"Architect" of Marbella corruption scheme sent to prison until his ...

"Architect" of Marbella corruption scheme sent to prison until his ...
International Herald Tribune - France
Juan Antonio Roca, a Marbella public works aide who was arrested along with 22 others in a corruption scandal that has rocked the resort town, was sent to ...
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Anti-corruption war stalls in Kenya
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
More than a month has passed since authorities in Kenya pledged a fresh drive against high-level graft in the corruption-riddled East African country, but no ...
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Royal Call To end Corruption
Bru Direct - Brunei Darussalam
Bandar Seri Begawan - "Corruption has to be stopped as it is believed to bring about bad effects to the community and national harmony, besides being against ...

Non-transparent assistance of donors cause of corruption: Upadhyay
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
Chief Commissioner of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Surya Nath Upadhyay, has said corruption has thrived in the country due to ...
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Reconstruction Corruption Watch Part III
Yahoo! News - USA
The Nation -- Last week, an Iraqi-American translator was arrested and charged with offering over $60,000 in bribes to win a $1 million contract for providing ...

Fighting corruption a national challenge
New Vision - Kampala,Uganda
... from the seven districts of Buganda at his home in Rwakitura on Friday, urged the National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders to stand firm against corruption. ...
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Marbella corruption: the Murcia connection
Typically Spanish - Malaga,Spain
... in La Verdad newspaper that a company controlled by the man who Judge Miguel �ngel Torres describes as the real brains behind the corruption in Marbella Town ...

Corruption an issue in Solomons poll
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
While corrupt electoral practices such as vote buying are under way as usual, broader corruption questions surrounding Prime Minister Allan Kemakeza and his ...
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Sewer corruption trial to start
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of former Jefferson County Commissioner Chris McNair and eight other defendants who are accused of wrongdoing in the ...

After weeks of street protests over alleged corruption, Thais to ...
OhmyNews International - South Korea
... Thaksin's ruling Thai Rak Thai party was running uncontested_ capping several weeks of protests against the leader who critics accuse of corruption and abuse ...
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Vietnam Punching at Corruption
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
... Latina) Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has asked the ruling Communist Party to suspend his transport minister amid a major corruption scandal, state ...

 

As the feds expand their Capitol hill corruption case, Tom DeLay ...

As the feds expand their Capitol hill corruption case, Tom DeLay ...
U.S. News & World Report - USA
By Edward T. Pound. When Tom DeLay decided last week to give up his re-election bid for a 12th term in the House, many Washington ...

Family members may be dragged into Abramoff corruption scandal
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA
Family members and spouses of "central targets" in the Abramoff corruption scandal may be dragged in, according to a story set for Sunday's edition of the New ...

The World Bank weeds out corruption: Will it touch the roots?
Bretton Woods Project - London,UK
A series of loan suspensions and internal investigations has everyone at the World Bank talking about corruption; despite high-profile moves by president Paul ...

Piarco airport corruption inquiry-
Trinidad News - Port of Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
ANOTHER controversy has erupted at the Piarco Airport corruption inquiry. The defence wants disclosure of the documents which were ...
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I�m not protecting President over corruption, says Karua
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
By Munene Kamau. President Mwai Kibaki does not require protection over the Anglo Leasing scandal because he is not involved in the ...
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Corruption charges dropped against RWMC
Eyewitness News - East Providence,RI,USA
A judge yesterday agreed to dismiss the charges after federal prosecutors said the medical center was making internal reforms. The ...
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Officers in corruption case guilty of gun, drug charges
Baltimore Sun - United States
... King, the son of a police officer, and Murray, who had been shot in the line of duty and returned to uniform only to face a slew of public corruption charges. ...
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Brazilian parliament publishes report on corruption in Lula ...

Brazilian parliament publishes report on corruption in Lula ...
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
The Brazilian parliament on Wednesday published a report on corruption in the government of President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, accusing 200 officials and ...
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Head of state bodies with corruption must resign
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
�The Prime Minister said that it is necessary to have regulations on resignation of the head of state bodies where there is corruption,� Mr Quoc said. ...
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Keeping high-ranking offices corruption free
Messenger.ge - Tbilisi,Georgia
The Georgian government adopted an anti-corruption strategy action plan, which in addition to other measures, includes developing a special anti-corruption ...

More arrests, seizures in Marbella corruption case
Spain Herald - Madrid,Spain
22 persons have been arrested so far in the case of corruption in the municipal government of Costa del Sol boomtown Marbella. Police ...

Jail for lying in corruption probe
Australian - Sydney,Australia
A GOLD Coast businessman has been jailed for six months for giving false testimony to a Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) probe into council corruption. ...

US Senate votes to clean up its act as corruption case looms
Political Gateway - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to toughen lobbying regulations in a bid to avert voter backlash in November, amid a growing corruption scandal centred on ...
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Government firm in fighting corruption: PM
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai asserted the Government's determination to combat corruption and embezzlement as he referred to a corruption scandal recently ...
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Kenya vice head could face corruption probe
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
... The committee said Kibaki must have been aware of the Anglo Leasing fraud - Kenya's biggest corruption scandal since Goldenberg. ...
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Malawi has more corruption and drug trafficking cases
African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa
Lilongwe (AND) The South African based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has said Malawi is rocked with corruption and drug trafficking problems while other ...

Allegations of Jewish corruption go beyond chutzpah
J. - the Jewish News weekly of Northern California - San Francisco,CA,USA
... History,� claims to be �an iconoclastic interrogation of the new anti-Semitism� and a �meticulously researched expos� of the corruption of scholarship ...

George Redmond facing corruption trial this November
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
Former assistant Dublin city and county manager George Redmond will go on trial on a corruption charge on November 20th next. The ...
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Cancer of corruption is costly to Kenyans, Af­rica
Kenya Times - Kenya
This gathering is taking place at a most opportune time for Kenya as issues of corruption and the need for accountability dominate Kenyan attention. ...
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ACC's new brain wave
The Daily Star - Bangladesh
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is going to launch its so-called "trap case drive", in an apparent bid to catch the corrupt in the act in 12 government ...
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Kenya crime rivals corruption as threat to investors
Ely Times - NV, USA
... la Porte, who heads the United Nations Development Program in Nairobi, said crime was more of an obstacle to private sector inflows than corruption, which has ...

China corruption crackdown nets 400
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
BEIJING, China (UPI) -- A secret Chinese anti-corruption sweep in January and February snared more than 400 government officials accused of various crimes. ...
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Govt begins corruption case against Phesheya
The Swazi Observer - Mbabane,Swaziland
By Alec Lushaba. Government, through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, will argue in the High Court that the close relationship ...
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Jury acquits former Erie mayor in corruption case
Penn Live - Harrisburg,PA,USA
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) � Former Erie Mayor Rick Filippi was acquitted Saturday of charges that he used information he gained in ...
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Pensions of officials convicted of corruption could be revoked
Journal Inquirer - Manchester,CT,USA
HARTFORD - Judges would be able to decide whether to revoke the pensions of state officials convicted of corruption charges if legislation approved by a key ...

Mullei suspended over corruption
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - Nairobi,Kenya
By Nelly Moraa ( Saturday, March 25, 2006). Central bank governor Andrew Mullei has now been suspended until the corruption case against him is determined. ...
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Former CEC calls for debate on poll reforms
Hindu - Chennai,India
... He was of the view that though state funding of political parties for elections would not completely root out corruption, it might help some political parties ...
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Korean Civil Servants Face Golf Ban
OhmyNews International - South Korea
... play sports, particularly golf, with any members of the business sector might now face suspension, a new presidential panel against corruption said Wednesday. ...
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�UNITED� DISCLOSURE OF CORRUPTION
Panorama.am - Yerevan,Armenia
Today at the press conference member of �National; Unanimity� party Alexan Karapetyan started the disclosure of a number of corrupt deals touching upon the ...

 

Corruption satire still relevant

Corruption satire still relevant
Australian - Sydney,Australia
IN the conservative 1950s, playwright Dario Fo began satirising abuses of power, corruption and civil rights. Awarded the Nobel ...
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POLITICS-VIETNAM: PARTY IGNORES CALLS TO REEL IN CORRUPTION
TMCnet - USA
27, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Hopes that Vietnam's Communist Party would take aim at high-level corruption were dashed this week when the party sidestepped an ...
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Corruption is systematic (II)
The Tide - Port Harcourt,Niger Delta,Nigeria
... Even though the war against corruption is for all, the challenge is more on those occupying positions of trust and their friends and family members who always ...

China, US call for cooperation in fighting corruption
Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam
... have made a joint declaration at an APEC workshop in Shanghai, calling for intensifying exchanges and cooperation between APEC economies to fight corruption. ...
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Two Sentenced In Connecticut Corruption Scandal
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
... The scandal which occurred in Rowland's administration led to the Governor's resignation and ended another phase of the four-year corruption investigation. ...
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Tsika fired on sex and corruption charges
Dispatch Online - South Africa
... In a 38-page summary of findings, Advocate Mick Nzondo, who chaired the internal disciplinary tribunal, found Tsika guilty of sexual harassment and corruption. ...

Development banks adopt common strategy to counter corruption
CIOB International News - Ascot,Berkshire,UK
�Corruption is often at the very root of why governments don�t work�, he said. �It weakens the systems and distorts the markets. ...
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Swaziland: Parly won�t interfere in ministers� corruption ...
African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa
Parliament will not interfere with the probe established by Prime Minister Themba Dlamini to investigate allegations of corruption against two Cabinet ministers ...

Geldof: 'African corruption blocking aid'
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
Live 8 organiser Bon Geldof fears corruption in Africa is blocking billions of dollars in aid from reaching those dying from poverty. ...
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New Details Emerge in Corruption Probe
WIVB - Buffalo,NY,USA
Last week, we were first to tell you about a probe into alleged corruption in Buffalo City Hall. Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg has the latest developments. ...
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Latest Developments in Public Works Corruption Probe
WIVB - Buffalo,NY,USA
The documents are wanted for a wide-ranging criminal probe into possible corruption. It's a story you saw First on 4 last week. ...

 

NCP-SPLM, corruption fireworks

NCP-SPLM, corruption fireworks
Sudan Tribune - Sudan
By Kwathi Ajawin*. Mar 30, 2006 � The aroma of the Sudan government corruption surprises not many, either locally or nationally. ...

Govt resolute to curb corruption in donor-funded projects
Financial Express.bd - Bangladesh
... International. "We must fight corruption to ensure predictability of resources from the WB," a senior official of the ERD told the FE. ...

Corruption: Another Abramoff-related lobbyist pleads guilty.
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
The Senate this weak declined to pass a tough package of ethics and lobbying reform, favoring a water-down package instead. The ...
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Nancy Pelosi's 'Culture of Corruption' Not Inclusive
Post Chronicle - USA
... Unless, that is, it involves a Democrat caught in the "Culture of Corruption," in which case exclusion by illogic is the operative phrase. ...
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United Nations provides easy cover for corruption
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
... At perhaps a deeper level of corruption, the "UN ideal" provides ideological cover to the whited sepulchres of the international left -- a rhetorical cudgel to ...

Congress is fountainhead of corruption
Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India
By Rajinder Puri. The current crisis over the Ordinance controversy impels one to recall events. On May 16, 1999 The Statesman carried ...

 

Three cops charged with corruption

Three cops charged with corruption
radiojamaica.com - Jamaica
The three were charged Wednesday morning following a ruling by the Director of Public Prosecutions. They are Constables Orlando ...

Mayor held in corruption investigation
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The mayor of Marbella was arrested yesterday as police moved against alleged corruption involving politicians and builders along the south coast of Spain. ...
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MPs TELL GOVERNMENT TO GET TOUGH ON CORRUPTION
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
�Corruption is bleeding Africa to death and the cost is borne by the poor. Some estimates put money corruptly leaving the continent ...
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Our enemy is corruption, not Sonia: BJP
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... It is our duty to question and criticise every wrong move. Our enemy is corruption, people spreading terror, vote bank and divisive politics.�. ...

Fighting corruption German experience to help Yemen
Yemen Times - Sana'a,Yemen
Yemen will get help from German experiences for fighting corruption. It comes after a German delegation conducted discussions with ...

Bills set up new AFP corruption watchdog
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Federal police will come under the gaze of a corruption watchdog with royal commission powers under bills introduced to parliament. ...
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Blair's aides facing probe on corruption
Scotsman - United Kingdom
SOME of the Prime Minister's closest aides face a Metropolitan Police corruption inquiry over the loans-for-peerages scandal. A ...
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�Implementation of RTI Act a possible cure to corruption�
Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India
... governance system. �Complete implementation of the Act will help in bringing down the level of corruption,� he said. The seminar ...

Call for Brazil corruption action
BBC News - UK
More than 100 people, including MPs and two former government ministers, should face criminal charges, an inquiry into a Brazil corruption scandal recommends. ...
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Former Philippine President Resumes Testimony in Corruption Trial
Voice of America - USA
... It could be mid May before Mr. Estrada finishes his testimony at the Sandinganbayan, or anti-corruption court, because the case is only being heard one day per ...
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Former NKF chief faces two corruption charges

Former NKF chief faces two corruption charges
Channel News Asia - Singapore
... Accompanied by his older brother, 57-year-old Durai declined to speak to reporters and marched into the courthouse to face two counts of corruption. ...
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Vietnam's Communist Party takes on corruption
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
HANOI (AP) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party opened its congress Tuesday with a focus on tackling the deep-seated corruption that threatens economic growth ...
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Rane slams Uddhav over corruption charges
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... Tuesday hit back at the Shiv Sena by describing its working president Uddhav Thackeray "as the most corrupt person" and leveled corruption charges pertaining ...
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Bulgarian Business on Corruption Crusade
Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria
Corruption erodes moral foundations of society and captures people down in poverty, according to Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov. ...
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Nigeria: 3rd Term And Anti-Corruption War
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The seemingly anti-corruption war of President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration received yet another bash last Wednesday, when some members of the House of ...

World Bank May Delay Some Africa Debt Relief Over Corruption
Bloomberg - USA
April 18 (Bloomberg) -- The World Bank, concerned about allegations of government corruption in Africa, may delay some debt relief announced with fanfare in ...
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Former Illinois governor guilty in corruption case
Seattle Times - United States
... George Ryan was convicted of corruption charges Monday in the scandal that ended his political career in 2003 at the same time he was winning international ...
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Afghanistan battles corruption
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
KABUL: Rampant corruption exists at the heart of Afghanistan�s government, police and judiciary, senior officials tasked with securing the country�s ...

Former NKF chief accused of falsifying claims, corruption
TODAYonline - Singapore
... suit, former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief TT Durai was back in court � this time to face two charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act. ...
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Six children paid ultimate price for culture of corruption
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
... a guilty verdict on all counts brings us to a seismic moment where, finally, more citizens can see the innocent victims who pay the high price of corruption. ...
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Nigeria: Accountants Charged to Fight Corruption
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... Prof. Edet Iwok has charged professional accountants to join the federal government in the crusade against corruption. Prof. Iwok ...

 

Brazil Panel OKs Report on Corruption

Brazil Panel OKs Report on Corruption
Houston Chronicle - United States
... committee gave its final approval Wednesday to a report recommending prosecution of over 100 people linked to a campaign finance and corruption scheme run by ...
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Spain dissolves corruption-tainted local council
Xinhua - China
... resort of Marbella, following the arrest of Marbella mayor and 20 other town officials implicated in a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal last week. ...
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Corruption scandal: Vietnam minister held
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
... Binh is the second Cabinet minister to resign in connection with alleged corruption. In 2004, Agriculture Minister Le Huy Ngo stepped ...
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Slaughter tries to get colleagues to post corruption report online
The Hill - Washington,DC,USA
Louise Slaughter (DN.Y.) is organizing a group of House Democrats to post her 122-page report alleging Republican corruption on their congressional websites ...

Does Museveni really care about corruption?
New Vision - Kampala,Uganda
Corruption in Uganda has become a common phenomenon since Idi Amin�s days. ... On the contrary, corruption is on the increase since 1986. ...

Corruption scam rocks Vietnam
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
A corruption scandal that forced a Vietnamese government minister to quit and also mired his entire department in controversy has now drawn the World Bank's ...
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Namibia: Nanso Claims Corruption Compromises Unam Degrees
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Nanso's Secretary General, Neville Andre Itope, said yesterday that they were embarrassed by the corruption at institutions such as the University of Namibia ...
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Corruption has hurt BJP: Advani
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... A day before he embarks on yet another yatra, senior BJP leader LK Advani again spoke about his party's image saying �factionalism and corruption� hurt the ...
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Taking a stand against corruption
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... Will it make the babus think again? Don't hold your breath. Corruption in this country is treated as a job entitlement, not a crime. ...
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Hurt by taint of corruption, DeLay decides to step down
Globe and Mail - Canada
... bogeyman to target in the midterm election this fall, but his critics insisted the scandal-plagued politician still stands as a symbol of Republican corruption ...
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Nigeria: Corruption: We've Not Cleared Ngige, Says EFCC

Nigeria: Corruption: We've Not Cleared Ngige, Says EFCC
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has not cleared former governor of Anambra State, Dr, Chris Ngige of allegation of financial misconduct ...
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Parties See Different Messages In Poll On Corruption
WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA
A new poll suggests Ohioans have had it with corruption in politics and want some new faces in office. The University of Akron poll ...

Corruption and development~II
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
In his work �Grand Corruption in Third World Development�, George Moody-Stuart, identified areas which are most vulnerable to corruption. ...
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Parole officer facing corruption charges
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... CSOs). The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) was also told on Monday that the officer had used drugs with the two men. ...
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Haiti launches judicial corruption inquiry
Washington Post - United States
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - More than 20 Haitian judges and prosecutors are under investigation for suspected bribery and corruption, according to ...

Reconstruction Corruption Watch IV
Yahoo! News - USA
Iraq ties an outbreak of bacterial infections among soldiers to foul-smelling water she noticed at Qayyarah Airfield West during the same time period. ...

KOSOVO: UN CHIEF CRITICISED FOR 'TOLERATING CORRUPTION'
AKI - Rome,Italy
... the United Nations administration in Serbia�s southern Kosovo province (UNMIK), Soren Jessen Petersen, has been accused of tolerating corruption, some Kosovo ...

Petersen accused of tolerating corruption
B92 - Serbia and Montenegro
PRISTINA -- The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight has accused the UNMIK Chief of tolerating corruption activity. UNOIOS ...

Guv, CM agree: Corruption in education must go
Hindustan Times - India
GOVERNOR TV Rajeswar today said corruption in education would not be tolerated under any circumstances and reminded that vice-chancellors of a few State ...

Kenya: I'm Not Protecting President Over Corruption, Says Karua
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
President Mwai Kibaki does not require protection over the Anglo Leasing scandal because he is not involved in the scam, Justice and Constitution Affairs ...

PERSPECTIVE: Parties see different messages in poll on corruption
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The state Democratic and Republican parties are looking carefully at the results of a new poll that found corruption-weary Ohioans appear ...

 

South Africa: MEC Takes Step to Counter Corruption in Housing ...

South Africa: MEC Takes Step to Counter Corruption in Housing ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... poor. This follows a moratorium on a number of low cost housing projects due to alleged maladministration and corruption. "During ...

Police find cash stash at home of Marbella corruption boss
Think Spain - Spain
... between the towns of Los Alc�zares and Torre Pacheco in Murcia, which is owned by Juan Antonio Roca, the man allegedly behind the Marbella corruption scandal. ...
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Downer urges end to Solomons' corruption
ABC Online - Australia
... Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer is expected to deliver a strong message today to the new Solomon Islands Prime Minister to tackle corruption. ...
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Senior traffic cop charged with corruption
RJR - Jamaica
... handed over. Over the past year, the PSB has been investigating senior traffic cops suspected of being involved in corruption. The ...

The Culture Of Corruption? Bring It On
RedState - Mclean,VA,USA
Mollohan's decision comes in an election year when his party is accusing majority Republicans of allowing a "culture of corruption" in Congress. ...
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SC Defers Hearing In Corruption Cases Against Badal
Indlaw.com - New Delhi,India
... for vacating the stay granted against the trial court proceedings pending against former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in a corruption case against ...
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UBE: SERAP urges UN commission to probe allegation of corruption
Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
The United Nation Commission on Human Rights on right to education has been urged to investigate the allegation of corruption in the management of the ...

World Bank head's anti-corruption drive under fire
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, who unveiled anti-corruption measures last week, came under fire on Thursday from non-governmental ...
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Widow of Parliament attack martyr battles corruption
Chandigarh Newsline - Chandigarh,India
... The UT Vigilance Department has registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against both Rajesh and Gurmukh who would be produced in court tomorrow ...
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Anti-corruption team requires two deputies
The Swazi Observer - Mbabane,Swaziland
... Affairs Prince David has promised that his ministry will make sure a mature officer, who is not corrupt, is appointed Commissioner of the Anti-corruption team. ...
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Ustinov Targets Corruption, Courts

Ustinov Targets Corruption, Courts
The Moscow Times - Russia
Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov on Friday called for the creation of a national program to fight corruption, defended the court that acquitted a teenager ...
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City known for crime and corruption has fast-rising home prices
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
By GEOFF MULVIHILL. CAMDEN, NJ -- Last Sunday, real estate agent Dee Sica listed a home in downtown Camden for $149,900. By Wednesday ...
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SKorean investigators raid Hyundai Motor in corruption probe
Forbes - USA
SEOUL (AFX) - Investigators raided the headquarters of Hyundai Motor Co, the country's top automaker, in a widening corruption probe into a local business ...
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VW's Pischetsrieder, Piech to testify in corruption probe - report
Forbes - USA
... AG CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder and supervisory board head Ferdinand Piech will be summoned to testify in an ongoing probe over allegations of corruption at the ...

ACC faces fund constraints
Independent-Bangladesh - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Plagued by many ills since its birth the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is now facing a new kind of problem: fund constraint to launch a campaign to create ...
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Venezuelan CGR barely responding to cases of corruption dating ...
VHeadline.com - Worth,IL,USA
VHeadline.com News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue writes: Anzoategui State Governor Tarek William Saab has gone on the warpath against corruption. ...

Don Monkerud: Corruption runs deep in GOP
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
Republicans claim that saying their party fosters "a culture of corruption" is an exaggeration and merely politics as usual, but closer examination reveals ...

BOTSWANA : Govt rejects British MP's advice on alleged corruption
African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa
... and Public Administration, Phandu Skelemani has rejected the advice of a member of the British House of Lords, Lord Avebury�s to root out alleged corruption. ...

East Africa Corruption investigations -Lesson for Ghana
Gye Nyame Concord - Ghana
... arm of Transparency International Daniel Batidam has called on Ghanaian and other West African leaders to draw lessons from recent corruption investigations in ...

JK SVO arrests two govt officials on charges of corruption
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
... Kashmir State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) has arrested a Junior Engineer (JE) and a Special Police Officer (SPO) on charges of alleged corruption in separate ...
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Ex-Erie Mayor Acquitted in Corruption Case
Houston Chronicle - United States
By RAMESH SANTANAM Associated Press Writer. PITTSBURGH � Former Erie Mayor Rick Filippi and two of his business associates were ...
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GOP Senator expects seven lawmakers headed to prison after ...

GOP Senator expects seven lawmakers headed to prison after ...
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA
... Tulsa World reports that Coburn indicated that six congressman and a senator would end up being convicted on corruption charges and that "members of both ...
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Interpol plan to combat corruption
Hindu - Chennai,India
SINGAPORE: The Interpol has, for the first time, considered widening its agenda to cover corruption as a "priority crime area." Delegates at the Interpol's ...
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Corruption, greed, dishonesty create suffering
Gye Nyame Concord - Ghana
Tamale, April 14, GNA - The Bishop of the Northern Ghana Diocese of the Methodist Church, Right Reverend Atto Brown, has observed that corruption of greed and ...

Agency to conduct corruption survey
Nigerian Tribune - Ibadan,Nigeria
AS part of efforts aimed at reducing corruption in the country, a non governmental organisation, Independent Advocacy Project (IAP), has outlined plans to ...

Brazil Asks High Court to Probe Corruption
Leading The Charge - Milton,Queensland,Australia
By VIVIAN SEQUERA, Wed Apr 12, 9:20 PM ET. BRASILIA, Brazil - Federal prosecutors charged a former top presidential aide and dozens ...

Power sector plagued by corruption
The New Nation - Bangladesh
... the country, the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) continues to suffer colossal revenue loss annually because of corruption., according to ...

Colville church grazed by corruption probe
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... of an evangelical church here may end up regretting their work for a conservative advocacy group that's been targeted in a federal public corruption probe. ...
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Top Vietnam officials cleared of covering up corruption
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
Police in Vietnam have cleared a group of top officials including a Cabinet minister of allegations they were involved in bribery to cover up graft at the ...
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Benn to urge IMF to punish corrupt regimes
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The Development Secretary, Hilary Benn, is to call for new rules this week to stamp out corruption and prevent aid being squandered in developing countries. ...
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ACB Moves To Reduce Corruption
Bru Direct - Brunei Darussalam
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has conducted>a study on the procedure for endorsement of foreign driving licence in Brunei to identify ...
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Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper - Bhutan
14 April 2006- The government's commitment to uprooting corruption, coming from the highest levels in the system, is quite clear. ...

 

Nigeria: Corruption: Senate Probes Mantu

Nigeria: Corruption: Senate Probes Mantu
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The Senate yesterday mandated its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Nasir Mantu for alleged ...

Baghdassaryan: Corruption Hampers Normal State Development
PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan,Armenia
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Corruption is evil, which hampers normal state development, Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan stated at Role of ...
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WB Postpones Funding Indian Health Program On Corruption Claims
noticias.info - Spain
... info/ �The World Bank has postponed funding to the crucial second phase of a child health program, citing possible fraud and corruption in procurement of ...
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Marbella corruption: council dissolved and in new hands by next ...
Sur - Spain
... will be in fresh hands as present councillors cannot be members of the committee, irrespective of whether or not they are involved in the corruption case. ...
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Fight against corruption a central task for Russia - Medvedev
Interfax Russia - Moscow,Russia
April 6 (Interfax) - The fight against corruption is one of Russia's principal tasks, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the Cabinet on Thursday. ...

Spokesman reiterates Viet Nam's resolve to fight corruption
Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam
Ha Noi (VNA) - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Dung reiterated the resolve of the Vietnamese Government in the fight against corruption at a regular press ...
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Brazil corruption scandal dogs Lula, not Congress
Reuters - USA
... He is the eighth of 18 congressmen to have been acquitted of corruption charges. Only three were found guilty and have been expelled from Congress. ...
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Former Immigration Official Says Fraud, Corruption Rife at Agency
ABC News - USA
April 6, 2006 � The agency that's supposed to protect our borders and keep out terrorists is riddled with fraud and corruption, according to testimony before ...
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EU calls for corruption blacklist to aid decisions
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
The European Parliament called on Thursday for the creation of a European Union blacklist of countries where corruption is rife, to help the EU make decisions ...
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SC acquits ex-ministers on corruption cases
Nepaleyes - Kathmandu,Nepal
Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted defendants including former ministers Padma Sundar Lawoti, Dan Bahadur Shahi and Senate Shrestha from corruption charges. ...
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Kenyan ministers say anti-corruption fight on track

Kenyan ministers say anti-corruption fight on track
Reuters.uk - UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kenya said on Saturday reforms to root out corruption were on track as officials convened a news conference on the sidelines of the IMF ...
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Attorney General refutes corruption claims
Guymon Daily Herald - Guymon,OK,USA
... hint of scandal in the Attorney General's office in 12 years and I don't think any other Attorney General has been more dedicated to fighting corruption than I ...

Countries call for W.Bank anti-corruption strategy
Reuters - USA
... April 23 (Reuters) - The World Bank's Development Committee on Sunday called on the lender to develop a broad strategy on fighting corruption by the time its ...

Rich companies share anti-corruption duty: World Bank chief
TODAYonline - Singapore
World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz targeted bribe-givers in the rich world as he underlined his determination to root out the "cancer" of corruption in poor ...

Apartheid-era corruption under spotlight
Cape Times (subscription) - Cape Town,South Africa
Johannesburg: A report on corruption in the apartheid years will be discussed at a special meeting to be held within six weeks by the National Anti-Corruption ...

NPA ready to face the music in corruption charges
SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa
... Authority (NPA) says it will abide by any findings made by the justice department regarding allegations of tender rigging and corruption against Marion Sparg ...
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Wolfowitz gets backing for anti-corruption battle
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz won backing for his anti-corruption agenda although the bank's 184-member countries called for clear ...
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On Corruption, Reform and Aid: A Response to the World Bank
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON, April 23 /US Newswire/ -- World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz today stressed the importance of addressing corruption in promoting development, and ...

Sunday Telegraph: Sofia's Crime and Corruption Make It Unfit To ...
Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
Sofia. Corruption and organised crime are so rife in Bulgaria that the country's admission to the European Union should be delayed, advisers to the European ...
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Solomons must target corruption: Downer
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the Solomon Islands must strengthen its legal institutions to deal with corruption. Mr Downer ...
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A `Corruption Scheme'
Hartford Courant - United States
... prosecutors have laid out a series of official actions by, or influenced by, Ellef and gifts and favors from Tomasso in what they call "a corruption scheme of ...
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Kenyan ministers say anti-corruption fight on track

Kenyan ministers say anti-corruption fight on track
Reuters.uk - UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kenya said on Saturday reforms to root out corruption were on track as officials convened a news conference on the sidelines of the IMF ...
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Attorney General refutes corruption claims
Guymon Daily Herald - Guymon,OK,USA
... hint of scandal in the Attorney General's office in 12 years and I don't think any other Attorney General has been more dedicated to fighting corruption than I ...

Countries call for W.Bank anti-corruption strategy
Reuters - USA
... April 23 (Reuters) - The World Bank's Development Committee on Sunday called on the lender to develop a broad strategy on fighting corruption by the time its ...

Rich companies share anti-corruption duty: World Bank chief
TODAYonline - Singapore
World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz targeted bribe-givers in the rich world as he underlined his determination to root out the "cancer" of corruption in poor ...

Apartheid-era corruption under spotlight
Cape Times (subscription) - Cape Town,South Africa
Johannesburg: A report on corruption in the apartheid years will be discussed at a special meeting to be held within six weeks by the National Anti-Corruption ...

NPA ready to face the music in corruption charges
SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa
... Authority (NPA) says it will abide by any findings made by the justice department regarding allegations of tender rigging and corruption against Marion Sparg ...
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Wolfowitz gets backing for anti-corruption battle
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz won backing for his anti-corruption agenda although the bank's 184-member countries called for clear ...
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On Corruption, Reform and Aid: A Response to the World Bank
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON, April 23 /US Newswire/ -- World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz today stressed the importance of addressing corruption in promoting development, and ...

Sunday Telegraph: Sofia's Crime and Corruption Make It Unfit To ...
Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
Sofia. Corruption and organised crime are so rife in Bulgaria that the country's admission to the European Union should be delayed, advisers to the European ...
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Solomons must target corruption: Downer
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the Solomon Islands must strengthen its legal institutions to deal with corruption. Mr Downer ...
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A `Corruption Scheme'
Hartford Courant - United States
... prosecutors have laid out a series of official actions by, or influenced by, Ellef and gifts and favors from Tomasso in what they call "a corruption scheme of ...
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MP blames corruption on Govt

MP blames corruption on Govt
Kenya Times - Kenya
By JAMES WAINAINA. He said the Narc Government should shoulder the blame of the Anglo leasing scandal and desist from looking for scape-goats. ...

Sources: Probe into corruption reaches DeLay's inner circle
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA
WASHINGTON � The latest plea deal in the GOP lobbying corruption scandal has moved the investigation to Rep. Tom DeLay's inner ...

China journalist faces charges for corruption report
Reuters.uk - UK
... Xiaoqing had told his wife he knew how to handle the risks of his job, but that was before he was arrested after reporting claims of corruption, joining the ...

India continues to tolerate corruption
Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India
By ML Kotru |. Wasn't it one of our more distinguished Prime Ministers who told us that corruption was not something unique to India? ...

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