Corruption

Study Finds Reasons Behind State Corruption

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Corruption, Harvard?S Kennedy School of Government, State Capitals, Kennedy School of Government, State Corruption Report, State Corruption, Politics News

What makes some state capitals so much more corrupt than others? New research provides a partial answer to that long-standing question: isolated capit...

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How Financial Criminalization Crashed Economy, Goes Unpunished

Charles Ferguson | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Corruption, Financial Fraud, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, White Collar Crime, Wall Street, Finance, Wall Street Crimes, Financial Crisis, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Securities Fraud, Wall Street Corruption, Business News
Charles Ferguson

It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the financial sector has become criminalized, creating an industry culture that tolerates or even encourages systematic fraud.

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More Corporate Executives Are Using Bribery In Hunt For Growth

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Fraud Investigation, Corruption, Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Video, Chief Financial Officers, Reuters, U.S. Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act, Bribery, Ernst & Young, Cfos, Business News

LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - A growing number of senior executives around the world are willing to pay bribes to win or keep business, as the hunt for...

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Mike Sacks

Citizens United Part II: Montana Attorney General Takes A Stand

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Montana, Montana Supreme Court, Corruption, Video, Corporations, Disclosure, Steve Bullock, Citizens United, Mccain-Feingold, American-Tradition-Partnership, Campaign Finance, Montana-Corrupt-Practices-Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock says that he has been so personally involved in the Citizens United sequel soon to be considered ...

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Why Turnout in the Presidential Primaries Was Dismally Low

Todd Phillips | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Corruption, Democracy, Local Electors, Presidential Primaries, Voter Turnout, Elections 2012, 2012 Election, Politics News
Todd Phillips

It makes no sense to cling to a broken system that was never meant to be. We must be open to innovative solutions. After all, isn't innovation what Americans are best at? This is our opportunity to fix democracy and to make it better.

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Understanding Pay-To-Play Academics

Charles Ferguson | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Corruption, Compass Lexecon, Brattle Group, Conflict of Interest, Predator Nation, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Berkeley Research Group, Glenn Hubbard, Larry Summers, Criterion, Charles River Associates, Wall Street, Analysis Group, Financial Crisis, Academics, Pay to Play, Business News
Charles Ferguson

Over the last thirty years, in parallel with deregulation and the rising power of money in American politics, significant portions of American academia have deteriorated into "pay to play" activities. No where is this more pronounced than in the realm of economics.

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Former Dem Lawmaker Out On Bail Days After Starting Prison Term For Corruption

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Corruption, Bill DeWeese Prison, Video, Pennsylvania, Bill Deweese, Bill DeWeese Out on Bail, Bill Deweese Corruption, Politics News

PHILADELPHIA — Former longtime Pennsylvania House Democratic leader Bill DeWeese is out on bail days after he began serving a 2 1/2 -to-five-yea...

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Homeland Security Watchdog May Close Troubled Texas Office

Andrew Becker | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Corruption, Department of Homeland Security, Fbi, Inspector General, Texas, Justice Department, Politics News, Washington, Politics News
Andrew Becker

The Homeland Security Department's beleaguered watchdog might close a troubled Texas office amid a federal probe into its agents' investigative practices, the Center for Investigative Reporting has learned.

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Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings Tied to FastTrain, For-Profit College Raided by FBI

David_Halperin | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Congress, For-Profit Colleges, Corruption, Rep. Alcee Hastings, Apscu, Alcee Hastings, Money and Politics, Fasttrain, Fasttrain College, Politics News
David_Halperin

The FBI raided campuses of Florida-based FastTrain College on Wednesday. The for-profit school has multiple ties to Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL), who has been a fervent backer of for-profit education companies.

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Zach Carter

Obama's Quandry: Bashing Blundering Banks While Courting Wall Street Cash

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Corruption, 2012 Elections, Dodd-Frank, Marsha Blackburn, Derivatives, Economy, Financial Reform, Bank of America, Wall Street Reform, Mitt Romney, Jobs, Money in Politics, Obama, Democrats, Romney, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, 2012, Thune, Video, Wall Street, Trade, Jpmorgan, Banks, J.P. Morgan, Occupy, November Elections, Fat Cats, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's response to JPMorgan Chase's spectacular trading failure underscores a persistent tension in his presidency -- ...

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Pushing Forward G8's Anti-Corruption Agenda

Shruti Shah | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Corruption, Food Insecurity, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Impactg8, Sub-Saharan Africa, Dear G8, G8 Summit, G8, Impact News
Shruti Shah

As leaders of the G8 convene at Camp David, it is imperative they take corruption into account. Corruption underpins many of the summit's stated objectives -- such as promoting food security in Africa.

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Silver Spoon Socialists Flex Muscles In Brazil

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Bolivia, Corruption, Hugo Chavez, Socialist International, Venezuela, Dilma Rousseff, Argentina, Leon Trotsky, Brazil, Globalism, Odebrecht, World Social Forum, World Economic Forum, Luis Favre, Sean Penn, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The Communist Party of Brazil was given the political plum of running the ministry of sports by president Dilma as a reward for staying inside her Worker's Party coalition government during her dramatic move to the political center.

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Who's Afraid of Rupert Murdoch?

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.10.2012

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Timothy Karr

The answer: the Federal Communications Commission and Congress.

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Woman Reports Credit Card Fraud, Then Is Accused By Police

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Corruption, Fraud, Video, Bank Accounts, Discover, Adekunle Adetiloye, Audrey Grisham, Bank of America, Credit Card Fraud, John McDevitt, Financial Crimes, Kutv, Utah, Business News

Imagine calling the police to report a crime, only to have them turnaround and accuse you. That's what happened to Audrey Grisham of Bountiful, Ut...

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Internal Review Shows Gross Mishandling of Military Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Corruption, Pentagon, US Military, Whistleblowers, Military, Charles Grassley, Retaliation, Military Whistleblowers, Politics News
Project On Government Oversight

We owe military whistleblowers every possible opportunity to safely expose wrongdoing, and this report shows that the system has let them down. It's imperative that we fix it.

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Corruption, Democracy, and the Search for a Better World

Valerie Berset-Price | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Corruption, Wal Mart, International Business, Zambia, Uruguay, Ethics, Wireless, Bribery, Technology, Fcpa, Business News
Valerie Berset-Price

Wal-Mart is making the headlines with the FCPA corruption case it faces in Mexico. But anyone who has been on the ground trying to close business in c...

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Homeland Security Office to Unload Hundreds of Corruption Probes

Andrew Becker | Posted 05.07.2012

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Andrew Becker

Officials with the inspectors general's office believe bypassing the watchdog agency by going directly to Customs and Border Protection for information could hamper their investigations. Other agents, however, view the inspector general as ill-equipped to root out corruption.

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Money Well Spent: Why Corruption Continues to Pay

Chris Morgan Jones | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Corruption, Walmart, Doj, Mexico, Bribery, Sec, Siemens, Fcpa, Business News
Chris Morgan Jones

The victims of crimes of corruption are diffuse, invisible, and often vulnerable: every dollar paid in bribes tilts the scales further against the most unfortunate in societies where fairness frequently goes unprized.

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How Will the Murdoch Implosion Be Felt in the U.S.?

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Corruption, Rupert Murdoch, Fcc, Phone Hacking, Media Consolidation, James Murdoch, Fox News Channel, Media News
Timothy Karr

A scathing report in Britain that Rupert Murdoch and other News Corp. executives engaged in a cover-up of "rampant law breaking" may have ramifications for the media mogul in the United States -- but only if U.S. politicians are willing to face down a powerful media figure.

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Don't Believe the Hype on Corporate Bribery

Brandon L. Garrett | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Corruption, News Corp, Walmart, Wall Street, White Collar Crime, Corporations, Corporate Bribes, Corporate Bribery, Walmart Bribery, Biomet, Siemens, Corporate Greed, Wal-Mart, Crime News
Brandon L. Garrett

Corporations can be prosecuted as criminals and every year some get convicted of crimes. However, over the past decade the government has not stepped up corporate crime enforcement. In fact, the evidence is to the contrary.

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Dan Froomkin

Afghan Reconstruction Efforts Mired In Corruption

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Corruption, Sigar, Afghanistan, Private Security Contractors, Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, Afghan Public Protection Force, World News

WASHINGTON -- Afghan reconstruction efforts remain severely hampered even after nearly $100 billion in spending over the last 10 years, according to ...

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Chinese Corruption Party Undermines China's Stability

Cleo Paskal | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Corruption, Infrastructure, India, Dams, Hu Jintao, Three Gorges Dam, Chinese Communist Party, Typhoon, Sovereign Wealth Fund, China, World News
Cleo Paskal

Corruption is literally built into the foundations of modern China. The construction and infrastructure sectors are two of the most corrupt in country, putting at risk China's vaunted development, and also potentially endangering its neighbors.

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Former State Senator Kruger Sentenced To 7 Years For Corruption

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Corruption, Mill-Basin-Brooklyn, Senator Carl Kruger, Ny News, Michael Turano, New York Crime, Bribery, New York News, Judge Jed Rakoff, Carl Kruger, New York News

Former New York state senator Carl Kruger, who resigned his office in December just before pleading guilty to corruption charges, was sentenced to sev...

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Practicing What You Preach: A Lesson for Walmart's Bosses

Cobus de Swardt | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Walmart Bribery, Walmart, Walmart Mexico, Wal-Mart Mexico, Wal-Mart, Walmart Scandal, Corruption, Leadership, Transparency International, Corporate America, Bribes, Bribery, Business News
Cobus de Swardt

Allegations that Walmart paid millions of dollars in bribes to build up its empire in Mexico should act as a warning sign to corporations everywhere. A culture of bribery in a subsidiary is unacceptable, but failing to deal with it would be even worse.

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Nike Exec Accused Of Bribery

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Corruption, Nike Bribery, Sports, Walmart, Video, Nike, Soccer, Chinese Super League, Business News, Walmart Bribery, Sports Business News, Bribery, Chinese, Chinese Football Association, Scandal, Business News

Just as Walmart faces accusations of bribery in Mexico, another mega-corporation is fielding its own corruption charges on foreign soil. Li Tong, ...

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