Greater regulation of "brass-plate" companies that assist in brokering arms deals while shareholders and directors remain "invisible" to UK authorities.They are often used to conceal corrupt practices including the payment of bribes and fraud.
"Are we a nation at war with terror or are we longing for a return to the weak and indecisive foreign policy of the past?" Some Democrats say privately that Mr. Kennedy probably went too far when he talked of bribes and fraud.
He faces several charges in U.S. District Court in New York, including soliciting a bribe and wire fraud.
Officer Trinidad Martinez, accused of filing four false accident reports, faced the most charges among the officers, including forgery, receiving bribes and insurance fraud.
His name was mentioned by some of the defendants, who are accused of setting up a gang to take bribes and commit fraud in energy contracts.
The original 50-page indictment charged Mr. Barnes not only with accepting bribes and tax fraud, but also with taking an array of gifts.
Emanuel Richardson, an assistant coach at Arizona, who faces charges including soliciting bribes and wire fraud conspiracy, and is accused of accepting $20,000 in bribes from an undercover FBI agent who was posing as an associate of a sports agent.
Tony Bland, an assistant coach at Southern California, who faces charges including soliciting bribes and wire fraud conspiracy, is accused of taking at least $13,000 in bribes from an agent and a financial advisor.
Lamont Evans, an assistant coach at Oklahoma State, who faces charges including soliciting bribes and wire fraud conspiracy, and is accused of taking at least $22,000 in bribes over five years – which also includes time Evans spent coaching at South Carolina – from two financial advisors, one of whom was an FBI informant.
Fast-forward to March 12, when dozens of wealthy parents were arrested by federal agents and charged with paying bribes and committing fraud to get their kids into elite universities.
