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FBI Charges Ex-Dean With Bribery and Forced Labor

(Oct. 1) -- Should shoveling snow be part of the curriculum for a degree in Asian studies? (Obviously, no.) But that reportedly didn't stop Cecilia Chang, the former St. John's University Institute of Asian Studies dean accused of embezzling more than $1 million in school funds, from demanding the service, among other...

Corruption Trial Begins on Spain's Classy Costa del Sol

(Sept. 30) -- Until this week, when 300 journalists arrived to cover Spain's biggest-ever municipal corruption trial, the coastal resort of Marbella was known mostly as a glamorous getaway for wealthy celebrities and a second home for thousands of British citizens. Now it's main claim to fame is what prosecutors say was a...

Drones, Deaths and Bribes: Mining the WikiLeaks Data

(July 26) -- Documents posted by WikiLeaks are a trove of raw data about Pakistan and Afghanistan, featuring such events as previously unreported civilian deaths and drones gone missing. A sampling: The CIA, identified as "Other Government Agency," shot and injured a deaf and mute Afghan man. The Taliban may have...

Report: Japan Offered Prostitutes to Sway Whaling Votes

(June 14) -- Japanese officials bribed six small nations with offers of cash and call girls in return for their votes in favor of slaughtering whales, according to a newspaper investigation. Japan denies the accusations, but The Sunday Times reported that two of its journalists filmed government officials from six...

Texas Ex-Judge Convicted in Sex-Bribe Case

(Feb. 5) – A former Texas criminal court judge was found guilty of federal charges for soliciting cash and sexual favors in exchange for his help in felony cases. Between December 2008 and February 2009, El Paso Criminal District Court Judge Manuel Joseph Barraza, 53, received more than $5,000 in cash bribes from...

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Wal-Mart CEO vows thorough probe of Mexico bribery allegations

Wal-Mart Stores CEO Mike Duke defended the company's integrity amid reports of bribes paid to Mexican officials to expand market share, pledging to "get to the bottom" of the allegations.

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The Rise of the Mafia State

There have always been countries whose leaders have behaved criminally.

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HK tycoon Lau rejects Macau corruption charges

HONG KONG -Shares of a Hong Kong tycoon's property company tumbled Friday after he insisted he was innocent of bribery and money laundering charges filed by Macau prosecutors over a land deal in the Asian gambling hub.

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Anti-Corruption Police Officer Arrested On Suspicion Of Taking Bribes From Private Investigators

A Scotland Yard anti-corruption officer was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of taking bribes from private investigators.

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Dems Seek Info About Firms That Funded Anti-Bribery Law Campaign

Two Democratic congressmen are investigating whether the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's tenacious attack on a key anti-bribery statute has less to do with high-minded economic principles and more to do with the fact that nearly one in four board members of the Chamber's "legal reform" arm represents a company that has been...

bribery News From the Web

06/03/12 You can help put Frank Russo under house arrest: Mark... Source: Cleveland.com Federal prosecutors are not ready to put former Cuyahoga County auditor Frank Russo in jail.
06/03/12 Karnataka BJP MLA convicted Source: The Asian Age A Karnataka court on Saturday convicted ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Y. Sampangi in a corruption case and sentenced him to three and a half years in prison.
06/03/12 Ex-water chief gets 2nd taxpayer-funded lawyer in... Source: The Detroit News - Detroit MI A second taxpayer-funded lawyer joined the legal team Saturday defending indicted former Detroit water boss Victor Mercado in the public corruption case that also involves ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
06/02/12 When is a campaign donation a bribe? Supreme Court may... Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was charged with bribery and sent to prison because, prosecutors said, a wealthy hospital executive gave him $500,000 in exchange for appointing him to a state hospital planning board.
06/02/12 BJP has made Karnataka the most corrupt state: Rahul... Source: Sify Hubli (Karnataka), June 3 (IANS) On a day when a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator was convicted and jailed in a bribery case, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday charged the BJP with making Karnataka the most corrupt state in the country.

Background on bribery

Bribery, is an act of implying money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient. Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or other person in charge of a public or legal duty.

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