Sentence examples for corrupt profits from inspiring English sources

That is what brought her to New York in recent years: she defended a man named Denis Katsyv, the son of a Russian transport official and the owner of a real-estate company that, as U.S. federal prosecutors alleged, laundered millions in corrupt profits through the purchase of luxury properties in Manhattan.

The film, "Under the Dome" -- which was largely blocked from the Internet by government censors after one week -- accuses the firms of stymying pollution controls and milking their duopoly position for corrupt profits.

The whole point is supposed to be that war is nothing but a corrupt profit-making scheme.

The BP oil spill and its subsequent corrupt profit-driven cleanup efforts have not only relentlessly polluted the Gulf 's natural environment, but have permanently dirtied the lives, relationships and social cohesion of its people.

The government, they said, lacks the power to impose its will, in part because a few wealthy businessmen influence the dollar rate and corrupt officials profit from the trade.

Kon Jern, a military commander for the group, which is based along Myanmar's border with northern Thailand, says he is cracking down because government militias and corrupt officials profit from opium.

"It is communities, often the world's poorest, that lose the most from this illicit trade, while criminal gangs and corrupt officials profit.

In Africa, enforcement is weak and many corrupt officials profit.

As marked progress is made by the 100 Corinthian College students refusing to pay back their loans in the face of a corrupt, for-profit university, other graduates are beginning to wonder if a big, collective "Screw you" is the right answer to those monthly emails reminding us of outstanding payments.

"As long as insurgent commanders are able to fund themselves through the opium trade, and as long as corrupt officials profit from the illicit economy, there may be few incentives for making peace in some areas of the country," SIGAR wrote.

It is also a sad fact that many doctors and healthcare providers are corrupted by profit-seeking.