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New Zealand has ranked best for eight straight years on TI’s corruption perceptions index. But that spotless reputation has been tarnished lately by bribery scandals in business, politics, and sports.
Several top cricket players faced bribery allegations last week for alleged rigging of games in two English county matches in violation of England Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code.… Continue Reading
An Israeli government panel recommended Monday that cash transactions between businesses will be limited to 5,000 shekels ($1,436) under Israel’s plan to fight money laundering and tax evasion, a government panel announced Monday.… Continue Reading
First Sergeant Jimmy W. Dennis pleaded guilty in federal court in Tennessee to conspiracy to launder about $250,000 in bribes he took from contractors in Afghanistan, the Justice Department said Wednesday.… Continue Reading
Former District of Columbia Council member Michael A. Brown was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for taking $55,000 in bribes in an undercover FBI sting.
In June last year, Brown admitted accepting cash from undercover FBI agents posing as corrupt government contractors seeking to do business with the city.… Continue Reading
A sitting Puerto Rico superior court judge who allegedly took bribes in exchange for acquitting a criminal defendant of vehicular homicide was charged with conspiracy in a federal indictment returned Thursday.… Continue Reading
Minnesota-based Medtronic Inc. will pay $9.9 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it paid kickbacks to doctors to implant its pacemakers and defibrillators, the DOJ said Wednesday. … Continue Reading
During the Memorial Day weekend we were in Kilgore, Texas. It sits 3,600 feet above the East Texas oil field, an awesome natural resource discovered in 1930 and, 6 billion barrels later, is still producing crude.… Continue Reading
Huang Xiaohu, former party secretary and chairman of China’s Anhui Military Industry Group, has been expelled from the party for corruption. Huang was accused of accepting $328,857 in bribes, embezzling $1.5 million in public funds, offering bribes of more than $2 million to government officials.… Continue Reading
The Sentencing Council in the UK has released new guidelines for how individuals convicted of fraud, money laundering and bribery offenses should be punished.
They will take effect on October 1, 2014.… Continue Reading
An Ottawa judge sentenced a former security systems executive to three years in prison Friday, the first prison term for an individual convicted under Canada’s anti-bribery law.
Nazir Karigar was jailed for his role in a conspiracy that tried — but failed — to land a $100-million contract to provide security for Air India.… Continue Reading
GlaxoSmith Kline PLC is under investigation by the UK Serious Fraud Office for possible criminal violations, the pharma said Tuesday.
In a two-sentence statement, UK-based GSK said it had been informed by the SFO of a formal criminal investigation into GSK’s commercial practices.… Continue Reading
China’s crackdown on domestic corruption is by now widely known. But many people, including myself, have suspected that a crackdown on foreign bribery would be much slower to develop. Recent news might begin to prove us wrong.… Continue Reading