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Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez faces federal bribery charges

MIAMI — Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez was arrested Thursday morning on criminal corruption charges related to a bribery scheme in which she allegedly accepted donations to her political campaign in exchange for favors to a bank executive on the island.

Miami Herald

Prosecutors Who Want Credit for Investigating Police Corruption Are Happy To Steal Money From Innocent People

The Harris County, Texas, District Attorney's Office oversees civil forfeitures that make a mockery of justice.

Reason

Former governor of Puerto Rico arrested on corruption charges

Wanda Vazquez is charged with conspiracy, federal programmes bribery and honest services wire fraud, officials say.

Al Jazeera

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Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez accused by federal authorities of corruption

MIAMI — Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez is facing criminal accusations of corruption, federal authorities on the island announced Thursday morning.

Miami Herald

Peru's Castillo forced to stay in country as Cabinet crisis continues

Peru's Congress on Thursday forced President Pedro Castillo to stay in the country this week as he navigates a leadership crisis, without a prime minister and with a new Cabinet expected to be sworn in on Friday.

Reuters

Official: Ex Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez arrested

Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez has been arrested in the U.S. territory on corruption charges, an official tells The Associated Press

The Independent UK

New commissioners target NSW corruption

Former judge and Labor MP John Hatzistergos has been appointed chief commissioner of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption for the next five years.

AAP

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How mates and grey corruption rig the political game

If you were a powerful politician, there is a good chance you would make decisions that favour your mates.

The Conversation

Guatemalan journalist calls charges against him a 'set-up'

A prominent Guatemalan journalist’s initial hearing before a judge has been suspended after the judge announced that the journalist’s lawyers were also targets of the government’s investigation

The Independent UK

Supreme Court sets aside Madras High Court order on transferring probe into corruption charges against Edappadi Palaniswami to CBI

Chief Justice of India remands case back to the High Court for fresh consideration

The Hindu

Ex-Met Police chief Cressida Dick ‘may have breached standards' in unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan

The Welsh private investigator was found dead in a London pub car park in 1987 with an axe in his head

Wales Online

Daniel Morgan murder: no officers will face punishment, says police watchdog

Ex-commissioner Cressida Dick ‘may have breached standards’ in case, but no action to be taken, says IOPC

The Guardian - UK

Sharmila demands action against ‘corruption in Kaleshwaram’

YSRTP president meets EnC of the project

The Hindu

Former Iraqi activists dismayed as powerful groups use protest tactics

Iraqi activists who demonstrated three years ago against powerful parties and militias that run the country have watched with resentment as those same groups now use street protests to exert political pressure on each other, with impunity.

Reuters

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Bain & Co barred from UK government contracts over ‘grave misconduct’ in South Africa

Global management consultancy’s three-year ban follows pressure by ex- Labour minister Peter Hain

The Hindu

TN may face Assembly election along with general election in 2024: Dhinakaran

Corruption has increased during the DMK regime and has exceeded the previous AIADMK government, charged Dhinakaran

AAP

CCC asked employee to search boss's office

A hospital service staffer was asked by Queensland's corruption watchdog to search her boss's office for evidence of alleged nepotism, a court has heard.

AAP

Woman denies govt school contract conflict

A woman is in court accused of $30,360 fraud and misconduct while working for Queensland's Education Department after a corruption watchdog investigation.

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The Independent UK

Kenya's election rips open scars of inequality, corruption

In the shadow of a thousand-dollar campaign billboard, one of many across Kenya’s capital, street vendors struggle to make even 200 shillings ($1.68) a day and often pocket none

ABC News

Corruption watchdog investigates Queensland Building and Construction Commission as complaints almost double

The state's corruption watchdog has revealed complaints about the Queensland Building and Construction Commission or its board rises, with one investigation launched.

Chicago Sun-Times

Retiring Chicago FBI boss says people doing ‘the right thing’ disrupts mass shootings

Emmerson Buie Jr. is set to retire this month as the leader of the FBI in Chicago after three years of COVID-19, social unrest and waves of public corruption prosecutions.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland corruption watchdog has ‘largely abandoned responsibility’ for complaints against police, inquiry hears

Crime and Corruption Commission investigates less than 1% of complaints with vast majority handled internally by QPS

The Hindu

Corruption charges against Opposition leaders based on 'facts, evidence': BJP

The Opposition has accused the Modi government of targeting its leaders by "misusing" federal agencies, especially the Enforcement Directorate.

The Independent UK

Panama teachers end long strike that set off wider protests

Panama’s teachers will return to the classroom Tuesday after a month-long strike supported by a number of other sectors that blocked commerce and snarled the capital with traffic over the high cost of living and government corruption

The Independent UK

Guatemalan journalist known for investigations still jailed

A prize-winning Guatemalan journalist jailed on alleged money laundering charges that government critics have denounced as a pressure tactic had his initial appearance before a judge canceled Monday

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