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CBC.ca
Anti-corruption raids at borough offices in CDN-NDG
CBC.ca
Quebec's anti-corruption unit (UPAC) conducted a series of raids on Thursday, including one at the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough offices. Those same offices were raided earlier this year, in February. UPAC also paid a visit to the offices ...
Corruption squad raids NDG borough officesCTV News

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Change of plea hearing set in Wyser corruption case
Fox 59
INDIANAPOLIS — Former Chief Deputy Prosecutor David Wyser has filed for a motion for a change of plea in his public corruption case. The motion will be heard by Judge Sarah Barker Thursday, July 2, 2013. Wyser was scheduled to appear this morning to ...

The Guardian
Corruption verdict sees Eddie Ahern's future hanging in balance
Irish Independent
Under the rules of racing, Ahern (35) was charged with conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice in relation to the laying of five horses between September 2010 and February 2011, and of communicating information for reward. He was found ...
Eddie Ahern banned 10 years after being found guilty of corruptionThe Guardian
Eddie Ahern and Neil Clement receive lengthy BHA bansBBC News
Jockey Eddie Ahern banned for 10 years after corruption probe by British ...Washington Post
Bloomberg -Yahoo! Sports -The Sun
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Canadian goes on trial in Havana for corruption scandal
MiamiHerald.com
When Sarkis Yacoubian walks into a court room in downtown Havana Thursday to face corruption charges that could send him to prison for 12 years the Canadian businessman will have a high-powered diplomat keeping a close eye on his trial — Canada's ...

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Boxes of Cash Seized in Mexico Corruption Probe
ABC News
The PRI governed Mexico for 71 years and was seen as a party that encouraged corruption and authoritarianism. It lost the presidency for the first time in 2000 but it returned to power on Dec. 1 with Pena Nieto, who has said that his party has changed ...

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Boxes of cash seized in Mexico corruption probe
MiamiHerald.com
The PRI governed Mexico for 71 years and was seen as a party that encouraged corruption and authoritarianism. It lost the presidency for the first time in 2000 but it returned to power on Dec. 1 with Pena Nieto, who has said that his party has changed ...

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Washington Post
Ex-premier who was ousted amid corruption probe seeks return to power in ...
Washington Post
McLaughlin blasted Bush's previous administration, saying the last four years had been a time of tense relations with Britain and “corruption and rumors of corruption.” He said Bush's arrest on corruption charges damaged the territory's reputation and ...
Ex-premier was ousted amid corruption probe seeks return to power in Cayman ...Fox News

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Tom Cotton 'Corruption Of Blood' Bill Would Convict Family Members Of Iran ...
Huffington Post
Article III of the Constitution explicitly bans Congress from punishing treason based on "corruption of blood" -- meaning that relatives of those convicted of treason cannot be punished based only on a familial tie. Family members of people suspected ...

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Corruption victim says higher housing price paid for bribes
Fox 59
Dayvid Brown thought he had a deal a year ago to buy the house at 541 Eugene St. for $1,000. “My mother built in this neighborhood in 1972,” said Brown, who grew up next door to the two-story home. “This 500 block is homeowners and families.” After the ...

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A Word to the Wise on Corruption in Honduras
Huffington Post (blog)
If you ask anyone in Honduras what the biggest problem is in their country, the chances are that person will say, "Corruption." Yes, there is the horrible education system and the constant strikes by the teachers. Of course, there is the high crime ...

Press-Enterprise (blog)
Audit Finds Bell Faces 'Fiscal Crisis' After Corruption Scandal
CBS Local
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — An audit by the California state controller's office reveals that the city of Bell is still reeling financially three years after it was discovered the working-class suburb's municipal leaders had looted millions of dollars from ...
BELL CORRUPTION: State controller displeased with city's progressPress-Enterprise (blog)

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The Guardian
UK and France to join global anti-corruption initiative
The Guardian
Britain and France have both announced they are to join a groundbreaking initiative to expose systematic corruption, mainly in Africa, requiring mining and oil companies to reveal the taxes paid to national governments and the value of the minerals ...
Foreign Audit Finds Flaws in Extractive Resources - Global Witness Raises Red ...AllAfrica.com

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Washington Post
Ex-premier was ousted amid corruption probe seeks return to power in Cayman ...
Washington Post
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A former Cayman Islands premier who faces 11 criminal charges is heading into elections with a chance of returning to leadership of the British Overseas Territory. McKeeva Bush's United Democratic Party is one of just two parties ...

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Press-Enterprise (blog)
Bell faces 'fiscal crisis' after corruption scandal, audit finds
Los Angeles Times
Three years after a massive corruption scandal, Bell's finances have worsen considerably and the city doesn't have the money to refund millions of dollars in taxes illegally levied on residents, according to a state audit released Wednesday. Bell ...
Audit Finds Bell Faces 'Fiscal Crisis' After Corruption ScandalCBS Local
BELL CORRUPTION: State controller displeased with city's progressPress-Enterprise (blog)

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ZimEye Zimbabwe
Tsvangirai: No to corruption in the MDC!!!
ZimEye Zimbabwe
As a party of excellence, we are allergic to corruption. It would be a betrayal of the party's values and of the people of Zimbabwe for any credible political party to field anyone who has been implicated or linked to shady dealings while purporting to ...

Sin, Corruption and What Religions Can Do About It
Huffington Post
Fingering corruption is eminently reasonable, because corruption means that resources intended for a public purpose are diverted to another use, especially someone's pocket but also their political coffers. Then the public purpose falls by the wayside.

The Guardian
Horse racing-Jockey Ahern found guilty in corruption inquiry
Yahoo! Sports
Former West Bromwich Albion defender Neil Clement was found guilty of conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice, placing a lay bet, on a horse which he then owned and failure to provide phone records to the inquiry. (Writing by Alison ...
Eddie Ahern banned 10 years after being found guilty of corruptionThe Guardian
Irish Jockey Eddie Ahern Banned 10 Years in Corruption CaseBloomberg
Jockey Eddie Ahern found guilty of corruption and banned for 10 yearsThe Independent
BBC Sport -Racing Post Bloodstock -Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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BBC Sport
Jockey Eddie Ahern found guilty of corruption charges
BBC Sport
Group One-winning jockey Eddie Ahern has been found guilty of breaching three British Horseracing Authority rules following a corruption inquiry. Ahern was found guilty of conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice, intentionally failing to ...
Eddie Ahern faces long ban after being found guilty of corruptionThe Guardian
Ahern found guilty in corruption hearingIrish Independent
Eddie Ahern found guilty of corruption by BHARacing Post Bloodstock

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World Bank Insider Blows Whistle on Corruption, Federal Reserve
The New American
A former insider at the World Bank, ex-Senior Counsel Karen Hudes, says the global financial system is dominated by a small group of corrupt, power-hungry figures centered around the privately owned U.S. Federal Reserve. The network has seized control ...

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Truckers protest Mariakani 'corruption'
The Star
Truck drivers yesterday blocked the Mombasa-Nairobi highway at Mariakani for more than six hours. They were protesting alleged corruption at the Mariakani weighbridge. The drivers said weighbridge officials are selective in their weighing of loads ...

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