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The Guardian
April 16, 2018
Over the past six months 45 journalists from 15 different countries have been working in secret to complete and publish investigations by the Maltese ... from the Organised Crime Corruption Reporting Project also pursued her investigation into the corruption and tax evasion of the ruling family in Baku.
NEWS.com.au
April 16, 2018
Vic education dept acts on corruption. The Victorian education department says it will establish a new conflicts of interest register for staff after an anti-corruption investigation. ... Victoria's education department will overhaul how employees declare conflicts of interest following a corruption investigation.
New York Times
April 16, 2018
The endless scandals have also raised serious questions about the complicity of major Western companies, with multiple investigations scrutinizing the role they may have played in enabling corruption and weakening the country's institutions. South African regulators have urged the police to begin aÃâà...
New York Times
April 14, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Trump's advisers have concluded that a wide-ranging corruption investigation into his personal lawyer poses a greater and more ... Depending on what else was discussed, the call could be problematic, as lawyers typically advise their clients against discussing investigations.
Aljazeera.com
April 8, 2018
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has begun investigating the corruption cases of princes, top officials and businessmen who were detained late last year, an official told a pan-Arab newspaper. Saud al-Hamad, deputy attorney general for investigations, told the Al Sharq Al Awsat daily on Sunday thatÃâà...
Crain's Detroit Business
April 7, 2018
Another charge, plea deal in UAW-FCA federal corruption investigation ... A former UAW official pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in the widening, multimillion-dollar corruption scandal involving a joint training center between the union and Fiat Chrysler. Keith Mickens, 64, who oversaw operations of theÃâà...
NBC New York
April 3, 2018
A New Jersey housing agency has fired its top security officer after an I-Team investigation raised questions about whether he was spending most of his working hours running a private animal control business. A North Bergen Housing Authority spokesman said security director Geoffrey Santini wasÃâà...
The Real Deal
April 3, 2018
As a result, several of the corruption investigations since the 1990s have focused on subcontractors because those firms “provide a window into peer-corruption and ... Last year's convictions of Epstein and other property managers were orchestrated by the DA's office and the Department of Investigation.
Raw Story
April 3, 2018
A Republican Alabama state lawmaker, a former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, and a health care executive were all arrested on federal bribery charges on Monday. AL.com reports that Alabama State Rep. Jack Williams and former Alabama GOP chairman Marty Connors were arrested andÃâà...
New York Times
April 3, 2018
Mr. de Blasio on Sunday signed an executive order requiring that the mayor approve the appointment or removal of the head of the Office of the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District, which investigates allegations of corruption, criminal activity, conflicts of interest andÃâà...
New York Times
April 3, 2018
RIO DE JANEIRO — A new Netflix series about a sprawling corruption investigation has muscled its way into Brazil's heated politics, outraging supporters ... Prosecutors have portrayed him as an embodiment of corruption, while Mr. da Silva says that the investigations were driven by rivals who resented hisÃâà...
New York Magazine
April 2, 2018
For all the mystery still surrounding the Russia investigation, for instance, it is already clear that the narrative revolves around a lust (and desperation) for money. Having burned enough American banks throughout his career that he could not obtain capital through conventional, legitimate channels, TrumpÃâà...
Defiance Crescent News
April 1, 2018
... the 2007-09 recession, despite a corruption investigation and federal indictments involving Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and its UAW contract negotiators. ... Still, Gary Klotz, a longtime employment lawyer in Detroit, said the continuing investigation into stolen worker training money is more damaging thanÃâà...
WHTC
March 26, 2018
Israeli media said Netanyahu's wife and son would be questioned separately in the telecoms investigation over their relationship with Bezeq's owner and his spouse. Video footage showed a ... Political analysts say such support may erode if the investigations against Netanyahu intensify. Netanyahu couldÃâà...
New York Times
March 26, 2018
Another former president, Ollanta Humala, is behind bars pending charges of corruption. And Mr. Fujimori's daughter, Keiko, whose party, Popular Force, holds the majority in Congress and has been instrumental in driving Mr. Kuczynski from office, is under investigation for corruption and money launderingÃâà...
Harvard Political Review
March 25, 2018
The investigation in response to the scandal, Operation Lava Jato, uncovered the systemic graft of the country's most powerful executives and politicians. The investigation marks a momentous change in Latin America: governments have finally been forced to answer to corruption allegations at the highestÃâà...
Democracy Now!
March 24, 2018
Major New Investigation into Trump Real Estate Deals in India Reveals Corruption, Lawsuits, Fraud ... During her year-long investigation, Anjali Kamat traced Trump's India partners' long history of facing lawsuits, police inquiries and government investigations that contain evidence of potential bribery, fraudÃâà...
BBC News
March 23, 2018
In response to the allegations on social media and in the regional press, the Miss Venezuela organisation said that it would suspend auditions while an investigation determined whether anyone linked to the competition had "been involved in activities that break with the values and ethics of the event".
BBC News
March 17, 2018
Wang Qishan was previously in charge of corruption investigations in China. He is a longstanding ally of President Xi and his elevation is ... However, Mr Wang is best known for his most recent post - leading China's anti-corruption investigation. The campaign, controlled by Mr Wang as head of the CentralÃâà...
Mexico News Daily
March 16, 2018
Mexico's former chief electoral crimes prosecutor has spoken out about his dismissal, claiming he was fired in order to halt investigations into alleged ... in October, supposedly for illegally disclosing details about a corruption investigation involving Brazilian company Odebrecht and former Pemex CEOÃâà...
Illinois News Network
March 16, 2018
An expert on fraud and corruption says there's enough to the quid-pro-quo claims against House Speaker Michael Madigan by a Democratic state representative to warrant a special counsel investigation. State Rep. Scott Drury, D-Highwood, who's running for the Democratic nomination for Illinois AttorneyÃâà...
Crain's Detroit Business
March 14, 2018
A fifth person has been charged in connection with the UAW-FCA corruption scandal, according to federal court records released Tuesday — the latest in an investigation that has produced four guilty pleas. Keith Mickens, who served as a senior UAW official from 2010 to 2015, was accused of spendingÃâà...
KTLA
February 26, 2018
The warrant suggests the wide-ranging investigation dovetails with the suspicion many Maywood residents have had about politics in the city for years. It shows that prosecutors are looking at political recall efforts from 2015 through 2017, a city maintenance contractor and a deal involving city propertiesÃâà...
cleveland.com
December 31, 1999
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish publicly asserted for the first time Wednesday that an ongoing public corruption investigation of his administration is the result of work done by the county's own watchdogs. "It should be noted that the investigation was triggered by the workÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
December 31, 1999
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to be questioned over charges he obstructed investigations related to Case 4000, Quds Press reported yesterday. According to Israeli TV Channel 2, state witness Nir Hefetz, who was a senior aide to the Netanyahu family, said that Netanyahu askedÃâà...
World Socialist Web Site
December 31, 1999
The naming of Johnson brings the federal corruption investigation to the very doorstep of Jewell. It strains credulity that the then head of the Fiat Chrysler department had no inkling of the illegal payouts. Jewell served as the top UAW official on the Joint Activities Board that ran the NTC and would haveÃâà...
Handelsblatt Global Edition
December 31, 1999
legitimate or bribes? Airbus corruption investigation focusing on suspect investments. Airbus spent hundreds of millions of euros on office buildings in Beirut, wind farms in Germany and Malaysian Formula One racing cars as inducements to buy airplanes. Investigators think they may have been bribes. By.
Kyiv Post
December 31, 1999
A bill that could potentially block the investigative activities of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, an independent anti-corruption watchdog, was submitted to parliament on March 19 and could be put to the vote in days. The bill, submitted by lawmaker Nina Yuzhanina of the 135-member Bloc ofÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Mr. Lee's successor, Park Geun-hye, became the first South Korean president to be impeached by Parliament, in a December 2016 vote that came amid a corruption scandal. She was formally removed from office and arrested last March. Last month, prosecutors asked a Seoul court to sentence Ms. Park toÃâà...