Sentence examples for noted corruption from inspiring English sources

As the bank's president, James D. Wolfensohn, has famously noted, corruption was long the forbidden "C-word" inside the bank.

In his publications, he noted corruption in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, promoted clerical marriage, and attacked the use of images in places of worship.

Last year Dushanbe intercepted only 5% of the 40 tonnes of "Afghan opiates" smuggled to Russia, the cable says, noting: "Corruption is a major problem".

Observers noted that corruption was endemic throughout the government and society.

As my fellow Economix contributor Simon Johnson has noted, the corruption of the agencies that produce budget data is a crucial cause of Europe's debt crisis.

Mr Chirac was mayor from 1977 to 1995, a period noted for corruption scandals, but also for the vast quantity of food and drink imbibed at taxpayers' expense.

Quoting from a speech by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, the judges also noted that corruption hurt the poor disproportionately by diverting funds intended for development and by undermining a government's ability to provide basic services.

A 54-page Singapore court ruling rejecting a demand by WSG that this writer disclose his sources because of an alleged breach of confidentiality noted earlier this year: "Corruption anywhere raises serious questions as it inevitably undermines good governance.

And, as organizations that have challenged FIFA's practices have noted, if corruption helped drive the World Cup to Qatar, it also contributed to the massive human rights abuses that the country has yet to address.

Many locals, in contrast, note that corruption plagues many more banks and more industries than banking.

People need to note the corruption involved in building Sochi for the Games; they should notice the demolitions of buildings".