corruption

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Nearly half of the cases turned down for those offenses were out of the New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office, which in the past has aggressively pursued alleged union corruption.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

“We’re not going to tolerate this kind of corruption in California.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Still, critics of the administration see the trades as evidence of corruption.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

His tenure as mayor was marked by efforts to clean up the city, preserve indigenous heritage, and a crackdown on corruption.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers and that only an outside force like Davis could cut through the corruption and solve the growing number of cases.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann