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Gates: US to do its part to slow Afghan corruption
Nov 20th, 2009 - AOL News
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government...17 Arrests In European Match-Fixing Probe
Nov 20th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
FRANKFURT (AP)--German prosecutors investigating corruption in football say 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested and that about 200 games in...Will Hillary Clinton's gamble on Karzai pay off?
Nov 20th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a political survivor who has repeatedly reinvented herself, used her visit to Kabul to appeal to Hamid Karzai - a leader whose image...Afghan minister: Taliban can be defeated
Nov 19th, 2009 - CNN
(CNN) -- The war in Afghanistan is winnable, and corruption will be fought, Interior Minister Hanif Atmar told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday, as President Hamid Karzai was being sworn in for a second five-year term in Kabul.
Hamid Karzai inaugurated amid western hopes of end to corruption
Nov 19th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
To everyone's surprise the ceremony began on time, the president walking up a stained, blotchy red carpet to the sound of a rough brass band and thumping drums. Looking immaculate...
Corruption videos from YouTube:
10:55Core of Corruption: In The Shadows - Official Trailer 1st of Five Films www.CoreOfCorruption.com
www.CoreOfCorruption.com go to the website to buy the DVD now http Core of Corruption is a documentary film series which details a comprehensive investigation into clandestine intelligence operations and conspiracies ...
7:26Corruption in Romania
June 2008 Corruption is part of daily life in Romania, with almost half of Romanians admitting to paying bribes. Now the EC is putting increasing pressure on the Romanian government to end bribery ...
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Corruption from WikiPedia:
Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by private persons or corporations not directly involved with the government. An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties.
All forms of government are susceptible to political corruption. Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. While corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and trafficking, it is not restricted to these organized crime activities. In some nations, corruption is so common that it has gained normative status. The end point of political corruption is a kleptocracy, literally "rule by thieves".
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