All posts tagged "Corruption"

• Anaudi Hernández to Plead Guilty of Corruption

  SAN JUAN – Osvaldo Carlo, Anaudi Hernández’s lawyer, has filed a motion in Puerto Rico’s U.S. District Court in which the defendant pleads guilty to the charges brought against him for public corruption. Because of the admission...

  • Posted February 12, 2016
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• Russian Opposition Figure Files Suit Against Putin

  MOSCOW – A Moscow court has confirmed that a prominent Russian opposition figure has filed a suit which accuses President Vladimir Putin of breaking the nation’s anti-corruption law. The Tverskoy Court told The Associated Press on Friday...

  • Posted February 12, 2016
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• Brazil Sentences Former Petrobras Executive to Prison

  RIO DE JANEIRO — The former director of Petrobras’ international division has been sentenced to 12 years in prison as part of an ongoing investigation into bribery and corruption at Brazil’s state-run oil company. A federal judge...

  • Posted February 1, 2016
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• Bomb Attacks on Pipelines Cause Massive Oil Spill in Nigeria

  WARRI, Nigeria – Multiple bombings of Agip oil pipelines have caused thousands of barrels of oil to pollute waterways, farms and fishing grounds in Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state, residents said Monday. Oil flowed unchecked for two days,...

  • Posted February 1, 2016
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• Report Counts Some 2,300 Journalists Killed in Past 25 Years

  BRUSSELS – In the last quarter century, at least 2,297 journalists and media staff have been killed for doing nothing more than trying to inform the world on war, revolution, crime and corruption. And killers continue to...

  • Posted January 30, 2016
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• Brazilian Prosecutor Subpoenas Former President Da Silva

  SAO PAULO – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been subpoenaed as part of an investigation into a suspected money laundering scheme involving an apartment he once thought of buying, the Sao Paulo state...

  • Posted January 30, 2016
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• Brazil’s Petrobras Overhauls Corporate Structure

  RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras said Thursday it will slash management jobs as part of an efficiency drive approved by its board of directors. The plan calls for a 30 percent reduction of...

  • Posted January 28, 2016
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• Spain Activists, Whistleblower Creating Digital Pay System

  BARCELONA, Spain – A prominent French whistleblower and Spanish anti-corruption activists who triggered an investigation of a former International Monetary Fund chief announced Thursday they are designing a digital payment system aimed at excluding middlemen companies that...

  • Posted January 28, 2016
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• Japan Economy Minister Quits Over Graft Allegations

  TOKYO – Japan’s economy minister resigned Thursday as he fended off corruption allegations, in a setback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s effort to rev up growth in the world’s third-largest economy. Akira Amari choked back tears as...

  • Posted January 28, 2016
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• Spain: PM Defends Party Despite new Corruption Arrests

  MADRID – Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Wednesday he sees no reason why the arrest of 24 people in a new corruption scandal affecting his conservative Popular Party should damage his efforts to form a...

  • Posted January 27, 2016
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