Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by private persons or corporations not directly involved with the government.
All forms of government are susceptible to political corruption. Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. While corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and trafficking, it is not restricted to these organized crime activities. In some nations, corruption is so common that it has gained normative status. The end point of political corruption is a kleptocracy, literally "rule by thieves".
Bribery around the world is estimated at about $1 trillion and the on the bottom billion people living in extreme poverty.
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Feature Article To Shut Down the Surveillance State, We Must End the IRS By Mark Adams
Donna Hancock
The problem isnt that the IRS has become corrupt. The problem is its very existence. Given that the agency is acquiring the power to inflict literal life-and-death decisions on Americans, its clear that if we dont end the IRS, the IRS will soon be
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To Shut Down the Surveillance State, We Must End the IRS By Mark Adams
03-07-2014 Donna Hancock
The problem isnt that the IRS has become corrupt. The problem is its very existence. Given that the agency is acquiring the power to inflict literal life-and-death decisions on Americans, its clear that if we dont end the IRS, the IRS will soon be
News Sen. Ronald Calderon takes paid leave while fighting corruption charges
03-04-2014
Los Angeles Times
Calderon, a Democrat was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bribery, fraud, money laundering and related offenses. He is accused of helping to facilitate a $500-million healthcare fraud scheme. The 24 felony counts include
News School Board Members Elections Financed By Construction Firm That Received Millions
03-02-2014
Jonathan Turley
A major California construction firm poured large amounts of money into campaigns to elect their favored candidates. In return the friendly school board awarded them bond measures on the ballot totaling nearly $200 million.
News WHERE IS OUR MONEY: $473 Million In Bitcoins Vaporized As Mt. Gox Exchange Files Bankruptcy
03-01-2014
shtfplan.com
Due to inherent problems within the exchange mechanism used to trade the Bitcoin crypto-currency, the Mt. Gox exchange has closed up shop and filed for bankruptcy. Some $473,000,000 worth of BTC has simply vanished in what could be one of the largest
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News WHERE IS OUR MONEY: $473 Million In Bitcoins Vaporized As Mt. Gox Exchange Files Bankruptcy
02-28-2014
shtfplan.com
Due to inherent problems within the exchange mechanism used to trade the Bitcoin crypto-currency, the Mt. Gox exchange has closed up shop and filed for bankruptcy.
News King City Cops Busted in Impound Scam
02-27-2014
Next News Network
KING CITY | Four current and former police officers have been arrested, charged with running a scheme to illegally impound cars. The plan primarily targeted Latinos, living in the small farm town of King City, California. Among those arrested are int
Uncle Freedom
News Rome Is On The Verge Of Detroit-Style Bankruptcy
02-28-2014
zerohedge.com
With European peripheral bond yields collapsing every single day to new all time lows (primarily driven by Europe's near-certainty that a US-style QE is imminent as we first showed here in November, despite Mario Draghi's own words from....
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News Child-Stealers and Prison Profiteers: A Case Study
02-28-2014
Lewrockwell.com
The Court, in its infinite wisdom, has committed your child, based on risk and needs.
News More retired NY firefighters, cops arrested in pension fraud probe
02-26-2014
Reuters
Disability fraud charges against 106 suspects - 80 of them retired New York cops and firefighters - with some accused of falsely claiming to have been traumatized by the September 11, 2001 attacks on the city.
News Gold Rigging Goes Mainstream:
02-25-2014
http://www.silverdoctors.com, By The Doc
The Financial Times reports this morning that global gold prices may have been manipulated on 50% of occasions between January 2010 and December 2013, according to analysis by Fideres, a consultancy.
News BREAKING: FCC Stonewalls Investigation Into Government Newsroom Hijacking
02-23-2014
http://www.prisonplanet.com
Alex Jones and Infowars reporter David Knight discuss the FCCs plan to install newsroom monitors/censors into communities across the country under the guise of helping women and minorities.
News Universities in FCC Newsroom Probe Have Close Ties to Soros, Got $1.8M in Funding
02-23-2014
http://www.prisonplanet.com, CNS News
The FCC may have suspended its invasion into American newsrooms, but the controversial Critical Information Needs study also has George Soros fingerprints all over it.
News The REAL George Soros: An evil, despicable excuse for a human being.
02-22-2014
The Blogmocracy
While about 500,000 of his fellow countrymen, women and children, almost all of them Hungarian Jews, were being exterminated by Nazi Germany, this POS Soros, a Jew himself, called it the happiest time of my life.
News New Jersey Police Chief Speaks Out Against Town Council Over Corruption Gets Relieved of Duties
02-20-2014
http://www.prisonplanet.com, Joshua Cook
No one owns the Chief position. Its not for sale, said acting Bloomfield Police Chief James Behre.
News Learning from Quartzite
02-20-2014
Sonoran News
Sonoran News devotes this space to Jennifer Jones due to the timeliness and crucial nature of her submission. With the recall underway, we must all be vigilant in reaching a truthful understanding of our vital role as voting citizens.
News NJ Port Authority probing whether officer drove Chris Christie ally through Bridgegate area
02-19-2014
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Reports of Michaels, a 15-year veteran of the department and a member of its GWB unit, chauffeured former Port Authority official David Wildstein through Fort Lee's traffic-congested streets on the first of four days of closures.
News Corrupt Judge Sulley Giving Out Easy OOP: Parental Alienation
2/13/2014
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One day all the lies will be exposed! 2 Timothy 3:1-17 Scott (he does not deserve to be called a Judge) gives out ORDERS OF PROTECTION many times without asking petitioner to swear under oath, he also leaves his mic off so he does not have to be held
Renee Houlihan
News Pennsylvania judge sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling teens to prisons.
02-13-2014
Daily Paul.com
Disgraced Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for conspiring with private prisons to sentence juvenile offenders to maximum sentences for bribes and kickbacks...
News Ray Nagin, former New Orleans mayor, convicted of federal corruption charges
02-12-2014
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Ray Nagin, the former two-term mayor of New Orleans indicted after he left office, was convicted Wednesday of 20 federal corruption charges for illegal dealings with city vendors, dating back to 2004. A jury delivered its verdict just before 1 p.m.,
News Christies deals as a prosecutor raised eyebrows
02-10-2014
Washington Post
As the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, Chris Christie struck an unusual deal with Bristol-Myers Squibb.
In exchange for not charging the drugmaking giant with securities fraud, Christies office would require it to fund a professorship at Se
News Who Owns The Federal Reserve?
02-08-2014
http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Ellen Brown
The Fed is privately owned. Its shareholders are private banks
News Report of a Corrupt Figure Skating Deal Includes an Odd Alliance
02-08-2014
http://www.nytimes.com
Who says the United States and Russia cannot get along?
News Crist accused of trading money for judges
02-07-2014
Washington Times
Charlie Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida now seeking his old seat as a Democrat, has received the worst type of attention at the start of his campaign: a jilted former fundraiser testifying under oath that judicial nominations were up
News Recruiting Fraud Cost Army Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
02-05-2014
http://news.antiwar.com, Jason Ditz
One of the Largest Criminal Investigations in Army History
News Lobbyists spent record $16.4 million during Kentucky General Assembly in 2013
02-04-2014
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The Legislative Ethics Commission, in a new report, says businesses, organizations and lobbyists spent $16.4 million last year to try to influence state lawmakers to their way of thinking on hundreds of bills. That's a record amount for an
News Greece Is (Officially) The Most Corrupt European Nation
02-03-2014
http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
With the Greeks facing up to their third (or 4th or 5th, who's counting anymoe anyway) bailout, proclaiming growth is just around the corner, that the crisis is behind them, and that slavery will solve European youth unemployment;
Headlines: Greece Is (Officially) The Most Corrupt European Nation -- Lobbyists spent record $16.4 million during Kentucky General Assembly in 2013 -- Recruiting Fraud Cost Army Hundreds of Millions of Dollars -- Crist accused of trading money for judges -- Report of a Corrupt Figure Skating Deal Includes an Odd Alliance -- Who Owns The Federal Reserve? -- Christies deals as a prosecutor raised eyebrows -- Ray Nagin, former New Orleans mayor, convicted of federal corruption charges -- Pennsylvania judge sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling teens to prisons. -- Corrupt Judge Sulley Giving Out Easy OOP: Parental Alienation -- NJ Port Authority probing whether officer drove Chris Christie ally through Bridgegate area -- Learning from Quartzite -- New Jersey Police Chief Speaks Out Against Town Council Over Corruption Gets Relieved of Duties -- The REAL George Soros: An evil, despicable excuse for a human being. -- Universities in FCC Newsroom Probe Have Close Ties to Soros, Got $1.8M in Funding -- BREAKING: FCC Stonewalls Investigation Into Government Newsroom Hijacking -- Gold Rigging Goes Mainstream: -- More retired NY firefighters, cops arrested in pension fraud probe -- Child-Stealers and Prison Profiteers: A Case Study -- Rome Is On The Verge Of Detroit-Style Bankruptcy -- King City Cops Busted in Impound Scam -- WHERE IS OUR MONEY: $473 Million In Bitcoins Vaporized As Mt. Gox Exchange Files Bankruptcy -- WHERE IS OUR MONEY: $473 Million In Bitcoins Vaporized As Mt. Gox Exchange Files Bankruptcy -- School Board Members Elections Financed By Construction Firm That Received Millions -- Sen. Ronald Calderon takes paid leave while fighting corruption charges -- To Shut Down the Surveillance State, We Must End the IRS By Mark Adams
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