Under the so-referred to as ‘Car Wash’ operation, dozens of firm executives and politicians were being jailed, together with left-wing ex-President Lula, for taking bribes. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro states he has finished the country’s most significant-ever corruption probe, “Operation Auto Wash,” as there is “no more corruption in the […]
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How state marijuana legalization became a boon for corruption
“Mayor Correia has engaged in an outrageous brazen campaign of corruption, which turned his job into a personal ATM,” declared U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling during a press conference announcing the charges. The downfall of Fall River’s young mayor wasn’t just a tragedy for the thousands of people who invested their […]
Martin Sandoval dies of coronavirus amid Illinois public corruption probe
Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval, who became a essential figure in a sequence of ongoing public corruption investigations early this 12 months when he admitted he’d taken hundreds of hundreds of pounds in bribes, has died from COVID-19, in accordance to his defense legal professional. The Senate’s previous transportation chair […]