Domitian also heavily prosecuted corruption among public officials, removing jurors if they accepted bribes and rescinding legislation when a conflict of interest was suspected.

Yitzhak Rabin took over, though he also resigned towards the end of the eighth Knesset's term following a series of scandals including the suicide of Housing Minister Avraham Ofer after police began investigating allegations he used party funds illegally, and Asher Yadlin ( the governor-designate of the Bank of Israel ) being sentenced to five years in prison for accepting bribes.

They were also involved in providing custom ELINT equipment to the Imperial Iranian Air Force as part of Project Ibex and paid bribes to the Shah of Iran in order to secure contracts there.

He also appears to have been corrupt ( at least by modern standards ), and was known for his fondness of bribes.

Truck owners also paid bribes in order to get into the program.

These defeats progressively led to disenchantment of the population with the regime, that already was in an awkward position because it was also brushed with the tar of the depredations of the French " sister republic " that mainly viewed the Batavian Republic as a milch cow, both collectively ( in its demands for loans at very low interest rates ) and individually ( in the demands of French officials for bribes and other extortions ).

Although some claim corruption reduces costs by cutting bureaucracy, the availability of bribes can also induce officials to contrive new rules and delays.

Corruption also generates economic distortions in the public sector by diverting public investment into capital projects where bribes and kickbacks are more plentiful.

Monsanto also has admitted to paying bribes to a number of other high-ranking Indonesian officials between 1997 and 2002.

On October 10, 2002, former mayor Terrance D. Weldon, who was also the city manager of Asbury Park, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark to taking $ 64, 000 in bribes from developers.

He also bribes Schultz with food, especially his famous apple strudel.

It has also long been alleged that the Giants rely on underhanded tactics to recruit the best players, involving bribes to players and amateur coaches, or using their influence on the governing council of Japanese professional baseball to pass rules that favors their recruiting efforts.

Buy-out offers, or " bribes ", may also be presented during executions, in which a player may take a guaranteed monetary offer in exchange for voluntarily opting out of the game.

The impeachment effort came to naught, but Danby responded to the opposition's new muscle with a strenuous effort to construct a " Court Party " in the House of Commons to counter the Country Party ( Danby's generous bribes to MPs caused the Cavalier Parliament to also be known as the " Pensionary Parliament ").

There are also some early documents that might be cited to support charges of having taken bribes or misappropriated government funds, but there the contemporary evidence ends.

He was accused of accepting gifts and bribes from a lobbyist who was also a member of South Korean intelligence.

Such ventures may have been no more than offering someone Trinkgeld ( a tip ), but they may have also involved Schmiergeld ( bribes ; lit.

Unfortunately, this shift to secret policy-making by a few trusted courtiers also opened the way for foreign diplomats to influence policy-making with bribes.

Lyle also deposits $ 140, 000 into Reynolds ' bank account to make it appear that he is taking bribes.

Chuwit also accused his prison wardens of having accepted bribes from him.

In order to counter this threat, the Chinese built the Great Wall as a barrier to these nomadic incursions, and also used diplomacy and bribes to preserve peace.

She also bribes taxi drivers to make Willie's creditors late, so that he has time to save his bank.

Secret commissions, or bribes, also come under the no profit rule.

He revealed in 2003 that some of his best clients were senior politicians and police officers, whom he also claimed to have paid, over a decade, more than £ 1. 5m in bribes so that his business, selling sex, could thrive.

In 1926 he was placed in charge of monitoring shops selling opium, noting regular irregularities and a thriving illegal trade in the controlled substance ; believing opium to be essentially harmless, there is evidence indicating that Gardner probably took many bribes in this position, earning himself a small fortune.

Both Mannington and Smith allegedly took bribes to secure appointments, prison pardons, and freedom from prosecution.

Wilson was one of several major Republican ( and Democratic ) Representatives and Senators who were offered bribes ( and possibly took them ) of shares in Crédit Mobilier.

Niebaum admits that he investigated the embezzlement, but then took bribes from the fraudsters.

In the contest for the imperial throne upon the death of Maximilian in 1519, Sickingen accepted bribes from King Francis I of France, but when the election took place he led his troops to Frankfurt, where their presence assisted to secure the election of Charles V. For this service he was made imperial chamberlain and councillor, and in 1521 he led an expedition into France, which ravaged Picardy, but was beaten back from Mézières and forced to retreat.

The early accounts claim he took bribes and plundered the public treasury.

* Spiro Agnew, American Vice President who resigned from office in the aftermath of discovery that he took bribes while serving as Governor of Maryland

In 1973, during Albert's second term as Speaker and Nixon's second term as president, Vice President Spiro Agnew was investigated for tax evasion and money laundering for bribes he took while he was Governor of Maryland.

The distribution of Crédit Mobilier shares of stock by Congressman Oakes Ames along with cash bribes to congressmen took place during the Andrew Johnson presidency in 1868.

The revelation of the congressmen who received cash bribes or shares in Crédit Mobilier took place during the Ulysses S. Grant administration in 1872.

At the same time, close allies of Chalabi have been pushing claims that various world leaders and the UN took bribes from Saddam Hussein under the Oil for Food program.

Close to a billion francs were lost when the government took bribes to keep quiet about the Panama Canal Company's financial troubles, in what is regarded as the largest monetary corruption scandal of the 19th century.

Coerced, Max publicly states he took bribes from Billy in return for passing him.

Olmert resisted calls to resign, and stated: " I never took bribes, I never took a penny for myself.

In 2010, it was cleared for publication the National Fraud Investigations Unit suspected Olmert of involvement in the " Holyland Affair ", where officials took bribes in exchange for promoting real estate projects, especially the Holyland real estate development project in southwest Jerusalem, which was allowed to grow 1, 200 % beyond the limit authorized.

" In fear, Li Yuan took up drinking and receiving bribes to try to show Emperor Yang that he did not have great ambitions.

The FBI, the US Attorney's Office, and a federal grand jury investigated whether Perata took bribes or kickbacks from friends and campaign donors in exchange for his help.

When his money ran out, he took bribes and borrowed money, eventually putting him in debt, which in return forced him to embezzle Church property.

Robeson, while Secretary of Navy, allegedly took $ 320, 000 in bribes from a grain company to pay for a new vacation home.

Those who were arrested took bribes from E-Cycle in different amounts.

Other lawmakers took bribes anywhere from $ 2, 500 to $ 15, 000.

A controversial example is the case of Attorney-General for Hong Kong v Reid, in which a senior prosecutor took bribes not to prosecute certain offenders.