US officials investigating 'bribery scheme' involving donations in return for presidential pardons
The scheme was allegedly directed at unnamed ‘senior White House officials’.
The scheme was allegedly directed at unnamed ‘senior White House officials’.
The man was reported to gardaí in March.
Prosecutors are asking for a month in prison, while her lawyers recommend a year of probation.
The 45-year-old has been under investigation in relation to bidding for the 2017 and 2019 events.
The second charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering is punishable by up to 20 years in jail.
She has agreed to plead guilty to using bribery to get their children into prestigious universities.
Another dozen parents charged in the case have also agreed to plead guilty.
Meng Hongwei was reported missing after leaving France for China last month.
Members of the public are being encouraged to report people and businesses they suspect of wrongdoing.
The allegations surround complaints made by seven people.
Jorge Delhon allegedly received millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for TV rights to broadcast matches.
Park Geun-Hye, detained at a centre near Seoul, was officially charged today.
“It’s not a divorce, it’s a new relationship.”
Captain Daniel Dusek has been sentenced to 46 months in jail for crimes including docking an aircraft carrier at a Malaysian port owned by the man who was bribing him.
Blatter has long insisted he is unaware of the payments, but the FBI think otherwise.
The working and living conditions of some migrant workers in Qatar have been widely denounced.
“If it it wasn’t so serious it sounds like something out of a mafia movie,” FAI boss John Delaney said.
The Formula One boss appeared in a Munich court today.
It was alleged last year that a company contracted by Shell supplied alcohol to Belmullet Garda Station.
It follows an investigation into the ‘kickbacks’ scandal called for by government.
It added that sworn affidavits received last week have been passed on to gardaí.
A former contractor claims he lost out on a school bus contract because he refused to contribute to a senior staff member’s “cash holiday fund”.
It follows a long-running controversy over how a school bus transport scheme for children with disabilities is run.
The rankings of each jury member for all shows will now be made public after the final.
27 per cent of respondents admitted paying a bribe in the last 12 months, but more than two-thirds of those asked to pay say they refused.
From Mediaset fraud to wiretap appeal to Ruby Gate – the former Italian PM has been nothing if not controversial.
Journalist Nick Parker faces three counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct over alleged payments to a prison officer and police officer.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas is stepping down amid a scandal which saw his top aide indicted for bribery.
Sunday Times journalists filmed Ernst Strasser offering to change EU laws on behalf of a fake company for an annual fee.
The pair were arrested over the suspected bribery of a police officer.
James Gogarty incurred legal costs of over €4.5 million for Mahon – but the State was only willing to cover €3.56 million.
The payments and planning inquiry has learned some valuable lessons in 15 years, it says – here are its recommendations for fighting corruption.
Berlusconi’s lawyers successfully argued that the case should be thrown out because the statute of limitation had run out.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stands accused of bribing a British lawyer David Mills to lie in two trials that occurred in the 1990s.
The new paper will fill the gap left when The News of the World closed last summer at the height of the hacking scandal.
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Alan Shatter tells the Dáil that a new draft Prevention of Corruption Bill is being prepared, with its heads to be published soon.
Four current and former employees of The Sun and one police officer were arrested as part of the investigation into police bribery this morning.
Two farmers who claim they were denied access to their tax records by officials who wanted bribes released dozens of snakes in the tax office yesterday.