Sentences with phrase «of public corruption against»

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Before Comey tapped him to lead the Richmond office in 2014, he was section chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, investigating some of the highest profile cases against government officials and civil rights violations in recent years.

Two lead prosecutors handling the case — Thomas McKay and Nicolas Roos — are part of the public corruption unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and prosecute public officials and people engaged in conspiracy or fraud against the government.

Protesters have rallied, sometimes violently, against a lack of government services and problems with public transportation and corruption.

This can be observed in the struggle to defend public school salaries, in forms of nonmonetary trading of goods and services, in incipient micro-banks oriented especially toward financing projects designed and carried out by women, or in protests against corruption in the public sphere.

Former Attorney General and avowed critique of the John Mahama administration Martin Alamisi Amidu has confessed that his anti- corruption campaign against John Dramani Mahama and his appointees were based on mere public perception.

According to SERAP, «Imposing targeted anticorruption sanctions against those accused of grand corruption in Nigeria would help to deter corrupt behaviour by high - ranking public officials.

He pledged that his administration continue to wage war against corruption to get rid the country of the debilitating effects of the wanton looting of public funds.

Holtzman added, «I began public service running against corruption and the control of special interests and it's an interesting twist of fate that the independent and no nonsense approach that I brought to politics over 30 years ago is now more relevant than ever.

I was not stupid not to understand that if I commenced any action in the Supreme Court while those cases were still pending the ignorant public may think I was siding with the judges accused of corruption against Anas Aremeyaw Anas, which would not have been the case.

So far, every single act of alleged corruption labeled against any member of my administration has been or is in the process of being investigated by independent bodies, and the findings so far made public.

«SERAP also argues that Nigerians are entitled to the right to truth derived from the obligations of the government to carry out an investigation of violations of human rights and crime of corruption committed within its jurisdiction; to identify, prosecute and punish those responsible; and to ensure that victims have the simple and prompt recourse for protection against violation of fundamental rights, as well as to ensure transparency in public administration.»

The president indicated that so far, «every single act of alleged corruption labelled against any member of my administration has been or is in the process of being investigated by independent bodies and the findings made public.

If Cohen was merely providing access to Trump or members of his administration, then prosecutors will be unlikely to charge public corruption offenses against any of them.

The roundtable will assess the on - going fight against corruption, and is expected to come up with key programme agenda for among others mobilising Nigerians to get involved in the fight against corruption, and agenda for increasing the tempo of the anti-corruption fight including by revisiting outstanding cases of high - level official corruption and prosecuting high - ranking public officials.

«I was, however, advised otherwise particularly as government's current war against corruption has unwittingly created an enabling environment for mischief, harassment, fraud and revenge to thrive through malicious petitions against perceived enemies with the sole aim of disparaging them and bringing them to public odium.

Mr. Donovan, rather than expending the severely limited resources of the State on partisan, politically motivated litigation against the law of the land which, however flawed, did address some notorious abuses by the insurance industry, why don't you tell us what your priority is with respect to corruption and misuse of public funbds and resources by politicians right here in New York State?

The Public Action Against Corruption and Abuse (PAACA), a political pressure group, has noted that in view of the numerous natural resources including oil and gas exploration in the Western Region, an oil refinery should be constructed in the region.

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.

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Weitz & Luxenberg joined other law firms that employ lawmakers in fighting against subpoenas from the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption that sought records of what legislators — including the speaker — were doing for their outside earnings.

The charge against him read in part, «That you, Robert Obuoha, on or about the 12th day of February, 2016 in Port Harcourt at the Port Harcourt Judicial Division did corruptly give N150, 000 only to Mr. Ishaq Salihu, a public officer and Zonal Head of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, South - South Zone, for the purpose of recharge cards and with a view to influencing his decision in a case wherein you are being investigated and thereby committed an offence, official corruption, contrary to Section 13 (1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003 and punishable under section 13 (1) of the same Act.»

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.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; «As it still appears, the statement made by the Federal Government on the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals may not be more than another decoy to shift the attention of Nigerians from the selective nature of President Buhari's fight against corruption.»

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

Mr. Bharara said numerous New Yorkers had reached out to him to express appreciation for his work against corruption, and thus argued he had already succeeded in improving public awareness of the issue.

«With the stroke of a pen, you can increase our arsenal against public corruption,» wrote Dinallo, who was then vying for the Democratic attorney general nomination against Schneiderman.

The remarks followed claims by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawyers that he had made «improper statements» that will bias the public against Mr. Silver in his fight against corruption charges, and a Slate piece by Pace University Professor Bennett Gershman that Mr. Bharara's critiques of New York's state government are inappropriate for his role.

Cahill says he's also like to do more to combat public corruption, and he criticizes the current Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, for not speaking out against a decision by Governor Cuomo and the legislature to end a Moreland Commission probe of corruption.

Jacobs promised to prove charges of conspiracy and accepting bribes with videos, audio and emails, along with the testimony of a former assemblyman who collected evidence against Stevenson to try to earn a reduced sentence for his own plea to public corruption charges.

Whatever the outcome of Stevenson's case, the accusations alone — which came just days after corruption charges against two other elected officials — seem to have chipped off another chunk of the public's brittle trust of politicians.

He said that President Buhari's war against corruption and looting of public funds would also yield dividends.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver pleaded not guilty today to federal corruption charges as his lawyer accused U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of turning the public against him and undermining his right to a fair trial.

Adeosun explained that the policy was expected to «Increase exposure of financial or financial related crimes; support the fight against financial crimes and corruption; improved level of public confidence in public entities; enhance transparency and accountability in the management of public funds; improve Nigeria's Open Government Ranking and Ease of Doing Business Indicators; and recover public funds that can be deployed to finance Nigeria's infrastructure deficit.»

He said further, «I need not mention the serious effort we have engaged in since the inception of this administration on the fight against corruption in our public life.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo just released a statement in response to the public corruption charges brought by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara against a number of individuals with close ties to his administration, including his former top aide, Joe Percoco, whom he once described as like a third son to his late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

«He understands how abuse of power undermines our democracy and has made it a top priority to uphold the integrity of our government by removing bad actors, bringing corruption cases against 40 New York public officials,» she wrote of Schneiderman.

A presidential staffer, Mr Daniel Batidam, has urged public officials, including ministers of state and district chief executives, to lead the crusade against corruption since they are the public's prime suspects in the act.

Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.

Perhaps, the most far - reaching measure Nana Addo plans to institute in his fight against corruption is his vow to create a special, independent Public Prosecutor's Office to deal with issues of corruption when they come up.

The statement signed by CID boss Bright Oduro, had described as baseless and unsubstantiated claims of thievery and corruption leveled against the duo, adding that their intervention in a Korle Bu Teaching Hospital deal «was transparent, borne out of the protection of public interest and consistent with their duties as Chiefs of Staff.»

She is also covered under the definition of «public officials» contained in the UN Convention against Corruption to which Nigeria is a state party.

The conviction of Mr. Silver, 72, served as a capstone to a campaign against public corruption by Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, which has led to more than a dozen state lawmakers» being convicted or pleading guilty.

We would like to ask the CID and other institutions involved in resolving this issue to expedite action on the matter in order to show that we can win the fight against corruption and to restore public confidence in the institutions of state.

Meanwhile, the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has urged the police to work hard to correct the largely held perception of corruption held against them by the public.

Multiple state public authorities hired law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP to represent them amid a Manhattan U.S. Attorney's investigation that led to corruption charges against a former top Cuomo aide and seven other individuals, according to an engagement letter for a separate contract obtained Tuesday by The Alt through a Freedom of Information Law request.

They have brought charges against dozens of individuals implicated in public corruption schemes around the state — resulting in the return of over $ 11 million in restitution to taxpayers through these convictions.

In addition to the former aide, Joseph Percoco, the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan intends to bring public - corruption charges against a number of other individuals in connection with the wide - ranging investigation, these people said...

It is a movement against corruption in Government & public service, insensitive & inhuman treatment of Nigerians by Government & Security agents.

G. Steven Pigeon is questioning the independence of a veteran judge, the latest chapter in a campaign to discredit the public corruption case against him.

Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia - type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective protection for whistleblowers.