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Feds: N.Y. Assembly speaker obtained $4M in graft
2015-01-23 01:47:26| Real Estate - Topix.net
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested Thursday on charges that he used his position as one of the state's most-powerful politicians to amass millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, federal prosecutors said. Silver's remarkable fall from grace came one day after he shared the stage with Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the State of the State address in Albany.
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Claims of widespread graft in Brazil
2014-12-03 12:10:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
An ex-Petrobras executive at the centre of a huge scandal involving Brazil's state oil company says corruption is widespread in the country.
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China CNOOC executive under probe for suspected graft - prosecutor
2014-11-13 17:40:28| Energy - Topix.net
A senior official of China National Offshore Oil Company is under investigation suspected of having received bribes, China's top prosecutor said on Thursday, the first executive from the offshore oil and gas firm embroiled by Beijing's war on graft. Luo Weizhong, general manager of CNOOC Gas & Power group, a fully owned subsidiary of CNOOC, had also been detained, according to a statement on the website of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
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China CNOOC executive under probe for suspected graft - prosecutor
2014-11-13 12:45:15| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A senior official of China National Offshore Oil Company is under investigation suspected of having received bribes, China's top prosecutor said on Thursday, the first executive from the offshore oil and gas firm embroiled by Beijing's war on graft. Luo Weizhong, general manager of CNOOC Gas & Power group, a fully owned subsidiary of CNOOC, had also been detained, according to a statement on the website of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
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High-profile Chinese official confesses to graft
2014-09-25 06:51:04| Automakers - Topix.net
The former deputy head of China's top planning agency confessed in court on Wednesday to extensive bribery involving several companies including a Toyota Motor Corp. joint venture, the court said. Liu Tienan, 59, was sacked as deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission , a post that carries ministerial-level status, in May last year.
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