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Europe | Greece | Corruption

Mother of Greek ex-minister withdrew $178,000 before capital controls

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The 85-year-old mother of Nadia Valavani, former Greek deputy finance minister from the ruling Syriza party, admitted that she withdrew 200,000 euros ($178,000) from her bank account in Crete on the eve of the imposition of capital controls in the country. “The money was my life savings, I was scared and I took it home,” she said in an interview. After the revelation, many raised political and moral issues after connecting the the two events, accusing the former deputy of fraud.
North America | United States | Corruption

Did NAACP president lie about her race? City investigates

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The City of Spokane announced Thursday it's investigating whether the president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP violated the city's code of ethics in her application to serve on the citizen police ombudsman commission. Rachel Dolezal serves as chair of the independent commission, in addition to her work as an adjunct faculty member at Eastern Washington University and president of the NAACP local chapter. On her application to serve on the commission, she identified herself as African-American. But public records, including Dolezal's own birth certificate, list her biological parents as
Latin America | Guatemala | Corruption

Guatemala vice president resigns amid corruption scandal

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Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina announced Friday that his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, was resigning after one of her top aides was accused of participating in a customs bribery ring. The announcement came two days after Guatemala‘s Supreme Court called on Congress to remove Baldetti’s immunity from prosecution, clearing the way for possible legal action against the vice president. Pérez said Baldetti had voluntarily left the post “in order to participate in and collaborate with the necessary investigations and above all with due process of the law.” “Her decisi
Latin America | Chile | Corruption

Chile waits as Michelle Bachelet considers new cabinet after scandal

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President’s approval ratings fell to 29% before she sacked her entire cabinet, in a move that may strengthen her authority as a no-nonsense leader After sacking her entire cabinet, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet kept the nation guessing on Friday as she considered a new lineup to steer the country out of one of the country’s most dramatic political crises since the 1973 military coup. Ensconcing herself in her hillside home in Santiago, the Socialist party leader has not yet uttered a word to the public about her intentions to deal with a series of corruption scandals that have

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