Corruption also presented a major problem, with a large black market and a high degree of criminal involvement in the formal economy.

Corruption also presented a major problem, with a large black market and a high degree of criminal involvement in the formal economy.

Venezuela worked closely with its neighbors following the 1997 Summit of the Americas in many areas — particularly energy integration — and championed the OAS decision to adopt the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, also being among the first to ratify it ( in 1997 ).

The Super Star Destroyer Eclipse is the reborn Emperor Palpatine's flagship in the Dark Empire comic series, and it also appears in the Forces of Corruption expansion for Star Wars: Empire at War.

Corruption also lowers compliance with construction, environmental, or other regulations, reduces the quality of government services and infrastructure, and increases budgetary pressures on government.

Corruption can also affect the various components of sports activities ( referees, players, medical and laboratory staff involved in anti-doping controls, members of national sport federation and international committees deciding about the allocation of contracts and competition places ).

A working definition of corruption is also provided as follows in article 3 of the Civil Law Convention on Corruption ( ETS 174 ): For the purpose of this Convention, " corruption " means requesting, offering, giving or accepting, directly or indirectly, a bribe or any other undue advantage or prospect thereof, which distorts the proper performance of any duty or behavior required of the recipient of the bribe, the undue advantage or the prospect thereof.

To monitor the implementation at national level of the requirements and principles provided in those texts, a monitoring mechanism – the Group of States Against Corruption ( also known as GRECO ) ( French: Groupe d ' Etats contre la corruption ) was created.

As of 2011, Fogg is president of " Bigots with Badges ", and executive director of CARCLE ( Congress Against Racism and Corruption in Law Enforcement ), and is also associated with Law Enforcement Against Prohibition ( LEAP ), a drug law reform organization of law enforcement officers.

Corruption may also refer to:

Corruption also proved to be a problem, and the acquisition of land of people close to the political leadership was repeated on a scale not seen since the time of the monarchy.

Saville also used it on Section 25's album From the Hip, which is in many ways aligned stylistically with Power, Corruption & Lies and produced partly by New Order's Bernard Sumner.

Corruption seems also to have played a major role ; many Chinese shells appear to have been filled with cement or porcelain, or were the wrong caliber and could not be fired.

The credit system from Corruption is also included to unlock the original bonus content, as well as the ability to take snapshots of gameplay.

He also demonstrated his future skills as an advocate in a pamphlet entitled " Observations on the Prevailing Abuses in the British Army Arising from the Corruption of Civil Government with a Proposal toward Obtaining an Addition to Their Pay ".

Corruption and infiltration by the security organs were also plaguing the Church.

He and his party members were also charged under Sections 120 ( b ) ( criminal conspiracy ), 167 ( public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury ), 420 ( cheating ) and 409 ( criminal breach of trust ) of the IPC, and Section 13 ( 2 ) read with 13 ( 1 )( d ) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, but no prima facie evidence was found against him and his son M K Stalin.

Corruption allegations stemming from public contracts in the construction of Suvarnabhumi Airport also threatened to cloud the future of Thaksin's public infrastructure projects that formed the core of his second-term economic policies.

During his time as chair, Elbegdorj has led initiatives within the coalition to promote Zero Tolerance to Corruption and Education for Democracy and also spoke on behalf of these initiatives at the 66th General Assembly of United Nations.

Corruption helped to build Siemens, but also cost it $ 1. 6 billion, the largest fine for bribery in modern corporate history.

It was also covered by K-X-P and the track included on the Power Corruption & Lies Covered CD ( free with Mojo ( magazine ), Feb 2012 )

The report also addresses international and regional trends, highlights significant cases and uses the Bribe Payers Index and the Corruption Perceptions Index as empirical evidence of corruption.

Each set also represent a different animal: Cruelty is an Ogre, Illusion is a Spider, Venom is a Snake, and Corruption is a Jackal or Wolf.

On Generation and Corruption,, also known as On Coming to Be and Passing Away ) is a treatise by Aristotle.

Corruption of the feedback mechanism is the most dangerous threat to any balanced system, since it can lead to economic oscillations of increasing magnitude until runaway inflation or depression results.

The 2005 Global Corruption Report focused on how corruption in the construction sector and post-conflict reconstruction undermines economic development.

Corruption in the document-issuing process is hard to counter, since as the value of a credential increases, the economic incentives for corruption also increase.

Corruption in the public administration and a weak judiciary have continued to be long-term problems, and the presence of organized crime remains very high.

Corruption and Trikoupis ' increased spending to create necessary infrastructure like the Corinth Canal overtaxed the weak Greek economy, forcing the declaration of public insolvency in 1893 and to accept the imposition of an International Financial Control authority to pay off the country's debtors.

Inspired by Klein & MBO's " Dirty Talk " and Sylvester's disco classic, " You Make Me Feel ( Mighty Real )", " Blue Monday " became the best-selling independent 12 " single of all time in the UK ; however, ( much to the chagrin of the buying public ) it was not on the track list of Power, Corruption & Lies.

In 2009, Transparency International ranked the nation in last place on its annual Corruption Perceptions Index ( CPI ), a metric that purports to show the prevalence of corruption in a country's public sector.

World map of the 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, which measures " the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians ".

Corruption in elections and in legislative bodies reduces accountability and distorts representation in policymaking ; corruption in the judiciary compromises the rule of law ; and corruption in public administration results in the inefficient provision of services.

Passive bribery can be defined as the request or receipt any public official, directly or indirectly, of any undue advantage, for himself or herself or for anyone else, or the acceptance of an offer or a promise of such an advantage, to act or refrain from acting in the exercise of his or her functions ( article 3 of the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption ( ETS 173 )).

Passive bribery can be defined as the request or receipt any public official, directly or indirectly, of any undue advantage, for himself or herself or for anyone else, or the acceptance of an offer or a promise of such an advantage, to act or refrain from acting in the exercise of his or her functions ( article 3 of the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption ( ETS 173 )).

The United Nations convention against Corruption, recognizing this, encouraged its members to " enhance transparency in the funding of candidatures for elected public office and, when applicable, the funding of political parties.

There was a public perception that Anti Corruption cops essentially, following the discovery of corrupt practices, would then enter into dodgy dealings themselves.

In the past, this has contributed to a sense of immunity on the part of members of the ruling party, and to a public perception of rampant corruption among leading politicians – in 1997, Pakistan received the second-worst score in the world on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.

On 9 November 2006, Burke resigned from the Labor party after public criticism from Labor premier Alan Carpenter, in part due to evidence provided to the Corruption and Crime Commission ( CCC ).

Patricia Adams, executive director of Probe International ( an environmental and public policy advocacy organisation in Canada ), and author of Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption, and the Third World's Environmental Legacy, has stated that:

The Independent Commission Against Corruption ( ICAC ), an independent agency of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for minimising corrupt activities and enhancing the integrity of the public administration in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

In previous reports, the 2006 Global Corruption Report focused on corruption in the health sector and how public money may be an enticement to corruption.

Transparency International's 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index, which compares countries according to the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians, ranked Singapore in joint first place with Denmark and New Zealand out of 178 countries.

Corruption, a failing economy, growing public awareness of the harsh repressive measures taken by the regime, and the military defeat in the Falklands War, often considered to have been started with the intention to rally the country anew in a bout of nationalistic fervour, to the United Kingdom in 1982, eroded the public image of the regime.

The Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption is responsible to monitor corruption and moral standards for public and private realm in Hong Kong.

KPK public education division official Budiono Prakoso said in December 2008 that because of its limited manpower and resources, of some 16, 200 cases reported to the Corruption Eradication Commission ( KPK ), only a small number had been dealt with.