Four petitioners allege Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman used "corrupt and illegal practices" in May 2014, when he was elected as mayor.
We have also concluded that most probably the railroad used corrupt means to procure the legislation.
There is little evidence that the king used corrupt influence to make Parliament accept his American policy.
The names of about 100 firms and individuals who allegedly used corrupt private investigators was handed from Soca to the committee earlier this year on condition it was not published – sparking a row over transparency.
The Serious Organised Crime Agency faces further calls for it to publish a secret list of companies and individuals who used corrupt private investigators to obtain personal information, with Labour adding to the demands.
We have seen in recent cases how they use corrupt lawyers and accountants [to move money]." The investigator pointed to the case of Sani Abacha, the former president of Nigeria who in the mid-1990s is estimated to have siphoned as much as $5bn from the oil-rich country he ruled for five years.
At the Election Court - part of the High Court - four petitioners allege mayor Lutfur Rahman used "corrupt and illegal practices" last year.
US district judge Lewis Kaplan in New York has now ruled that Steven Donziger's legal team used "corrupt means" to win the 2011 case.
Four voters alleged Mr Rahman used "corrupt and illegal practices" in last year's election, which led to an Election Commissioner declaring the poll void.
An election commissioner concluded Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman used "corrupt and illegal practices" in last year's election, which will be re-run.
