corruption

  • A new poll shows that recent corruption scandals in Guatemala appear to have damaged the credibility of the country’s armed forces and political elites, while an internationally supported anti-corruption commission has become the country’s most-trusted institution… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • A key witness in Brazil’s wide-ranging Petrobras corruption scandal has accused the country’s interim president of soliciting illegal campaign contributions for a fellow politician, adding to allegations of corruption already swirling around the acting leader… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. 

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  • The recent arrest of a Salvadoran mayor, charged with using his position to provide favors to gang members in exchange for political benefits, illustrates the deep ties that can exist between criminal and political actors in El Salvador… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • The head of an internationally supported anti-corruption body says that Guatemala is facing a problem of “structural corruption,” suggesting that allegations of widespread graft in the country’s previous presidential administration are anything but isolated incidents… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • Authorities in Guatemala have accused jailed former President Otto Pérez Molina and his vice president in yet another illegal scheme, pointing to the depth and breadth of political corruption in the country’s previous presidential administration… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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