bribery
The Premier of Ontario May Have Tried to Buy Off One of Her Candidates
Kathleen Wynne has been implicated in a plot to give a cushy government job to a would-be candidate in order to get him out of the way.
The Mike Duffy Soundboard Is Funnier Than Ever
Before you judge Mike Duffy for his alleged wrongdoings, fire up this old soundboard where Ol' Duff rattles through over 700 different names.
Ray Nagin's Ego Is Too Big to Comprehend His Own Guilt
The disgraced former mayor of New Orleans just got a ten year prison term for bribery, wire fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. But so far, he steadfastly refuses to believe he might have done anything wrong. He called the prosecution "magical."
GlaxoSmithKline Sex Tape Pulls Back the Covers on Chinese Corruption
China accused the drug company of spending as much as $480 million and arranging sexual favors from prostitutes to bribe Chinese doctors.
Angry Venetians Are Sick of Cruise-Ship Pollution
Cruise ships have been ploughing their way through Venice’s canals—and depositing huge amounts of pollution into the water in the process—for the past couple of decades. Local environmentalists aren’t happy about this, and they spent Saturday marching...
The Derailment of the SEC – Part IV
New allegations that a former SEC official lied to federal investigators; the unlikely source is his own law partner.
The Qatari World Cup Scandals Are Robbing Football of Its Heroes
Between the weather conditions and the allegations of slave labor, the Qatari World Cup is shaping up to be a real shit show, but its greatest offense might be ensnaring some of our favorite former players in its web.
Tidal Waves of Ponzi Scheme Greenbacks Washed Over the Antiguan Government
The former most senior banking regulator of the Caribbean island nation of Antigua, Leroy King has recently had preliminary discussions with US authorities about accepting a plea agreement for taking bribes to turn a blind eye to and cover up since...
How an SEC Official in Texas Worked Both Sides and Betrayed the Public Trust
A senior SEC official quashed an investigation in early 2005 of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme masterminded by Houston financier R. Allen Stanford after securing a lucrative partnership with a law firm of which Stanford was a client.
Wall Street Brokers Caught Bribing Venezuelan Banker
A federal indictment details an elaborate conspiracy to make a killing trading bonds for Venezuela's development bank.
The Mob Justice of Kenya's Somali Stop-and-Frisk
Eastleigh, a bustling business district in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, is home to thousands of ethnic Somalis—both Kenyan citizens as well as refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia. In recent years, there’s been a trend of underpaid police using anti...
Hewlett-Packard Admits to International Bribery and Money Laundering Schemes
HP will pay $108 million in fines and forfeitures for bribing officials in Russia, Poland, and Mexico with elaborate slush funds.