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corruption stories: 333 news summaries

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Tennis Cops Warn Players About US Open Tweeting

Using Twitter during matches could be 'inside information,' violate corruption rules

Aug 28, 09 9:00 PM CDT
(AP) - Tennis authorities are telling participants in the US Open, which begins Monday, to watch their tweeting. Signs are posted in the players' lounge, locker rooms and referee's office at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with the header: "Important. Player Notice. Twitter Warning." The signs, written... More »

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social networking • gambling • tennis • corruption • US Open Tennis • Twitter • USTA • inside information

Novel About Corruption May Be Kremlin Official's Work

Close to Zero portrays bribes, fraud as commonplace in contemporary Russia

Aug 13, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A novel about a publisher navigating Russia’s complex web of political favors and payoffs may have been written by a top Kremlin official, the Moscow Times reports. Sources at Russky Pioner magazine, which published excerpts of Close to Zero before its release last month, say Vladislav Surkov, a powerful... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • corruption • Kremlin • novel • Vladislav Surkov • hype • Natalya Dubovitskaya

(Newser) - Besieged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is “a national joke,” Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair. He’s also immensely popular. In the midst of his most recent sex scandal, he and his party were handily reelected. What’s the deal? To begin with, “he controls... More »

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politics • sex scandal • Italy • corruption • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • Michael Wolff • Veronica Berlusconi

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi's antics with models and call girls have threatened to derail his government, but the woman at the center of the sex-and-corruption scandal says she's seen it all before. "This is how Italy always works," Patrizia D’Addario tells the Financial Times. The hooker says she came... More »

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prostitution • Italy • corruption • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • call girl • European Parliament • Veronica Lario • Patrizia D'Addario

 In Kenya, 
 Clinton Blasts 
 Graft, Corruption 

Says government responsibility key to 'economic progress'

Aug 5, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton criticized Kenya today for rampant graft and corruption as she made the case that business and trade across Africa cannot grow without good governance and solid democracy. In President Obama's ancestral homeland, the secretary of State said, "True economic progress in Africa will depend on responsible governments... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Africa • Kenya • corruption • conference • Mwai Kibaki • graft • President Obama

(Newser) - Israeli police have recommended the indictment of the country's foreign minister for bribery, money laundering, and other corruption charges, Haaretz reports. Avigdor Lieberman, who leads the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party and was kingmaker in February's closely-run election, has been under investigation for years and is accused of funneling cash to... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • conservative • bribery • corruption • money laundering • Avigdor Lieberman • corruption charges • Yisrael Beiteinu • foreign minister

(Newser) - The kidnapping of five British men in Baghdad two years ago appears to have been masterminded by Iraqi officials instead of insurgents, a Guardian investigation finds. Technology specialist Peter Moore and his bodyguards were seized from Iraq's Finance Ministry by 40 men in police uniforms. Interviews with Iraqi and British... More »

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Iraq • kidnapping • corruption • Iraqi government • Peter Moore

Suspect in NJ Probe Sold Black-Market Kidneys

Corruption bust yields strange side business

Jul 25, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI says it's made the first organ trafficking arrest in US history, a strange byproduct of the sweeping corruption probe that nabbed dozens of New Jersey officials and rabbis, the Star-Ledger reports. Levy Izhak Rosenbaum is accused of dealing in kidneys: He'd buy them from donors in Israel... More »

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Israel • FBI • New Jersey • corruption • black market • kidney • organ trafficking • money laundering • arrest

(Newser) - The 44 New Jersey politicians and New York and New Jersey rabbis arrested this morning were the subject of a 10-year probe, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. “The politicians willingly put themselves up for sale,” the US Attorney says. “For these defendants, corruption was a way of life.... More »

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US attorney • New Jersey • corruption • money laundering • nonprofit • arrest • politicians • Ralph Marra

NJ Mayors, NY Rabbis Busted in Corruption Probe

Syrian Jews accused
of money-laundering

Jul 23, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a huge corruption bust, FBI agents arrested 30 people today, including the mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus, the deputy mayor of Jersey City, a New Jersey assemblyman, and several Brooklyn and New Jersey rabbis, the Star-Ledger reports. The arrests stem from a 2-year money-laundering probe centered on New... More »

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FBI • New Jersey • corruption • Brooklyn • Internal Revenue Service • Jewish • rabbi • Peter Cammarano • Daniel Van Pelt • Dennis Elwell

(Newser) - A judge has ended eight years of federal oversight imposed on the LAPD after a massive corruption scandal, the Los Angeles Times reports. The judge said the police force had reformed substantially under a “consent decree” that saw tough independent audits and more thorough investigations into abuse allegations. "... More »

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police • corruption • abuse • oversight • LAPD • racial profiling • federal judges • financial disclosure • Los Angeles Police Department

(Newser) - President Obama today warned Africans that corruption and strong-arm tactics must be overcome if the continent is to see prosperity, and he promised US support to nations on the right path, Politico reports. “America will be with you,” Obama said in Ghana. “As a partner. As a... More »

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Africa • democracy • United States • corruption • Ghana • ancestry • President Obama • state visit

 US-Built Bridge 
 Supports Afghan Drug Trade 

$37M project facilitates opium smuggling into Tajikistan

Jun 28, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A US-built bridge linking Afghanistan and Tajikistan that cost taxpayers $37 million has greatly benefited exporters of Afghan opium, McClatchy reports. The bridge over the Panj river was supposed to facilitate commerce between the two nations, but the surging flow of opium across Afghanistan’s northern border threatens to turn... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • terrorism • drugs • heroin • United States • corruption • bridge • opium • drug trade • Tajikistan

Burris Won't Face Perjury Charges:
Ill. Prosecutor

Evidence on Blago contacts insufficient

Jun 19, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Roland Burris will not be charged with perjury for neglecting to tell an Illinois House impeachment panel about additional discussions he had with associates of then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the State Journal-Register reports. While Burris did omit conversations about the Senate appointment with members of Blagojevich’s inner circle, they... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • bribe • corruption • perjury • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • Roland Burris • John Schmidt

OPINION

With Friends Like These...

My client was drunk, stupid, sleazy—oh, and black, argues Jefferson's lawyer

Jun 17, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - What do you say when you’re defending William Jefferson, on trial for allegedly taking $100,000 in bribe money and hiding it in his freezer? Pretty much whatever the heck you can think of, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. The lawyer for the then-Congressman opened his... More »

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William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • corruption • trial • Democrat • court • lawyer • attorney • Dana Milbank • Robert Trout • William Jefferson sentenced

Analysis

Africa Well Rid of Thieves Like Gabon's Bongo


Jun 11, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gabon is officially in mourning for Omar Bongo, who was, until his death Monday, the world’s longest-serving president in the world. But unofficially, “it’s worth remembering that Bongo was precisely the kind of leader Gabon, and Africa, could have done without,” Alex Perry writes for Time.... More »

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Africa • corruption • public corruption • Gabon • Omar Bongo

OPINION

Spitzer: I Love New York  Senate Mayhem


Jun 11, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madness has descended on Albany, NY. When two Democrats switched sides at the last minute, the Democrats literally locked the Republicans out of the state senate, followed by name calling, court action, and threats to hold a session in an empty field. And that’s actually an improvement, writes Eliot... More »

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New York • corruption • Eliot Spitzer • state legislature • New York state • New York State Senate • Pedro Espada Jr. • Hiram Monserrate

Corruption Trial of Ex-Louisiana Rep Kicks Off

Feds say Jefferson
took bribes, had $90K stashed in his freezer

Jun 9, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jury selection began today in the trial of former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The Democrat is charged with taking bribes and using his office to set up business deals in Africa. “It is good to have my family with me,” he said as... More »

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Congress • Washington DC • William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • corruption • House of Representatives • clinical trials • federal prosecution • William Jefferson sentenced

INTERVIEW

Like Father,
Like Son: Dodd Fights for Future

Conn. senator's recent troubles echo those of his disgraced dad

May 31, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - For the second time in recent memory, a Senator Dodd from Connecticut is accused of corruption and faces a rocky political future, Newsweek reports. The current senator, Chris Dodd, is a 28-year veteran and former presidential candidate, but after devising an AIG loophole and appearing to make shady housing deals,... More »

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corruption • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • AIG • Countrywide • US Senate

Mexican Drug Sweep
Snares 10 Mayors

Officials provided 'protection net' to deadly drug cartel

May 27, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten mayors and several police chiefs were busted in a major drug raid yesterday in Mexico's Michoacan state. The public officials provided a "protection net" for the deadly Michoacan Family drug cartel, said law enforcement authorities. The cartel is linked to the murder of 7 people and wounding of... More »

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drugs • Mexico • corruption • mayor • drug cartel • federal police • public corruption • narcotics

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