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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.
Luigi Nicholas Mangione (/ l u ˈ iː dʒ i ˌ m æ n dʒ i ˈ oʊ n i / ⓘ loo-EE-jee MAN-jee-OH-nee; [1] [2] born May 6, 1998) is an American man who was identified as the suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, which occurred on December 4, 2024.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is the lead law enforcement agency for investigating and prosecuting serious financial crime, including bribery [2] and corruption. In 2020, the SFO reported that it had seen a 40 percent increase in cases involving public officials, central and local government, in the past five years.
Political corruption; Forms and concepts; Bribery; Censorship; Cronyism; Economics of corruption; Electoral fraud; Elite capture; Influence peddling; Insider trading
Investigations into allegations of corruption against Indonesian former president/dictator Suharto began immediately after his 62-year rule. In Global Transparency Report, made by Transparency International in 2004, he was ranked as the world’s most corrupt leader.
Finland's overall corruption is relatively low, according to public opinion and global indexes and standards. The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index released by Transparency International scored Finland at 87 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean").
Bernard Lawrence Madoff (/ ˈ m eɪ d ɔː f / MAY-dawf; [2] April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American financial criminal and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion.
Griselda Blanco Restrepo was born in Cartagena, Colombia, on the country's north coast.She and her mother, Ana Restrepo, [7] moved south to Medellín when she was three years old; this exposed her to a criminal lifestyle at an impressionable age, as Medellín was enduring years of its own socioeconomic, social and political troubles.