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Bribery, the act of promising, giving, receiving, or agreeing to receive money or some other item of value with the corrupt aim of influencing a public official in the discharge of his official duties.
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Asset forfeiture schemes, engineered as a way to strip organized crime syndicates of their ill-gotten wealth, have, in the hands of law enforcement agencies, become corrupt systems aimed at fleecing the citizenry while padding the pockets of the police.
The group, which pledges to "take feminism back from those who have corrupted it," aims to use online humor and graphics to spread its message -- much as opposing groups like the Center for Reproductive Rights do.
It also has a reputation for being very corrupt, and the aim of EITI is to increase transparency in these lucrative sectors - so this is a man with an interesting job.
In designing such institutions, it is important not to assume the worst of people, for otherwise we might inadvertently encourage (through an evident lack of trust) the very corrupt behavior one aims to guard against.
Corrupt air?
Throughout his career, Dooling has written socially relevant satires that take aim at corrupt professional institutions; here he targets the insurance industry.
The police have also admitted that corrupt officers, with the aim of protecting their narcotics rackets, could also be behind some of the vigilante killings.
The measure, which will expropriate those with savings in won, was aimed at corrupt officials and well-off traders.
The present wave of Islamic discontent is chiefly aimed at corrupt politicians who have run out of new ideas, but it also has a religious target.
He will continue to escalate his war on corrupt Communist party "tigers" – aiming to snare perhaps his biggest victim to date in the second half of the year.
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