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Montreal mayor arrested in corruption crackdown
Jerusalem Post
Michael Applebaum, who became the city's first-ever Jewish mayor when he was appointed to the post last November, was taken into custody Monday morning by agents of the anti-corruption unit, UPAC. He was charged with 14 offenses, including breach of ...
Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum held in corruption probeBBC News
Montreal mayor arrested on corruption charges in QuebecDeutsche Welle
Mayor's arrest deepens corruption crisis in MontrealGlobe and Mail
National Post -The Australian
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Montreal Mayor Arrested On Corruption Charges
TPM
Montreal's Interim Mayor Michael Applebaum was arrested by Quebec province's anti-corruption squad Monday morning, according to the Montreal Gazette. Investigators said in a press conference that the mayor faces 14 charges of fraud, conspiracy, breach ...

Applebaum arrest further deepens Montreal's embarrassment on corruption
National Post
In a province rocked over the past year by revelations of corruption involving municipal officials and private firms hungry for contracts, Mr. Applebaum's arrest Monday still had the power to shock. The man who had cast himself as the squeaky-clean ...

Fear, corruption, economic woes cause low vaccination rates in Ukraine _ ...
Washington Post
KIEV, Ukraine — When the time came to vaccinate her 4-year-old daughter, Yelena Hlushko hesitated, spooked by widespread fears in Ukraine about vaccines and by a boil her older child developed after an immunization shot. Eventually she decided to ...

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CBS News
100000 line streets of Brazil to protest corruption
CBS News
In Sao Paulo, Brazil's economic hub, at least 65,000 protesters gathered at a small, treeless plaza then broke into three directions in a Carnival atmosphere, with drummers beating out samba rhythms as the crowds chanted anti-corruption jingles. They ...
Biggest protests in 20 years sweep BrazilTVNZ

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100000 line streets of Brazil to protest taxes, corruption
CBS News
In Sao Paulo, Brazil's economic hub, at least 65,000 protesters gathered at a small, treeless plaza then broke into three directions in a Carnival atmosphere, with drummers beating out samba rhythms as the crowds chanted anti-corruption jingles. They ...

US Attorney Says New Yorkers 'Can Expect More' Corruption Cases
Politicker
The string of corruption arrests in New York State is far from over, according to the man who has issued many of the indictments. In a rare televised interview with Capital Tonight, Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York ...

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NY1
Cuomo Faces Potential Failure Of Women's Equality Act, Anti-Corruption Bill
NY1
Governor Andrew Cuomo is lowering expectations for the end of the legislative session this week, as it seems two of his major initiatives — a women's equality agenda and an anti-corruption act — could be headed for failure. NY1's Zack Fink filed the ...
Gov. Cuomo: Abortion, Campaign Finance Reform Now Becoming Election IssuesNew York Daily News (blog)

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Montreal's interim mayor, a self-styled corruption fighter, faces fraud charges
Hamilton Spectator
MONTREAL The same Montreal interim mayor who had cast himself as the man to clean up corruption scandals plaguing the city has now been arrested. Mayor Michael Applebaum was picked up at his home Monday morning by Quebec's anti-corruption unit ...

Montreal's interim mayor, a self-styled corruption fighter, faces fraud charges
Hamilton Spectator
MONTREAL The same Montreal interim mayor who had cast himself as the man to clean up corruption scandals plaguing the city has now been arrested. Mayor Michael Applebaum was picked up at his home Monday morning by Quebec's anti-corruption unit ...

Voice of America
Czech PM Quits Over Aide's Corruption Arrest
Sky News
The Czech Republic has been plunged into political turmoil after Prime Minister Petr Necas resigned over a corruption and spying scandal involving his top aide. The crisis was sparked by the indictment of Mr Necas' chief of staff - and alleged lover ...
Corruption Scandal Ousts Czech PMVoice of America
Czech PM Petr Necas resigns over major corruption scandalDeutsche Welle
Czech PM Necas quits amid corruption scandalChannel News Asia
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty -ABC Online
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CTV News
Officials reveal extent of Laval corruption
CTV News
MONTREAL -- The Charbonneau Commission is continuing to chip away at the Laval administration under former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt. Jean Gauthier was the notary fingered by the Charbonneau Commission as the man responsible for collecting ...
Charbonneau Commission: Laval notary Jean Gauthier minimizes his link to ...Montreal Gazette

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Corruption trial begins Stroger's former chief of staff
WGNtv.com
The corruption trial of a top aide to former Cook County board president Todd Stroger got underway Monday. Carla Oglesby, 44, was Stroger's Deputy Chief of Staff. She's accused of steering more than a dozen contracts worth more than $300,000 to herself ...
Former Stroger Aide To Go On Trial On Corruption ChargesCBS2 Chicago

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BBC News
Applebaum is just the latest Quebec mayor to be arrested by the anti ...
National Post
Mayor Michael Applebaum was picked up at his home Monday by Quebec's anti-corruption unit as part of a broader investigation into construction deals involving Mafia-linked figures and involving a public official who recently committed suicide ...
Montreal mayor arrested in corruption crackdownJerusalem Post
Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum held in corruption probeBBC News
Montreal Mayor Applebaum expected to speak after corruption arrestCTV News
Yahoo! News Canada (blog) -FRANCE 24
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Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum arrested in corruption crackdown
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
TORONTO (JTA) — Montreal's mayor and a former city alderman, both Jews, were arrested as part of a crackdown on corruption. Michael Applebaum, who became the city's first-ever Jewish mayor when he was appointed to the post last November, was taken ...

Voice of America
Corruption Scandal Ousts Czech PM
Voice of America
Following the raid, the prime minister's chief of staff, Jana Nagyova, was charged with corruption and abuse of power. Police said she is accused of ordering the military intelligence to spy on people including, it is believed, the outgoing prime ...
Czech PM Petr Necas resigns over major corruption scandalDeutsche Welle
Czech PM Quits Over Aide's Corruption ArrestSky News
Czech Prime Minister To Step Down Amid Corruption ScandalRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Telegraph.co.uk -ABC Online
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Transparency laws give citizens tool against Mexican corruption
MiamiHerald.com
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- One day this year, citizen activist Jose Manuel Arias Rodriguez was told by the state of Tabasco that his request under the state's sunshine-in-government law had been granted. Sprawled before him were 14 boxes of receipts and ...

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Ex-Tory adviser Saulie Zajdel arrested in corruption probe
CBC.ca
The Conservative election candidate was picked up along with Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum and slapped with five charges from acts allegedly committed back in his days as a municipal councillor — including breach of trust, fraud and corruption.

The Independent
The corruption deal of the century: How Guinea lost billions of pounds in ...
The Independent
Mr Condé – who is being advised by Tony Blair and George Soros on how to curb corruption, build the country's economy, and enact a “national transformation” – believes that the Simandou scandal has its roots in Western countries, and they must play a ...

Technology can help kill corruption
Financial Times
As the Group of Eight's leaders meet this week in Northern Ireland, they will discuss some issues that should concern all countries: tax evasion and corruption, job creation and security. They are also looking at some issues that largely affect ...