Sentences with phrase «at the corruption at»

«You look at the corruption at the top of the FBI.

The FA shouldn't unilaterally pull out of the World Cup in protest at corruption at FIfa, Greg Dyke has warned.

Not exact matches

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)-- Malaysia's image as a striving, modern nation that upholds the rule of law has been undermined by an epic corruption scandal at state investment fund 1MDB.

Saudi's Attorney General said in November that the government estimated that «at least $ 100 billion has been misused through systematic corruption and embezzlement over several decades» and said 208 individuals had been arrested as part of the crackdown, with seven released without charge.

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.

By parallel, if you forbid a company from competing for government contracts for 10 years, those are 10 years during which they will engage in precisely zero instances of attempted bribery or other acts of corruption, at least with regard to bribery or corruption of Canadian officials.

In Spain, crushing austerity measures, a 22 percent unemployment rate and prominent corruption cases involving politicians from Catalonia and across Spain «has been the perfect storm, and the crisis has really helped» CUP, said Antonio Barroso, a London - based analyst at the Teneo Intelligence political risk consultancy.

But the truth is that these petty corruptions pale in comparison to Pruitt's actual policy record at the EPA.

«Corruption is not as bad as you think,» says Weimar, who formerly worked at the Claremont, Calif. - based nonprofit KickStart as a senior development officer.

At 6:35 p.m. on November 8, when most pollsters and pundits believed Clinton would carry the election, WikiLeaks messaged Trump Jr. and suggested Trump contest the results because it would help him mount an opposition media brand, and that it would expose «media corruption, primary corruption, PAC corruption, etc..»

He also said he abused his position to help China's highest profile fugitive, Guo Wengui, an exiled U.S. - based billionaire who has made incendiary claims of corruption at the highest levels of the Chinese government.

The People's Liberation Army Daily on Wednesday published its list of attendees for the upcoming 19th party congress in Beijing on October 18, with two notable exclusions: Fang Fenghui, who was recently replaced as the chief at the Joint Staff Department in China's military and is currently under investigation for corruption, and General Zhang Yang, the director of the political work department, who also sits on the military commission.

With approval rating in the low teens just five months into her second term, Rousseff's also struggling to win back the public trust amid Brazil's biggest corruption investigation, an inquiry into a massive kickback scheme at state - run oil company Petrobras.

«We don't want to participate in the corruption of the black market, and I don't have four hours a day to line up for toilet paper» at a supermarket....

The sanctions have also accelerated «the problems that PDVSA and Venezuela were already having at accessing the international payments system» because of issues like corruption and misdealing that had turned off banks and other business partners, according to Palacios.

«When the economy is growing nobody pays attention to corruption,» said Patricio Navia, a political scientist who teaches at New York University and Chile's Diego Portales University.

The U.S. investigation into bribery and corruption at the governing body of world soccer took another twist Tuesday, as FIFA denied claims that its number two official, Secretary - General Jérôme Valcke, was involved in a suspect payment linked to the award of the 2010 World Cup to South Africa.

The arrests follow a purge that has seen more than 80 executives at PDVSA and its suppliers jailed for alleged corruption as the state firm's new chief, Major General Manuel Quevedo, has sought to stamp his authority on the sector - the financial lifeblood of Venezuela's unraveling socialist government.

Thousands of protesters rallied in front of the presidential headquarters and the congress in the capital Brasilia in anger at corruption scandals implicating Rousseff.

Like the rest of Europe, Italy has endemic problems: A north - south divide and economic divergence, corruption and bureaucracy as well as troubles with migration, anti-establishment politics and a political system that is sluggish at best, and chaotic at worst.

Peter Dent, a partner at Deloitte in Toronto, recalls investigating a European company doing business in Indonesia during his four - year stint as head of the World Bank's fraud and corruption team.

For example in Transparency International's corruptions perceptions index Poland stood 29th while Romania is at 57th place.

Looking at data from the World Justice Project, Transparency said it found that most countries that score low for civil liberties also tend to score high for corruption.

Russian website The Bell, known for a generally critical stance towards President Vladimir Putin and the corruption under his rule, reported Monday that Konstantin Kozlovsky had testified to carrying out attacks at the request of state intelligence organs, notably the FSB (the KGB - successor for which Putin himself had worked in Soviet times).

The calls come amid probes by the DOJ and the Swiss Attorney General's Office into corruption at FIFA after the indictment of 14 execs in May.

She attracted global attention early in her tenure for the corruption prosecution of high - level officials at FIFA, international soccer's governing body.

It was in part an olive branch he held out to Russians who'd stashed their money in the cesspools of corruption that were the Cypriot banks: they too would be eligible for citizenship if they'd lost at least $ 3 million.

«Freight is the largest variable cost for many shippers, and technology has the power to smooth that volatility,» says Tillman, who wants to ensure that products can be delivered faster, cheaper and free from corruption leading to his long - term goal: «One - click technology to do an honest trade anywhere in the world, so you can open up new markets at moment's notice.»

The corruption investigation is looking at buses bought during his administration for a large public transport program.

«It shows that the Chinese government acknowledges the extremely high levels of corruption at play within the Chinese government - owned mining company MCC,» Huffman said.

McAfee provides regular insight on global hacking scandals and internet surveillance, and has become a hugely controversial figure following his time in Belize, where he claims to have exposed corruption at the highest level before fleeing the country amid accusations of murder (the Belize government is currently not pursuing any accusations against him).

Before coming to Crain's New York Business in 2003, he wrote «Heard on the Street» columns at the Wall Street Journal, covered bank mergers for American Banker, and got his start reporting on downstate Illinois graft and corruption for Illinois Times in Springfield.

On the other hand, there's still much work to be done on corruption at home.

Western Australia's Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry has become a much bigger issue than any observer would have predicted at the outset — or even at the start of last week.

Ahead of July's presidential election, public anger at government is running high thanks to high - profile corruption cases, drug gangs, and sluggish growth.

The official explanation for the detainments — which involve at least 11 princes, including well - known billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, four ministers and «dozens» of ex-ministers — is that they are part of an ongoing crackdown on corruption.

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The question now, according to Wolfango Piccoli, an analyst at Teneo Intelligence who follows Italian politics, is whether Salvini will emerge as the new leader of Italy's centre - right bloc, therefore replacing Berlusconi, the former premier who was forced to step down from high office following a slew of sex and corruption scandals.

Prince Bader splurged on this controversial and decidedly un-Islamic portrait of Christ at a time when most members of the Saudi elite, including some in the royal family, are cowering under a sweeping crackdown against corruption and self - enrichment.

Corruption and greed at every level.

As a rising star in the Clinton Treasury Department in the mid-1990s, Summers was at the epicenter of a case of corruption in which the US government's reputation for probity was seriously damaged abroad — in Russia in particular.

Recent developments, including ongoing investigations into bribery and corruption at the Company's subsidiaries in Mexico, China, Brazil, and India; new revelations of accounting fraud at the Company's China operations; a recent ruling by a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge against the Company for its illegal discipline of employees; and, the NLRB decision to authorize a nationwide complaint against the Company for violations of the National Labor Relations Act, highlight the need for enhanced oversight of Wal - Mart's corporate culture and behavior.

The kingdom's attorney general, Sheikh Saud al - Mojeb, said in a statement that Saudi authorities believed that at least $ 100 billion «had been misused though systematic corruption and embezzlement over several decades.»

BEIRUT, Lebanon — More than 200 people have been summoned for questioning, and most are still detained, in a wide - ranging crackdown that Saudi Arabia says is aimed at rooting out corruption and reclaiming embezzled funds, the government said Thursday.

Like stage magicians, such economists distract their audience's attention from the topic at hand in this case, the tendency for privatizations to turn control over to financial managers and foreign owners to somewhere that they can distract the audience's attention from the «invisible hand» of corruption and political manipulation.

The fraud and corruption at all levels of Government and Corporate America has become glaringly blatant.

The bipartisan PAC is the first Malaysian entity to level allegations against 1MDB, which is at the center of corruption and money - laundering investigations in the United States, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg.

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The new leaders in China seem determined to implement reforms to root out corruption, to keep the economy growing at 7 % or better and to begin to develop improved health care and retirement programs.

In no particular order these included: a dysfunctional bankruptcy framework; an immature domestic capital market; withholding taxes on foreign capital; corruption (particularly at the state level — the Modi government has made progress at the federal level); policy and renegotiation risks (a number of legacy and high profile tax eases are yet to be resolved); land acquisition costs (and legal risks); and, the need for tax reforms.