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...interim government has also drawn criticism for failing to quickly prove corruption by the former P.M., even though his alleged graft was a major rationale the generals gave for staging their putsch. (On Monday evening, a junta-appointed investigative committee announced it had ordered the freezing of Thaksin's domestic bank accounts, estimated at more than $1 billion.) More generally, many Thais blame the coup leaders for a series of economic missteps that dented Thailand's international reputation, as well as for scrapping the previous constitution and presenting a new draft that drew little from public consultation...
...shadowy world of the yakuza and the difficulties Japan's once mighty mafia faces as it struggles to adapt to the country's changing economic circumstances. Over the past several years, the mobsters' traditional revenue sources have been drying up, largely due to vastly reduced government spending on graft-prone public-works projects. With easy money harder to get, gangsters may be more likely to resort to strong-arm tactics as they fight for scraps. "The Nagasaki shooting is a harbinger of what's to come," says Mitsuhiro Suganuma, a former high-ranking agent with Japan's Public Security Intelligence...
...country widely perceived as one of the world's most corrupt, the most dramatic aspect of Ahmed's rule is his antigraft campaign against the establishment. So far, more than 160 senior politicians, top civil servants and security officials have been arrested on suspicion of graft and other economic crimes. The roundup has netted former ministers from the two main political parties and, most recently, even Zia's own son Tareque Rahman. Last week Rahman, 40, appeared in court to face a charge (which he denies) that he extorted $147,000 from the owner of a Dhaka construction firm...
High levels of corruption - a perennial scourge of Africa - are also fueling discontent. According to Berlin-based good governance watchdog Transparency International, graft is seen to be a "serious" problem in Senegal. In his victory speech, Wade vowed to target rising levels of corruption - especially that of his adversaries - raising the specter of further political conflict. He also pledged that the majority of Senegalese would have jobs within two years, but failed to outline how he'd achieve that tall task. Back in Dakar, taxi driver Saliou Diouf, 27, pondered an uncertain future: "Next time will be different - until then...
...linguistic training, the courts are being run by a dwindling group of international legal experts. In August 2006, for instance, not a single civil or criminal trial hearing was scheduled because of a lack of staff. Even though corruption is becoming a concern in East Timor, no cases of graft have been brought to trial since independence. Today, with so few Portuguese-speaking judicial employees available, police are having to release suspects because the courts cannot schedule hearings within 72 hours, as required by law. "The justice system is being seen as enabling the criminals," says Katherine Hunter, head...