The French minister was accused of having taken bribes in the arms deal.
Openly removing costly and lengthy regulations are better than covertly allowing them to be bypassed by using bribes.
A lawyer for Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley says his client never authorized any bribes and trusted the lobbyist to operate ethically.
The official was removed for taking bribes.
His acceptance of bribes led to his arrest.
The bad news was that this supply route is also fraught with pitfalls, from arduous delays to bribes and extortion.
The most depressing feature of the report is the high incidence of firms in Russia—fully a fifth—that say they pay bribes often but do not regard it as a problem.
"I budget for bribes," admits a Lebanese restaurateur.
The Japanese executives who paid the bribes admitted their guilt in a court in Japan some months ago.
Salesmen use so-called free gifts as bait and publicists use them as bribes; the wealthy can make "gifts" to their children, or to charities, with no more noble motive than saving tax.
The most important difference between bribery-pander and taking bribes together is that whether people who take bribes together have joint intent and act of bribery.
Taking out a kingpin may yield splashy headlines, but it can actually increase the total amount paid in bribes if it destroys co-ordination among his henchmen.
Influencing the local press has always been part of ISI operations, usually through bribes, blandishments or intimidation.
The indictment alleges that the commissioner took bribes.
It's a worthwhile idea, but one result of paying above-market wages is that those in charge of hiring often demand bribes - sometimes a month's salary - in exchange for a job.
"Using job titles to accept bribes, kickbacks or illegal benefits."
Admittedly, these are not measures of corruption per se, but the more licences and signatures a business has to collect, the more bribes it is likely to pay.
The dropouts started when Oliver Thomas, then a city councilman and the city’s most popular politician, pleaded guilty to taking bribes. He is still in jail.
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