VATICAN CITY— The Holy See has announced criminal charges against ten individuals—both clergy and laymen—in ongoing attempts to punish widespread financial corruption. Amongst the ten named in the July 3 press release was Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once the number two at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State. A recent revelation in the Italian press may…
Vatican Announces Criminal Charges for Financial Corruption and Money Laundering. Trial Begins Tuesday
US Blacklists 3 Bulgarians, 64 Companies Over Corruption
WASHINGTON/SOFIA—The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 64 companies and three Bulgarians over corruption, including an oligarch accused of planning to create a conduit for Russian political leaders to influence the Bulgarian government. A statement by the Treasury Department said the move was its single biggest action targeting graft to date. Bulgaria ranks as…
Xi Jinping Orders a Full Investigation Into Ultramarathon Disaster to Quell International Media Criticism
The Gansu ultramarathon disaster, which killed 21 runners, has sparked public outrage and probes from international media into the deeper issues related to Chinese politics. In order to quell the worldwide criticism, Chinese communist regime leader Xi Jinping has ordered a full investigation into the incident. Chinese media reported on May 25 that the Gansu Provincial…
Mayor London Breed Should Recuse Herself From Selection of New San Francisco Attorney
May 21, 2021
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The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is presently conducting a wide-ranging corruption investigation into Mayor London Breed’s administration. It would thus be a severe conflict of interest for Breed to select the new city attorney. Dennis Herrera has served as the San Francisco city attorney since 2001 with distinction. He is stepping down to head…
In San Francisco, ‘A Fish Rots From the Head Down’
Commentary As a public servant who worked for 33 years in seven different San Francisco City and County departments and as a former elected city official, I can assure you that corruption and misuse of public trust does not happen unless it is either promoted by or overlooked from the top. The top in this…
Judge Agrees to May 2022 Trial Date for Huizar
May 10, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The judge overseeing the public corruption case involving ex-Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar agreed May 10 to put off the trial until next year. Citing concerns over issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, attorney schedules and voluminous evidentiary materials, prosecutors and defense lawyers filed a stipulation to start the trial on May 24,…
Amid China-US Maritime Tension, Chinese Rear Admiral Is Sacked
Song Xue, a rear admiral and deputy chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy was removed from his post as a delegate to the regime’s rubber-stamp legislature and suspected of “serious violation of discipline and law,” according to a notice from the Standing Committee of the legislature on April 29. According to an…
Miracle or Disgrace: A Perspective on the CCP’s Report on Poverty Alleviation
Commentary Beijing’s mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, has described the ruling Communist Party’s poverty alleviation efforts in an article on April 7 as “fulfilling a solemn commitment and creating a miracle on earth.” The message from state media came a day after the State Council Information Office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) released a white paper titled,…
Israeli President Picks Netanyahu to Try to Form Government
JERUSALEM—Israel’s president handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task on Tuesday of trying to form a government from the country’s splintered parliament, giving the embattled leader a chance to prolong his lengthy term in office while he stands trial on corruption charges. In his announcement, President Reuven Rivlin acknowledged that no party leader had…
35 GOP Senators, Representatives Blast Democrats’ Bringing Back Earmarks
Bringing back earmarks in federal spending is the worst “way to build back trust in Congress” because they are a quasi-legalized form of bribery” that “enables Washington’s spending addiction.” That’s according to 35 Republican members of the Senate and House of Representatives who signed a March 10 letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy…
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