Tag: bribery

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 06:47 UTC

  Ex Interpol chief sentenced in China to 13 years in prison for bribery

  

  Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who was detained on a visit to China in 2018, was sentenced on Tuesday (Jan 21) to more than 13 years in prison for bribery in a case that shook the international police organization.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2013 - 02:08 UTC

  Brazil passes strict law on bribing extending liability to staff and companies involved

  

  Bribing a public official in Brazil could become a very onerous mistake for local and foreign businesses under a law enacted that for the first time makes companies liable for bribes paid by their employees.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 09:27 UTC

  Tolerance of bribery and violation of the law in the Americas

  

  Where disregarding the law is normal rather than an aberration, citizens are more likely to see paying a bribe as in their best interest and where obeying the law is the norm and disobeying it constitutes deviant behaviour, citizens are more likely to reject bribery, is one of the foundations for understanding the phenomenon, according to the Americas Barometer Insights in one of its latest papers titled, “tolerance of bribery and violation of the law”.