Sentences with phrase «look at corruption»

In the festival's Un Certain Regard sidebar, the Uma Thurman - led jury gave its top prize to Mohammad Rasoulof's «A Man of Integrity» («Lerd»), a somber, scorching look at corruption in the director's native Iran.

One bold look at corruption.

«If you look at corruption in the sector, I say probably 95 % plus of it is...

«We look at corruption from all possible facets.

The governor's closure of a Moreland Act commission to look at corruption in the legislature drew scrutiny, but ultimately no action from the federal prosecutor.

The governor's closure of a Moreland Act commission to look at corruption in the Legislature drew scrutiny, but ultimately no action, from the federal prosecutor.

Just look at the corruption of police and mlitary in «democratic» countries.

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

The Missouri researchers are the only ones who looked at corruption through a state lens, the kind of cases Phillips talks about.

«The public is looking at corruption, and they moved that bill out last year, passed it, and I don't think they even realized the consequences,» Abbate, a Brooklyn Democrat, said.

The paper looked at the corruption index of 177 assessed countries, noting that half of the 12 countries in Africa that contain elephants are in the bottom 40 percent.

This oeuvre looks at the corruption and excess of the current economic crisis, the show is a raucous celebration of its decadence and debauchery, sharply revealing its dark underbelly.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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

In politics, it means favoritism, tribalism, corruption: This is why we look askance at rulers who appoint family members to positions of power.

The fact that you can predict the outcome of a game just by looking at who the ref is surely says something about the state of corruption in the game right?

However when I look at Football and see what are considered the most successful teams in world football in recent years (not Santos, or Boca Juniors): Barcelona, Madrid, ManU... can we honestly say that these beloved clubs world over create / encourage / influence a pattern of behavior that discourages the corruption at the level of the governing body?

Look at results this session — we get no real reform addressing political corruption (Income limits, political donation limits, LLC loophole ended) and a failure to provide sexually abused children legal protections.

«Also obvious to Nigerians now is the use of the fight against corruption as means of settling scores with perceived enemies as is the case with key PDP leaders including its Spokesman, an action that is ostensibly aimed at silencing the opposition from looking in and exposing the incompetence, and the double standard of the administration.

Let's continue to take a closer look at candidates running for office, and those already elected to office, because to fix the problem of corruption in high places we need people of good character serving the people of these United States.

Look at the sheer amount of money stolen and decisions taken that fuelled corruption, decisions taken just with the sole aim of cornering national resources... What catches our attention is the kind of discoveries we get and hear of daily.

Petra's research looks at the implications of electoral systems and democratic institutions for governmental corruption, democratic survival, cabinet formation and termination, electoral accountability and policy diffusion.

@Denis de Bernardy: because I've often heard the charge of corruption thrown at Arab states; and as I said it came to me as a «surprise» that so many in the Israel government has faced similar charges and been indicted; just goes to show what one can learn when reading around; look at whats happening at the US with the Potentate Trump and his First Family - who'd have thought the US would have gone the way of Arab nepotism?

I don't think transparency can completely stop corruption as the temptation to bend the rules is always great, but when there is more transparency around the laws and who writes them, more eyes can have a look at it and try to fill in the legal holes.

Looking at the gargantuan scale of public corruption recorded thus far in the contemporary political inventories of both the NPP and the NDC Ghanaians will be best advised to look elsewhere for salvation.

The commission, charged with probing corruption in campaign financing, is already looking through records of campaign donations held at the state Board of Elections.

«We will keep looking hard at corruption in our legislative branch as we have been, but not just there, but in the executive branch, too — both in city and state government,» Bharara said on April 12 at a gala hosted by the good - government group Common Cause, where he suggested there should be more efforts at government reform.

On Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the governor indicated that Cuomo is now looking more broadly at revising procurement contracts in New York State, and going beyond the scandal in the executive chamber to address problems highlighted in recent corruption cases in the legislature as well.

ALBANY — In their second declaration in just over six hours, chairs of the commission charged with cleaning up public corruption said they would «look across the board» at soft money accounts maintained by political parties and legislative conferences, including one allied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«We need only look at the trials of former leaders Silver and Skelos to realize that our state has a long way to go to in responding to the crime wave of corruption — let alone the recent State Integrity Report that gave New York a D - minus for public integrity.»

«All the appropriate concern about public office, public integrity or the lack thereof in too many situations where you have corruption, you have waste, you have abuse of power and of the taxpayers» money — that's what we look at in our respective roles,» he said.

«Another way to look at it gecannophd: «US Attorney Preet Bharara is the lubricant needed to force the machinery of State to run overtime to expel corruption in NYS» MCM

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The lobbyist at the center of a trial looking at alleged corruption in state government was also at the center of a controversial 2013 plan to build a new Syracuse University sports stadium.

To fight corruption successfully without looking at the economic wellbeing of the people is a gross waste of time.

Flanagan says those allocations were made before he became leader in May, after the previous leader was arrested on corruption charges, and that he's going to take another look at the distribution of the funds.

It had been reported that the charges stem from the aborted Moreland Commission, tasked with looking at public corruption in the state.

Now that the two leaders of the legislature have been convicted on multiple counts of corruption, government reform groups are looking to the remaining politicians at the Capitol for reform.

As the President noted at the just ended NPP Conference, he is willing and ready to look into any case of alleged corruption.

Ethics reform also remains unresolved, in a year when both former leaders of the legislature were sentenced to prison for corruption, and state and federal prosecutors are looking at Governor Cuomo's economic development projects.

«I'm looking at where we are coming from as regards the fight against corruption.

Eric Schneiderman is a hyper partisan who completely dropped the ball on Albany corruption for years and the first real prosecution he's involved in, is a stretch of an indictment that would possibly impact the Senate Majority (where he used to serve) and just as Cuomo is looking at national politics possibly opening up the Governor's mansion.

«Let's be clear, Ali has no plans on taking money advice from someone who consistently fails to pay his own taxes but if he wants to look at connections, let's look at the fact that Murphy was elected only two years ago after taking over a million dollars from convicted felon Dean Skelos to help him join Albany's culture of corruption.

Their monthly supplement - «Russia Beyond the Headlines» isn't an incisive investigative look at Putinist corruption, nor a crack team of undercover reporters exposing the Kremlin - funded far - right gangs supported by Putin.

«So, when you are looking for corruption, you should look at the entire stratum of the society, while some forms of corruption are direct, others are indirect».

The commission, charged with probing corruption in campaign financing, is already looking through records of campaign donations held at the State Board of Elections.

The corruption trial of a powerful politician Newsday takes a look back at what led to the downfall of former Sen. Dean Skelos and his son Adam after their conviction on Dec. 11, 2015.

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.

«When you look at the technical report which GII added, such that it is a period of two years in which the perception is compiled, when you look at 2016, in that year, you know all the corruption allegations that came to the fore: the bus branding saga, Ghana Standards Authority, NCA [National Communications Authority], Electoral Commission allegations and a host of them that the [Mahama] government did not show any commitment to fighting revelations and scandals that had been made public.»

«Cause I can't stand corruption and this city is so dirty from that mayor on down and this guy that I just looked at right now in the courtroom, he's a sleazebag and the mayor's a sleazebag for giving him money and that's what we're dealing with right now.»