The stiff penalty was the potentially final step in the stunning downfall of the former official, Genaro García Luna, who has gone from the heights of power to imprisonment.
Tag: Bribery and Kickbacks
U.N. Official Took $3 Million in Secret Gifts From Businessman
The official secretly took $3 million in gifts from a businessman to whom he steered the organization’s funds, a court ruled. The U.N. got a song about the ocean.
S. Iswaran, Ex-Singapore Minister, Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison
The sentence for S. Iswaran, a former transportation minister who pleaded guilty last week, was longer than what prosecutors had sought.
In Rare Graft Case in Singapore, Former Minister Pleads Guilty
S. Iswaran, the former transport minister, had maintained his innocence on the corruption charge for months but on Tuesday pleaded guilty to five lesser offenses.
The Contention Over Mexico’s Plan to Elect Judges, Explained
A sweeping change would have thousands of judges, from local courtrooms all the way up to the Supreme Court, elected instead of appointed.
Alberto Fujimori, 86, Leader of Peru Imprisoned for Rights Abuses, Dies
During his decade in power, he revived the economy and crushed two violent leftist insurgencies. But he was forced out in a corruption scandal and later imprisoned for human rights abuses.
When Gambia Banned Female Genital Cutting, a Defiant 96-Year-Old Resisted
Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West African nation of Gambia, became the first to be convicted there. But her case led to a backlash and a popular campaign to make it legal again.
South Korea Says an Official Leaked Classified Information to China
The sales of intelligence agency data raised awkward questions as the nation is expanding military information sharing with the United States.
China Levels Graft Charges Against Former Defense Ministers
The two generals were accused of taking huge bribes and of corruption that reached into the armaments sector, indicating that the country’s military has not shaken off old habits.
Jacob Zuma Gets His Revenge on South African Party That Shunned Him
A new party led by Mr. Zuma, a former president forced out over corruption allegations, helped ensure that the African National Congress fell short of an outright majority for the first time since the end of apartheid.