Sentences with phrase «allegations of corruption for»

The FBI and Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara are investigating allegations of corruption for possible payments for favors between businessmen Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg and current members of the NYPD.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Lazarenko and Korban are rivals in Ukraine, and for years have traded allegations of corruption and assassination.

I believethe one week early is to divert the focus off fifa corruption allegation not only for the purpose of one matchday off during christmas period, and i know Wenger knows this but refuse to bring up the subject.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally arraigned immediate past governor of Benue State, Mr Gabriel Suswam, before the Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegations bothering on money laundering and corruption charges.

Hip - life musician and sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), A-Plus, has failed to honour an invitation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for questioning over his allegations of corruption against some government officials.

The President has deliberately refused to institute proper investigation into reports of corruption allegations involving his appointees including the grievous BOST scandal, activities at the National Communication Authority, allegations against his two deputy chiefs of staff, the cash for seat scandal, inflation of cost, breaching of procurement regulations, illegal oil deals with foreign companies, bribes taking at the Presidency, etc..

The GERB is already mired in allegations of corruption but retains a considerable force in parliament, while members of the Socialist party, Movement for Rights and Freedoms and Ataka are also not exempt from corrupt undertakings.

«From the allegations against the Minister for Energy - designate at his parliamentary confirmation hearings to that against the CEO of BOST, to those against the two deputy Chiefs of Staff; to the claims of extortion against the Trade Minister and to those against the Minister for Special Development Initiatives, they have all been investigated and no evidence has been adduced to suggest mildly the perpetration of any act of corruption,» he noted with pride.

(Reuters)-- Battle lines were drawn for South Africa's ANC on Monday as voting began to elect a new leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma as head of a party that has ruled since the end of apartheid but faced scandals and corruption allegations.

From the allegations against the Minister for Energy - designate at his parliamentary confirmation hearings; to that against the CEO of BOST; to those against the two deputy Chiefs of Staff; to the claims of extortion against the Trade Minister; and to those against the Minister for Special Development Initiatives; they have all been investigated and no evidence has been adduced to suggest mildly the perpetration of any act of corruption.

Since both men were arraigned, the labour unions have called for the removal of the VC from office based on the corruption allegations against him.

Her 2005 election was extremely close, and she won in 2009 with only 45 % of the vote — not the worst showing that year by an incumbent, but close to the worst for an incumbent not hampered by allegations of corruption or senility.

News reports indicate that the staffer was eventually fired for so - called performance issues and that supposedly the allegations did not involve Avella directly but rather «management staff» but given Avella's own claims regarding Albany's culture of corruption and predilection to cover things up can we really rely on this?

At that hearing, Mr Osei - Owusu claimed North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa confessed that the allegation was cooked by the Minority to get back at the Majority and the governing New Patriotic Party for accusing former President John Mahama of corruption.

He said the government is only making frantic efforts to cause public disaffection towards the previous NDC administration by smearing former state officials with allegations of corruption and initiating legal action against them for same.

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has said that allegations of phone hacking and corruption may be «very dangerous indeed» for Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

He represented Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who was convicted on federal corruption charges; Jerome Valcke, the former FIFA secretary general who was fired over allegations of misconduct; and Michael Steinberg, a Wall Street hedge fund manager who appealed his 2013 conviction for insider trading and was vindicated when the charges were dropped in October 2015.

According to him, persons vying for certain positions often make unproven allegations of corruption against their competitors, subjecting them to media trials

Speaking during the first public hearing of the ad - hoc committee, Mr. Owusu, who was speaking as the first witness revealed that, when he initially raised the matter for discussion, Mr. Ablakwa trivialized the issue, saying the Minority made the allegation to equalize Mr. Agyarko's corruption allegations leveled against former President Mahama during his vetting.

«They claimed they were looking for documents with which to substantiate their wild allegations of corruption against Mr. Adoke.

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the pan-Igbo socio cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, for defending Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President on allegations of corruption.

Labour MEPs opposed an increase in the budget because of continuing waste on the common agricultural policy, and were campaigning on violence against women, assistance for disabled people, allegations of corruption against EU officials in Kosovo, commitment to science and, with Steve Rotheram MP, on tyre safety.

SERAP in an open letter to President Buhari asked him to refer the allegations of corruption and abuse of office against Baru to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for investigation.

«The exhibit as a whole may be interpreted by potential jurors as the Court's celebration of criminal convictions in significant cases, and particularly cases involving allegations of public corruption,» said the letter filed by Daniel Gitner, a lawyer for former energy company executive Peter Kelly, a co-defendant.

On the Maina saga, the labour leader expressed support of labour for the action by President Buhari on Abdulrasheed Maina former Chairman of Pension Taskforce as well as the sack of former SGF, David Babachir and former Director - General of the National Intelligent Agency, Ayodele Oke based on allegations of corruption against them and their subsequent prosecution.

Union leaders remain fiercely defensive — about corruption in their ranks, allegations of brutality against inmates and about the need for punitive segregation to keep staff safe.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton revealed for the first time Thursday that arrests of NYPD cops would be the likely outcome of a corruption scandal that includes allegations of sex with prostitutes on a private jet.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently «seek from the International Criminal Court an arrest warrant to bring Mrs Diezani Alison - Madueke before the court on allegations of corruption against her, which the government should consider as crimes against humanity and serious enough for it to sanction her prosecution before the court.»

ALBANY - It was a heated scene on the State Senate floor Wednesday as Senate Democrats walked out of the chamber after being refused to vote for new leadership in the wake of the Dean Skelos corruption allegations.

The allegations of corruption against her are strong enough for Prime Minister David Cameron to facilitate an extradition proceeding.»

«I categorically refute the allegations of corruption made against me in relation to the award of the contract for the production of national identification cards by Mr. Kennedy Agyapong,» the Owusu - Ekuful said in a statement.

Earlier on, there were suggestions that the alleged bribery scandal should be referred to the Privileges Committee of the Legislative House, but the Speaker upheld the proposal for the proposed Committee to launch investigations into the issue, explaining that the allegations of corruption is beyond the reach of the privileges.

Hurl unsubstantiated allegations of corruption, use social media to churn out fake news, make heavenly promises of jobs, accuse the electoral commission of collusion with government, reject the voters register and prepare the mind the people's that the only GENUINE outcome of the election is for Raila to be elected.

Dr Opuni's tenure, since his appointment in November 2013, has been characterised by a lot of controversies and allegations of corruption with the latest being that he had sold some of COCOBOD's cocoa beans and used the proceeds to support the NDC's campaign for the 2016 elections.

The wells of real estate company largesse are drying up for politicians and political organizations, following corruption allegations against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver involving bribery and kickback schemes.

It reads: To: His Lordship Justice John Ajet Nassam — You are hereby notified that following the prima facie case established against you on allegations of misconduct for: Ex parte discussions with one party on a case pending before you contrary to Rule 3 (7) and 4 (A) of the (CCJMG), Bribery and corruption contrary to S. 244 of the Criminal Offences Act and Rule (2) of the (CCJMG).

Editor in chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako is of the opinion that the basis for corruption allegations levelled against embattled deputy chiefs of staff Francis Asenso and John Abu Jinapor does not make sense.

It is preparing to try a major public corruption case involving former aides and associates of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and is looking into allegations of pay - for - play around Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York.

Adeyeye, a former minister of state for works, said that «if President Buhari retains these ministers in the face of the serious allegations against them, he will show that the entire judicial corruption saga is nothing more than a deliberate attempt to blackmail the judiciary in order to subjugate it and make it a rubber stamp institution of the administration.»

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton revealed for the first time Thursday that arrests of NYPD cops would be the likely outcome of a corruption scandal that includes allegations of sex with...

The group spent an additional $ 7,700 opposing the candidacy of Chrissy Voskerichian, a Democrat who worked for Halloran but quit shortly after the corruption allegations were made public.

«We advise our brother to go get actual lawyers to defend his corruption cases in court instead of wishing for a military coup or the disintegration of the country neither would happen for him to escape all the corruption allegations against him in the various courts of law.

«I categorically refute the allegations of corruption made against me in relation to the award of the contract for the production of national identification cards by Mr. Kennedy Agyapong.

Labour MEPs opposed an increase in the budget because of continuing waste on the common agricultural policy, and were campaigning on violence against women, assistance for disabled people, allegations of corruption -LSB-...]

BY KEN PASKAR Speaker Sheldon Silver is being pilloried in the press for accusations of corruption, and I felt it's time to take a hard look at the allegations being leveled against Silver and see them for what they are: character assassination, pure and simple.

Parliament recently passed the Special Prosecutor Bill which will open what is hoped to be a non-partisan avenue for probing and prosecuting allegations of corruption within the government structure and beyond.

The Iraqi oil for food programme is abandoned because of accusations of corruption and abuse amid allegations of senior UN officials accepting bribes from the Iraqi regime and Kofi Annan's son illegally procuring contracts.

An effective remedy entails access to justice, reparation for theharm suffered as a result of grand corruption, and access to the factual information concerning allegations of corruption.»

Wright, who represents Harlem and chairs the chamber's housing committee, called for «real reform of our conference» in the wake of the corruption allegations against Silver.