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...last Pakistani outpost at Koh-i-Taftan, a dirt track veers off the main road toward a side door into Iran. It's strictly Smugglers Only. According to traders at Koh-i-Taftan, getting through it requires hiring an adam farosh--a smuggler who has the connections to bribe an Iranian border guard. Sultan Mohammed, 24, a shopkeeper, says, "Many Arabs left Pakistan for Iran from this point. Sometimes, once or twice a week, you'll see a lone Arab being escorted into Iran." Knowing the Americans are looking for Arabs, the Iranian border guards charge them extra...
...majority of that aid is also politically rather than developmentally motivated—it is used to bribe nations such as Egypt and Turkey into supporting our policies. Only $1.4 billion, which averages $25 per American family, goes to sub-Saharan Africa, the most needy region in the world. These amounts are miniscule—less than annual late fees at Blockbuster or midnight pizza charges at Noch?...
It’s hard to feel too sorry for the vast majority of these crooks (who lose their money, not their lives). These so-called victims are greedy people willing to steal money from the coffers of a foreign government, willing to help corrupt bureaucrats cash out their bribe money, and even willing to take advantage of last year’s terrorist attacks...
CHILE Graft Scandal Grows Former Public Works Minister Carlos Cruz, a longtime friend of President Ricardo Lagos, was charged with bribe taking in a growing scandal that has undermined the image of the country as Latin America's least corrupt. Five current ruling-party lawmakers are also facing graft charges, but Lagos denied the scandal constituted a crisis for his center-left government...
...punishing anyone associated with him. Kibaki won 62% of the votes. He hopes to woo back disgruntled donors, who have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for Kenya, by rooting out corruption - within 12 hours of the inauguration a policeman was arrested for taking a $1.20 bribe from a bus driver. That's a symbolic move; it will be much harder for Kibaki to go after the powerful, moneyed and corrupt. If he does, donor money will help pay for free primary school education and better access to health care. "Kibaki has promised to declare his wealth. That...