Corruption Currents: From Drunk Defense to the Secret Sanctions Deals.
Bribery:
In local politics: A Queens, N.Y. Republican Party official said he was plied with alcohol by an undercover federal agent before taking $25,000 he thought was for political consulting work, his lawyer said. The latest in the bribery trial of a New York state lawmaker accused of trying to bribe his way onto a city mayoral ballot is here. (WSJ, NY Daily News, NY Times)
Prosecutors in Hong Kong opened the region’s largest-ever bribery case with details of what they called “concealed and disguised” payments made to a former top civil servant by property tycoons seeking government favor. They deny it. (Reuters)
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