Sentence examples for corruption proceeds from inspiring English sources

If the process of corruption proceeds far enough then we no longer have a corrupt official or corruption of an institutional process or institution; we cease to have a person who can properly be described as, say, a judge, or a process that can properly be described as, say, a judicial process — as opposed to proceedings in a kangaroo court.

Various people have flagged PNG corruption proceeds in Australia as a problem, not least elements of the PNG government and law enforcement as well as the AFP and Austrac, but the Australian government under both Labor and the Coalition has chosen not to investigate, and recently Manus has been a big reason for inaction".

Through the Justice Department's Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, the U.S. investigates and forfeits corruption proceeds and, where possible, returns those proceeds to benefit the people harmed by this corruption.

For example, the Justice Department's kleptocracy prosecutors worked closely with anti-corruption prosecutors in the Republic of Korea this past year to investigate, identify, and seize over a million dollars in assets traceable to corruption proceeds acquired by Chun Doo Hwan, a former president of the Republic of Korea.

Robert Amaee, partner at law firm Covington and the former head of anti-corruption and proceeds of crime at the SFO, said that DPAs are a "potentially significant step for the SFO".

It would allow them to weigh in on two matters essential to their future: how the costs of austerity should be distributed, and how the fight against corruption should proceed.

Former President Nambar Enkhbayar was sentenced to four years in jail for corruption and the proceeds of his dealings were ordered confiscated, Chinese state media said Friday.

The motion asked Judge Zagel to forgo a second corruption trial and proceed straight to sentencing the impeached ex-governor on a lone conviction from his first trial.

PARIS — The trial of former President Jacques Chirac of France on corruption charges will proceed without Mr. Chirac having to be present, a court decided Monday, citing the poor state of Mr. Chirac's mental health.

"We have a female presidential candidate who didn't think twice about studying with the proceeds of corruption, who has various members of congress investigated for corruption, one very recently convicted of illicit enrichment," said Verónika Mendoza, taking a stab at Keiko Fujimori during an anti-corruption conference in January.

Regularly referred to as Assad's "bagman" – a term for someone used to manage or move proceeds of corruption – Makhlouf has been on the US sanctions list for "benefiting from Syrian corruption" since 2008, and on EU-wide sanctions lists since the Syrian civil war in 2011.