Sentence examples for broad corruption from inspiring English sources

Mr. Esteves is accused of obstructing justice in a broad corruption investigation of the state-owned oil giant Petrobras.

Mr. Kruger, who has said he is not gay, had emphatically declared his innocence after his arrest in the broad corruption case in March.

Once they realized the victims were children, prosecutors said, they had no choice but to arrest the mayor immediately, perhaps compromising their broad corruption investigation.

Mr. Fujimori, dismissed as president in November 2000 during a broad corruption scandal, denies the charges of corruption and human rights abuses against him.

A drug-money courier who was caught on videotape helping a police detective and his retired partner steal $169,000 in cocaine proceeds, sparking a broad corruption investigation, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute narcotics.

Mr. Stevens, a Republican who was found guilty in October of seven felony counts of failing to disclose gifts and home renovations, had been the highest-profile target of a broad corruption inquiry under way in Alaska since 2004.

Mr. Binoche bristled at the implication that the accusations of theft might be symptoms of broader corruption.

But the Bernie Sanders supporters, who by shouting kept control of the hall for much of the evening, had in mind a broader corruption, one that took in the Democratic Party, too.

"We need help to ensure Rome continues to be a reference point in terms of beauty for the whole world," said Tronca, who was brought in after the former mayor Ignazio Marino quit over a minor expenses row unrelated to the broader corruption scandal.

Still, some Chinese newspaper columnists suggested Monday that Mr. Zhou's departure offered the government a chance to address broader corruption in academia, in which excellence and the search for truth had been subverted by politics and the search for a fast buck.

It creates lawlessness and encourages broader corruption.