Government officials also admit that a number of their own battlefield commanders are war profiteers, who have skimmed millions from illegally mined gold, bribes from oil companies, kickbacks from those involved in the cocaine trade, and from widespread corruption in military procurements.
But he then continued that same tradition of seeking support from only one element of the population and accepting widespread corruption while turning strongly from the West towards Russia.
The Directory suffered from widespread corruption.
But Indonesia suffers from widespread corruption, collusion and nepotism.
In June investigators accused him of widespread corruption; he has disappeared from sight.
Moldova, which lies between Ukraine and Romania, suffers from widespread corruption.
In subsequent decades it was the turn of German and Italian football (soccer) leagues to suffer from widespread corruption.
It has encouraged efforts to bring order to Shaanxi's chaotic and fragmented oil business, which suffers from widespread corruption and pollution as well as considerable waste.
On February 23rd, Ilya Yashin, a close friend and political ally of Nemtsov's, released a report that outlines a number of well-known allegations against Kadyrov, from widespread corruption to involvement in a number of killings, including Nemtsov's.
Lastly, the Anna Hazare phenomenon, arising as it did in the summer of 2011, must be read against two separate global developments: one, the widespread corruption scandals affecting countries from Britain and Italy to India itself, and two, popular movements for democracy all across the Middle East from Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt in late January to all-out war in Libya and Syria even today.
