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Siena College poll: Voters expect more corruption arrests; Cuomo ratings slip
Newsday
The poll comes in the wake of a string of recent political corruption scandals. In the most recent, Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith and five other politicians were indicted Thursday in connection with Smith's alleged plot to use bribes to get his ...
New York Voters Expect More Political Corruption Busts -- And Say Their Reps ...New York Daily News (blog)
Voters say Albany corruption a "very serious'' problem; Cuomo dips againBuffalo News (blog)
After Corruption Cases, Voters Favor Term Limits: PollWall Street Journal (blog)
Auburn Citizen (blog) -Albany Times Union (blog) -News 10NBC
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The Province
FIFA adviser quits anti-corruption panel
Yahoo! Sports
GENEVA (AP) -- A leading FIFA anti-corruption adviser has resigned, contending soccer's governing body failed to change its culture after bribery and vote-buying scandals. The international nonprofit group TRACE says its president, Alexandra Wrage, has ...
Anti-corruption adviser quits panel working with 'closed society' FIFAThe Province
Someone beautifully hacked Sepp Blatter and FIFA's World Cup Twitter pagesAwful Announcing
Fifa adviser resigns in dispute over 'neutered' reform proposalsBBC Sport
Irish Examiner -Metro -Huffington Post UK
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Why the most popular anti-corruption measure isn't on Albany's radar
Capital New York
Establishing term limits for state legislators is the most popular potential corruption-fighting measure in New York, according to the Siena poll. It's supported by Democrats, 77-21 percent; by Republicans, 86-13 percent; and independents, 86-13 percent.

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Election corruption: More check posts in Bangalore
Times of India
BANGALORE: Following rampant suspected corruption cases, Bangalore city police have decided to erect more check posts and increase the number night beat personnel all over city. Further, a posse of police officials, equipped with bomb detector and ...

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Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)
FIFA blasted by anti-corruption expert for failing to change culture - CBC
CBC.ca
A leading FIFA anti-corruption adviser resigned Monday, claiming football's governing body failed to change its culture after bribery and vote-buying scandals. Alexandra Wrage, the president of international compliance expert TRACE, left an advisory ...
FIFA adviser quits anti-corruption panelYahoo! Sports
Sepp Blatter 'steps down from FIFA due to corruption, promises Jordan 2030 ...Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)
FIFA president Blatter`s 'hacked' Twitter account shows corruption 'admissions'Zee News
Sky News -Awful Announcing
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illegal drugs open gate to corruption
The Australian
THE convicted drug trafficker who worked as a fitness adviser for champion footballers is adamant athletes using performance-enhancing drugs are prime targets for criminals involved in other corrupt practices. Shane Charter, who was known as "Dr ...

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US Human Rights Report Decries Corruption, Lack of Transparency
AllAfrica.com
The United States government's latest Human Rights report on Liberia has decried the lack punishment for officials involved corruption in Liberia. The 2012 report states that there is no law or criminal penalties for official corruption, although ...
Liberian Officials Insist Justice System is Improving - Voice of AmericaVoice of America

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BBC Sport
FIFA adviser quits anti-corruption panel
San Francisco Chronicle
GENEVA (AP) — A leading FIFA anti-corruption adviser resigned Monday, claiming football's governing body failed to change its culture after bribery and vote-buying scandals. Alexandra Wrage, the president of international compliance expert TRACE, left ...
Fifa adviser resigns in dispute over 'neutered' reform proposalsBBC Sport

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Washington Post
Libyan officers demand dismissal of army chief, charging corruption ...
Washington Post
Youssef al-Mangoush, is guilty of corruption, poor management and hiring commanders from the deposed regime of Moammar Gadhafi. They also demand the dismissal of those commanders, as well as trial of officers involved in killing rebels who fought ...

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Press TV
Rezaei pledges to ruthlessly fight financial corruption
Press TV
Iranian presidential hopeful Mohsen Rezaei has pledged to ruthlessly fight "financial corruption" if he wins the race to Pastour. Rezaei, who currently serves as the Secretary of the Expediency Council, said he would pick his cabinet ministers from ...
Iran's presidential conservative hopeful pledges to fight hard against corruptionTrend.az (subscription)

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1 of last NJ corruption defendants due in court
San Francisco Chronicle
Serrano was arrested in 2009 along with more than 40 others in New Jersey's largest-ever federal corruption sting. She initially was charged with extortion conspiracy but now is facing a mail fraud charge for allegedly failing to report campaign ...

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1 of last NJ corruption defendants due in court - Philly.com
Philly.com
Former Jersey City council candidate Lori Serrano is scheduled for a change of plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Newark Monday morning. Serrano was arrested in 2009 along with more than 40 others in New Jersey's largest-ever federal corruption sting.

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The Economist (blog)
Market-driven morality
The Economist (blog)
RECENTLY, sport has suffered from a dramatic growth in reports of corruption, from bribery to plain cheating. Examples include Europol's announcement in February that it was investigating the alleged fixing of 380 football matches, Lance Armstrong's ...

Globe and Mail
Crackdown on Anti-Corruption Activists Continues
China Digital Times
The issue of financial disclosure has simmered since last year, when some officials at the 18th Party Congress told foreign reporters that they would be open to the idea as a way to curb corruption. It also became a popular Weibo topic after Global ...
Arrests of Chinese activists fly in face of party's anti-corruption stanceGlobe and Mail
China said to detain activists who sought to publicize top officials' assetsCNN International

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Why Govt Can't Tackle Corruption Ardo
AllAfrica.com
Kaduna — Former People's Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant in Adamawa state, Dr. Umar Ardo, said the Nigerian government cannot tackle corruption because most of its officials are deeply involved in the act. Dr. Umar who was the guest in a ...

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NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Warns His Conference About Corruption
New York Daily News (blog)
Silver reassured members of his Democratic conference that most of them are on the up-and-up, but he also used part of an hour-long closed-door meeting to warn party members that corruption taints the entire chamber, their families and their ...

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Albany Times Union (blog)
Siena Poll: New Yorkers Expect More Corruption Busts -- And Say Their Rep ...
New York Daily News (blog)
Just wait for it, New Yorkers say: A new poll finds 81% of voters say there are more corruption arrests on the way -- and a third think their own Senate or Assembly rep could get snagged. “More than half of voters describe themselves as 'distrustful ...
After Corruption Cases, Voters Favor Term Limits: PollWall Street Journal (blog)
Poll: Most expect more corruption arrestsAlbany Times Union (blog)
Siena Poll: Corruption a serious problem in the New York Legislature, voters sayAuburn Citizen (blog)
News 10NBC -New York Times (blog) -New York Post
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After Corruption Cases, Voters Favor Term Limits: Poll
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Malcolm Smith, a Democrat who was arrested in a corruption probe along with five others earlier this month, was charged with allegedly trying to bribe Republican officials for a spot on the GOP line of the New York City mayoral ballot this fall. The ...

Albany Times Union (blog)
New York Voters Expect More Political Corruption Busts -- And Say Their Reps ...
New York Daily News (blog)
Just wait for it, New Yorkers say: A new poll finds 81% of voters say there are more corruption arrests on the way -- and a third think their own Senate or Assembly rep could get snagged. “More than half of voters describe themselves as 'distrustful ...
Poll: Most expect more corruption arrestsAlbany Times Union (blog)
In Poll, Voters Show Deep Distrust of AlbanyNew York Times (blog)

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Corruption trial against former defence minister, 18 others - Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
ATHENS, Greece - A former Greek defence minister appeared in court Monday for the start of a long-anticipated corruption trial against him and another 18 co-defendants, including members of his immediate family, on charges stemming from allegations of ...