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The Corruption Eradication Commission (Indonesian: Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi), abbreviated as KPK, is an Indonesian government agency established to prevent and fight corruption in the country. [2] The KPK was created in 2003 during the Megawati presidency due to high corruption in the Post-Suharto era.
In January 2012, it was reported that Indonesia has lost as much as Rp 2.13 trillion (US$238.6 million) to corruption in 2011. A study conducted by Indonesia Corruption Watch , a non-profit organization co-ordinated by Danang Widoyoko, said that embezzlement accounted for most of the money lost and that “ government investment was the sector ...
Having consolidated power in 1967 in the aftermath of the attempted coup in 1965 which was launched by middle-ranking officers in the Indonesian army and air force but officially blamed on the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) resulting in purges, the government of Suharto adopted policies that severely restricted civil liberties and instituted a system of rule that effectively split power ...
A Southern California business owner convinced victims to invest in his companies, claiming he could detect Covid-19 based on video, and then made lavish purchases, prosecutors said.
Ted Farnsworth pleaded guilty to defrauding investors in MoviePass and Vinco. Farnsworth has been in prison since August 2023. MoviePass's $10 plan led to its popularity but was unsustainable ...
A federal jury in Nevada has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who was arrested at age 18, wrongly convicted twice, and served nearly 16 years in a Nevada state prison for a 2001 killing ...
The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding.It centered on Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall, who had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. [1]
A Texas grandmother is accused of having an unnecessary gastric feeding tube placed into her granddaughter. Lisa Campbell-Goins is charged with unlawful restraint, exploitation of a child and ...