corruption

  • Plea Bargains in Brazil Corruption Case Generate Controversy

    The massive corruption scandal rocking Brazil is generating new controversy over the use of plea bargains, which prosecutors claim have proven indispensable in taking down an expansive criminal network, while critics argue the deals allow offenders to skirt justice… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • More than 100 Bolivian Judicial Officials Dismissed, Sanctioned

    Bolivia’s Attorney General’s Office dismissed or sanctioned more than 100 of its employees in 2015 for various transgressions, pointing to the pervasiveness of corruption within the institution, but also to an increasing vigilance when there is official misbehavior… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • Panama Court Case Highlights Challenges of Political Immunity

    Panama’s Supreme Court has denied a petition to suspend the immunity of a former president and current Central American Parliament (Parlacen) deputy, illustrating how powerful figures can use membership in political bodies as a judicial shield… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • CentAm’s Latest Social Security Corruption Scandal Hits El Salvador

    El Salvador’s Supreme Court has charged the former director of the country’s social security institute with illicit enrichment, highlighting the agency’s deep-rooted susceptibility to corruption in Central America’s Northern Triangle region… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • The US Must Address Its Role in Mexico’s Human Rights Crisis

    …Given the deluge of credible reports about the involvement of Mexican forces in numerous massacres and mass disappearances in recent months and years – and even more disturbing, the efforts of government officials to impede proper investigations and critical, investigative journalism – the United States should keep its international obligations in mind, and perhaps more…

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