Xi Jinping has warned officials that they must fight corruption or risk ruining the country, strong words that come after a series of corruption investigations targeted high-level leaders in recent years. Xi told the new 25-member ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.com

Internet helping to expose corruption Irish Times He said corruption played a key role in the creation of the financial crisis. He cited the role played by US company Countrywide Financial Corporation, which gave out 100 per cent mortgages at low initial interest rates to people often not in a ... See all stories on this topic »

Sarkozy to appear in corruption probe Aljazeera.com Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will appear before investigating magistrates on Thursday in a probe into illegal campaign financing, newspaper Le Figaro reported. The newspaper reported in its online edition on Monday that Sarkozy will appear ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.com

'Caring' government has punished the victims of corruption Times LIVE The Times Editorial: The continuing demolition of houses in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, shows how the government is quick to act against the weak but unable to deal with corruption within its own ranks. See all stories on this topic »

Corruption in China has become endemic: CPC Economic Times BEIJING: China's ruling Communist Party, which has just accomplished its once-in-a-decade leadership change, has identified corruption and incompetence as major problems threatening its existence and called for a "serious political battle" to fight them. See all stories on this topic »

Corruption may lead to unrest: Xi The Hindu The Communist Party of China's (CPC) General Secretary Xi Jinping has begun his term as head of the party by delivering a strong warning to the new Politburo, cautioning that unchecked corruption could bring about social instability and even cause the ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

China's leader-elect: 'Worms' of corruption could destroy Communist Party NBCNews.com (blog) BEIJING -- If corruption is allowed to run wild in China then the ruling Communist Party risks major unrest and the collapse of its rule, state media on Monday quoted Communist Party chief Xi Jinping as saying at one of his first major meetings since ... See all stories on this topic » NBCNews.com (blog)

Exclusive: Fox News' 'Hannity' to Air One-Hour 'District of Corruption ... Big Hollywood The film, "District of Corruption," directed by Stephen K. Bannon and produced by Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton and Victory Film Group, traces the roots of the modern disenchantment with the political system back to the Clinton administration ... See all stories on this topic »

International co-operation necessary to track corruption and recover assets ... Times of India KOLKATA: The need of the hour is to build international co-operation among law enforcement agencies to battle global corruption and recover assets, V K Gupta, special director, CBI said at the 2nd Interpol Global Programme on Anti Corruption and Asset ... See all stories on this topic »

Museveni meets donors, vows on corruption... New Vision You cannot talk, seriously or credibly about the fight against criminality and corruption in Uganda in the last 50 years and the period before without talking about the vanguard role of the NRM in that fight. Until 26 years ago, stealing Government ... See all stories on this topic » New Vision

China must tackle corruption or face 'seething anger', warns Xi Jinping Telegraph.co.uk The once high-flying political star, whose wife was later given a suspended death sentence for killing Mr Heywood, is now awaiting trial on charges of "huge" corruption, illicit relationships "with a number of women" and a possible role in covering-up ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

First Bank of Delaware Loses Charter Over AML Problems Wall Street Journal (blog) First Bank of Delaware was stripped of its state charter to operate and the bank was penalized $15 million by federal regulators for failing to implement an effective anti-money laundering compliance program. The bank, based in Wilmington, settled with ... See all stories on this topic »

What Would You Change About the US AML System? Wall Street Journal (blog) David Cohen, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, announced last week a federal task force of regulators and enforcement agencies has been created to "look under the hood and take stock" of the entire U.S. anti-money laundering regime. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Former CNB chief testifies in corruption trial Channel News Asia SINGAPORE: Former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay took the stand on Monday after District Judge Siva Shanmugam's decision that there is a case for him to answer in his corruption trial. Ng, 46, is charged with obtaining sexual gratification ... See all stories on this topic »

China's Xi warns party of corruption scourge KSN-TV (L-R) Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng and Liu Yunshan greet the media at the Great Hall of the People on November 15, 2012 in Beijing, China. China's ruling Communist Party today revealed the new Politburo Standing Committee ... See all stories on this topic »

Hamilton Mayor John Bencivengo corruption trial: Live Twitter coverage of ... NJ.com HAMILTON -- Closing arguments are being heard today in the corruption trial for Hamilton Mayor John Bencivengo in federal court in Trenton. Bencivengo is charged with accepting $12,400 in bribes from Ljuba, an insurance broker, to help her gain ... See all stories on this topic » NJ.com

Xi Jinping Warns Of Party Corruption New Tang Dynasty Television New Communist Party head Xi Jinping has again warned corruption could cause the collapse of the ruling party if it's allowed to continue unchecked. Xi spoke on the weekend to the newly announced 25-member Politburo, state-run Xinhua News Agecny ... See all stories on this topic » New Tang Dynasty Television

Mahama lacks political will to fight corruption - NPP Citifmonline The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused President John Dramani Mahama of lacking the ability "to confront and fight corruption within the Presidency, government and the NDC [National Democratic Congress] Party is because the President himself is ... See all stories on this topic »

Fighting corruption a "major political task": CPC discipline watchdog Xinhua BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) must fight corruption and treat it as a major political task, according to a report by the Party's discipline watchdog. The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI ... See all stories on this topic »

Serious Corruption in Uganda Forces Donors to Pull Aid Open Equal Free The British government's Department for International Development (DFID) is pulling its aid to the Ugandan government as investigations concerning fraud by the Office of the Prime Minister continue. The DFID had allotted approximately £89 million per ... See all stories on this topic »

Frequent allegations of corruption damaging India's image: Ipsos Business Standard Nearly 97% Indian citizens feel that frequent allegations of corruption are hurting India's image globally. As per a survey conducted by global research firm Ipsos, Indian citizens also have a very mixed opinion about corruption practices prevailing ... See all stories on this topic »

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam's Corruption Irks Kikwete AllAfrica.com DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete has expressed concern over the increasing cases of mismanagement of public funds by government officials. Due to this, President Kikwete has directed the Chief Controller and Auditor General (CAG), ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption fears raised at Balmain Tigers re-development meeting Yahoo!7 News A public meeting of several hundred people last night called on the State's corruption watchdog to investigate any links between the Labor powerbroker, Eddie Obeid and the Balmain Tigers re-development. The meeting was organised by Leichhardt Council ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo!7 News

How party politics could have contributed to corruption in Montreal Ottawa Citizen (blog) It's an idea that comes back every time our City Hall seems dysfunctional: What if we had political parties? Then we'd have groups of councillors elected on common platforms, and an internal discipline system for keeping them on track. They'd replace ... See all stories on this topic »

Corruption in Montreal throws doubt on ethical standards in engineering Canadian University Press Newswire The plummeting confidence in the profession can be readily heard from the many Quebecers closely following the Charbonneau Commission, a public inquiry led by Justice France Charbonneau, which is currently hearing testimony about corruption in ... See all stories on this topic » Canadian University Press Newswire

Former mayor of R.I. city pleads guilty to corruption charge Washington Times PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The former mayor of a Rhode Island city that recently emerged from bankruptcy pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge Monday, acknowledging that he accepted gifts from a political supporter who received a lucrative city ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

Siriwan Case Hits Snag over Extradition Wall Street Journal (blog) In court papers filed last Thursday, prosecutors said they received a letter dated Nov. 9 from Thailand's acting attorney general that said Bangkok is gathering its own evidence in the case before it completes a probe deciding whether to allow the ... See all stories on this topic »

Reputed Mafia boss fights to avoid testifying at Quebec corruption inquiry National Post MONTREAL — Quebec's corruption inquiry has heard from police, construction bosses and bureaucrats. Pretty soon, that list could grow to include a suspected Mafia boss. The lawyer for a reputed member of the Montreal Mafia is trying to get his client ... See all stories on this topic » National Post

In India's anti-corruption fight, news networks begin to pay a price The Independent With more than 300 channels, India's vibrant but shrill television news has by and large been a cheerleader for the anti-corruption movement. Stations have aired many accusations lobbed by activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, who has called ... See all stories on this topic »

Anti-corruption branch gives Sheila Dikshit clean chit in vehicle scam Firstpost New Delhi: A contract for crucial fitness test of commercial vehicles was awarded to a private firm without any tender and with approval of the Delhi Cabinet but "no irregularities" could be found on part of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, the Anti ... See all stories on this topic » Firstpost

Medical sector arrests show action in Croatia's corruption fight Southeast European Times Last week, Croatia's Office for the Prevention of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK) arrested the entire board of local pharmaceutical company Farmal and 27 of the company's sales personnel, and charged them with bribing general practitioners to ... See all stories on this topic »

Leaked Documents Shed Light On Zuma Corruption Probe Leadership Newspapers The corruption saga involving the President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, has revealed that some of country's leading prosecutors were overwhelmingly in favour of pressing ahead with the case against him. This is a development that would have almost ... See all stories on this topic » Leadership Newspapers

Is Death Penalty The Solution To Corruption In Nigeria? Osun Defender Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have said that using death sentence to check corruption among government officials in Nigeria is not a solution. The lawmakers disclosed this in seperate interviews with our reporter over the weekend, saying ... See all stories on this topic » Osun Defender

Ex- Central Falls mayor pleads guilty to federal corruption charge The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Charles D. Moreau, the ex-mayor of Central Falls, pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal corruption charge that is expected to send him to prison for at least two years. michael-bouthillette-200.jpg. Contractor Michael Bouthillette ... See all stories on this topic »

Ronnie Gilley Begins Serving Prison Sentence for Alabama Bingo Corruption WKRG-TV Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley has reported to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta to begin serving a sentence of six years and eight months for offering bribes to legislators to support pro-gambling legislation. He was originally ... See all stories on this topic »

Quebec City corruption threatens the North Canadian National Newspaper 'All rivers are arteries; we live off these things', is a sentiment expressed by Pakesso Mukash, a Cree musician. The Quebec City elite who recently came up with Plan Nord obviously do not share his sentiments. The plan will be implemented over a 25 ... See all stories on this topic » Canadian National Newspaper

Ng's defence lawyers have misunderstood corruption laws: Prosecution TODAYonline SINGAPORE - The defence lawyers for former Central Narcotics Bureau Director Ng Boon Gay have misunderstood corruption laws in Singapore, argued the prosecution this morning, on the tenth day of Ng's graft trial. Rebutting the defence's submission that ... See all stories on this topic »

Oil Marketer Blames Leadership Newspapers ``The real issue is about tackling corruption in the oil and gas sector, `` he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Ilori said that the no subsidy regime would be worthwhile if corruption in the oil sector was not properly addressed. He ... See all stories on this topic »

"Hague and Serbia both contaminated with corruption" B92 Speaking for B92 in Belgrade on Monday, Zoran Ivošević identified the problem faced by the UN war crimes court as "the same syndrome" as that experienced by Serbia - corruption. "We too are contaminated with the same disease, both us and them are in ... See all stories on this topic » B92

Director of Glonass Contractor Sacked Over Corruption Scandal The Moscow Times A top space official said Monday that the general director of Russian Space Systems, the contractor behind the costly Glonass satellite-navigation network, would be fired over major corruption allegations at the state-run corporation. Vladimir Popovkin ... See all stories on this topic »

Mandalay High Court issues statement on corruption Myanmar Times State media in Mandalay last week published the phone and fax numbers of the chief justice of Mandalay Region and encouraged the public to contact him if they encounter corruption in the legal system, following the dismissal of seven members of the ... See all stories on this topic » Myanmar Times

Candidates call for fighting corruption, reviving economy Kuwait News Agency KUWAIT, Nov 19 (KUNA) -- Third Constituency Candidate for parliament election 2012 Safa Al-Hashem said on Monday that the country needed to establish a system of legislations to combat corruption. In a seminar marking the opening of her election ... See all stories on this topic »

Seminar on anti-corruption held The Hindu Anti-Corruption Movement's state-level seminar held here on Sunday passed many resolutions which were aimed at reducing corruption level. It demanded that laws should be framed to prevent government officials intentionally delaying work for civilians ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

FG Is Selective In Corruption Leadership Newspapers The chairman, House of Representatives committee on Media and Publicity, Alhaji Zakari Mohammed, yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan's administration of being selective in its approach to tackling corruption. Zakari who made this comment ... See all stories on this topic »

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