news.yahoo.com | 6/27/08 | Matthew Bigg
A high-profile Mississippi lawyer, who became unpopular on Wall Street for battling powerful companies, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to bribe a judge.
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bloomberg.com | 5/14/08 | James Lumley
May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Almost a quarter of businesses have been asked to pay bribes over the last two years in spite of increased efforts to combat the problem by law-enforcement agencies, an Ernst & Young LLP survey published today said.
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ap.google.com | 5/8/08 | Staff Writer
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's vice premier quit the ruling party Monday to take responsibility for a diplomatic bungle that cost the government millions of dollars.
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sec.gov | 4/30/08 | Press Release
Washington, D.C., April 30, 2008 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and two of his friends in connection with undisclosed payments to Langford related to municipal bond offerings and swap agreement transactions Langford directed on behalf of Jefferson County, Ala. Also charged was the Alabama broker-dealer firm that reaped millions of dollars in fees from the deals.
ap.google.com | 4/2/08 | Staff Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A former United Nations procurement official convicted of accepting bribes was sentenced Tuesday to eight years and a month in prison.
afp.google.com | 2/6/08 | Staff Writer
DHAKA (AFP) — An employee of Bangladesh's biggest state-owned gas company who earned a mere 100 dollars a month allegedly used his position to pocket a colossal 145 million dollars in bribes over 12 years, an official said Tuesday.
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