By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com WASHINGTON — An investigation into dirty cops and untaxed cigarettes and liquor in Prince George’s County, a suburb of Washington, grew after some targets of the probe mentioned to an undercover FBI agent that County Executive Jack Johnson was open to taking bribes, a law enforcement source told ticklethewire.com. Johnson and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — German carmaker Daimler has apparently been up to no good. The New York Times, attributing information to “a person familiar with the case”, reports that Daimler will pay $185 million in fines and and two of its subsidiaries “will plead guilty to bribing foreign government officials, to settle a…
Unfortunately, in so many foreign nations, bribes are an accepted, and often necessary part of doing business. But the Justice Department isn’t accepting the business as usual. The Washington Post Carrie Johnson takes a snapshot of the latest effort to crackdown on the practice. By Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Federal authorities…
Anytime a judge gets busted for taking a bribe it reminds us how vulnerable the legal system is. It also makes us wonder about other judges. By Chris Kirkham New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — A longtime St. Bernard Parish judge who handled some of the parish’s most high-profile civil lawsuits pleaded guilty Thursday in…
Yes, bribing foreign officials is illegal. The husband and wife producer team gave the Thai tourism authority $1.8 million in bribes to secure contracts for a local film festival there. Can they at least make a movie out of this? By Ben Fritz Los Angeles Times LOS ANGLES –– Hollywood may be in for tighter…
It’s pretty simple: If you round up violent drug traffickers, lock them up and then let them go, it doesn’t do a lot of good. Mexico and the U.S. need to work more closely to deal with this issue. By MARC LACEY New York Times MEXICO CITY – The surveillance cameras captured it all: guards…
The drug trade along the Mexican border continues to show disturbing signs of corruption and death. Apparently some U.S. Border agents can be bought. That is very very dangerous. By The Associated Press McALLEN, Texas — Corruption along the U.S.-Mexican border takes many forms. It can start as simply as a smuggler’s $50 gift to…
Well Hollywood, have it. This case has it all — and then some. I nominate Joe Pesci to play one of the small town mayors. By Ted Sherman and Joe Ryan The Newark Star-Ledger NEWARK — The bribes went down in diners, living rooms and parking lots. New Jersey Assemblymen took them, mayors took them,…
