[ad_1] Bernardo Arévalo is set to take office Sunday as president of Guatemala with pledges to tackle the corruption and poverty that have fueled a wave of migration to the…
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SAP to Pay More Than $220 Million to End Bribery Probes
[ad_1] Updated Jan. 10, 2024 4:39 pm ET SAP has agreed to pay more than $220 million to settle foreign bribery probes brought against the German software maker by U.S.…
Why Does China Remain Terrible at Soccer? Xi Jinping Has One Answer
[ad_1] Updated Jan. 10, 2024 9:45 am ET China has a keen interest in soccer, a population of 1.4 billion people and a powerful leader determined to see his country…
New Realtors Association President Resigns After Blackmail Threat
[ad_1] The president of the National Association of Realtors resigned Monday after allegedly receiving a blackmail threat, the latest in a series of blows to the giant U.S. trade organization…
U.S. Prosecutors Can Charge Foreign Officials With Bribery Under New Provision
[ad_1] U.S. authorities can now prosecute foreign officials who demand or accept bribes from Americans trying to secure business, new legal firepower granted in the recently signed annual defense legislation. For…
China’s Xi Is Resurrecting Mao’s ‘Continuous Revolution’ With a Twist
[ad_1] Updated Jan. 1, 2024 12:08 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Chinese rulers have long used campaigns against corruption to sideline rivals and consolidate power. Xi Jinping is…
Mastermind ‘Fat Leonard’ Got the Last Laugh in a Disastrous Navy Corruption Trial
[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) Navy Capt. David Lausman, once the commanding officer of an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, stood front and center in a trial that capped…
Vatican Court Convicts Cardinal on Embezzlement and Fraud
[ad_1] Dec. 16, 2023 12:46 pm ET ROME—A Vatican court on Saturday found Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu guilty of embezzlement and fraud and sentenced him to 5½ years in…
Opinion | American Schools and Foreign Money
[ad_1] Updated Dec. 26, 2023 6:45 pm ET Congress is debating how to address the intellectual corruption of America’s elite universities, and one idea is to require that academic institutions…