There should be no complaint that such cases are being scrutinised closely: the corrosive effects of bribery, in eroding trust in government and dampening innovation, are well documented.
Many fear that the Indian checks will be subject to spotty local records and the distorting effects of bribery, undercutting the legitimacy of one of Uber's main new safety assets.
The effectiveness of bribery fades fairly quickly.
Despite the effect of anti-bribery laws, several other studies have found that FDI inflows and corruption levels go hand in hand, particularly in cases where host countries do not possess appropriate institutional and regulatory frameworks.
But poorer countries feel the effects of transnational bribery most acutely.
He suggested in effect that the accusations of bribery were a bit rich, coming as they did from a country not unfamiliar with the concept of the backhander.
Public protests against political corruption had little effect until 1992, when investigating magistrates in Milan began uncovering a series of bribery scandals.
The Justice Department said the ruling would have no effect on the prosecution of Mr. Jefferson, who is facing trial next year on charges of bribery, racketeering, conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
The fall in the rate of bribery to enter the medical school was probably the result of the new admissions system instituted after the first survey.
Nasty charges of bribery.
WASHINGTON — Nasty charges of bribery.
