Category: corruption

Chinese-Linked Casinos in Pacific Islands Are Vehicles for Corruption, Expanding CCP Influence: Analysts

A Fijian court handed down a sentence and ordered a Chinese casino developer to pay $650,000 on April 28 for causing substantial damage to the environment while undertaking unauthorized development on Malolo Island in Fiji’s west. The case also highlighted the marathon struggle of Australian surfers Navrin Fox and Woody Jack who held a stake…


Why Is a Premier City Like Anaheim So Mismanaged?

Commentary It would be the last time I would enjoy a meal at Mr. Stox, the former landmark Anaheim, Calif., restaurant which has since closed. It was sentimentally special, as I had dinner there in high school for a prom night double date. I was there more than ten years ago to have lunch with…


Was Census Count Rigged Too? Texas, Tennessee, Florida May Have Been Robbed of Congressional Seats

Commentary A year ago, my colleagues and I at the Committee to Unleash Prosperity raised the alarm that there were potential shenanigans with the 2020 census. Based on annual estimates from 2011 to 2020, we alerted that the new decennial census count and subsequent reapportionment were slanted against red states. Based on the census annual…


Chinese Weaponized Corruption Is a National Security Threat

Commentary In November 2018, at the direction of then-President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI, and other federal security and economic agencies launched the China Initiative to halt the massive transfer of American information and technology to China and counter Chinese spying in American businesses, research institutions, and universities. In late February…


Crime Family? Peter Schweizer on the Biden Family’s Corruption | Counterculture

In this episode of Counterculture with Danielle D’Souza Gill, Danielle takes a deeper look at the “Biden crime family.” She interviews Peter Schweizer, the author of “Red Handed” and “Clinton Cash,” about corruption. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus…


Peter Schweizer on the Biden Family’s Alleged Corruption | Counterculture

In this episode of Counterculture with Danielle D’Souza Gill, Danielle takes a deeper look at the Biden family. She interviews Peter Schweizer, the author of “Red Handed” and “Clinton Cash,” about corruption. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble:…


Beverly Hills Developer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bribing Ex-County Employee

LOS ANGELES—A commercial real estate developer has agreed to plead guilty to paying off a Los Angeles County employee in exchange for help obtaining a government lease worth $45 million, according to court papers obtained Wednesday. Arman Gabay, 61, of Beverly Hills, is expected to enter his plea to a bribery count on a date…


Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Handed Five-Year Jail Term for Graft

A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases she faces, a source with knowledge of the proceedings said. The Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar’s opposition to military rule is charged with at…


China’s Richest Made Gains Despite Pandemic

China’s wealthiest got richer during the first year of the pandemic, says a recent report that follows an earlier study that indicates the top 2 percent of the population owns 80 percent of the country’s total wealth. As of Jan. 1, 2021, wealthy Chinese families—those with total assets exceeding approximately $942,000—had a combined wealth of…


South Africa’s Socialist Government Blamed for Scale of Flood Disaster

As floodwaters recede in South Africa to reveal hundreds of bodies and the remnants of lost lives, a picture is emerging of how mismanagement and corruption by the nation’s socialist government contributed to the gravity and depth of one of the nation’s worst natural disasters. A storm erupted over eastern KwaZulu-Natal province on April 18,…