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Corruption, it finds, was "endemic and systemic .Although the tribunal did not make a finding of corruption against Mr Ahern, it was equally critical of some of his former cabinet colleagues, and in one case more so.
Following the Cunneen case, a finding of corruption requires the probity of a public official to be adversely affected, except in a limited range of circumstances.
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The final Spicer report found he had given unreliable evidence and "acted with the intention of evading laws" relating to the disclosure of political donations and the ban on donations from property developers, but did not make any findings of corruption.
And in 1987, another federal inquiry, into separate corruption allegations involving the subway project, also ended with a finding of insufficient evidence.
The commission made findings of corruption against former project managers with the NSW Fire Brigades who were involved with dishonest schemes resulting in corrupt payments totalling $2.4m.
This was the notorious Wollongong Council case where findings of corruption were made against developers, council managers and four former councillors.
Much of what Icac discovers through its coercive powers cannot be admitted in criminal proceedings, so it can be no surprise that findings of corruption can be made while criminal convictions either don't proceed or don't succeed.
While the parliament did pass legislation that restored Icac's previous findings of corruption, the genie was out of the bottle and victims of the corruption fighter's investigations were lining-up to attack the integrity of its work and the commissioner, former Supreme Court judge Megan Latham.
The DOJ's 2015 findings of corruption in the Ferguson Police Department are proof of this.
There's a touch of Slumdog meets City of God about this tale (from Andy Mulligan's 2010 novel) of three Brazilian street kids caught in a web of corruption after finding a wallet in the rubbish tips of Rio de Janeiro.
This leaves the Republicans with a total net gain of 63 seats in the House.The Senate voted to remove a federal judge from the bench in Louisiana, finding him guilty on a variety of corruption charges.
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