Days before his term ended in 1999, he disappeared, but was caught two years later in Cancún, where he was convicted on organized crime and corruption offenses, imprisoned and then extradited in 2010 to the United States, which had indicted him in 2001.
"Nepotism, mismanagement, crime and corruption.
The bribery law, which overhauls the existing criminal law to make it easier for courts and prosecutors to respond to bribery and corruption offenses, was passed by Parliament in April 2010.
Inmates holed up inside the Tanjung Gusta Penitentiary during the violence, which ended on Friday afternoon, were demanding a review of a 2012 government regulation that toughened requirements for paroles and sentence remissions for Indonesians convicted of terrorism, drug and corruption offenses.
Among the campaign promises that swept Georgia's new prime minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili, into office was a pledge to prosecute Saakashvili officials for offenses including corruption and police brutality.
"We will continue to pursue narcotics, firearms, white collar, and public corruption offenses and to develop our multi-jurisdictional investigative partnerships to identify recognized federal interests and to make sure that charging decisions are appropriate to each defendant's conduct".
His real "offense": writing on sensitive human rights and corruption issues in Vietnam and criticizing China's human rights record.
Over the past fifteen years, the Department of Justice has accused police departments in two dozen jurisdictions, including New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit, Oakland, and Seattle, of offenses ranging from corruption and racial profiling to pervasive brutality.
And corruption remains endemic.
