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La Costa Nostra es una victoria ciudadana. Este audiolibro es el resultado de la obsesión periodística de Laura Ardila, de su deseo de escudriñar un poder con alcances inimaginables y de su propósito por comprender el éxito y la habilidad en los negocios, las prácticas clientelistas y los vínculos afectivos del clan empresarial y político más poderoso de Colombia.

In this powerful exposé, Dr. Arley Ballenger takes listeners deep into the heart of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, a town where corruption runs deep and those who stand up against the powerful forces are silenced. From suspicious deaths and whistleblower murders to the systemic abuse of power by local officials, this book reveals the dark truths behind the town’s most shocking scandals. Through gripping real-life accounts, investigative journalism, and firsthand testimony, Dr. Ballenger uncovers the hidden corruption that has plagued Bartlesville for decades.

The Deeper State is about the elites, their secret societies, world power centers, and evil motivations behind the chaotic contemporary world pressing all life toward a final one world empire.

In the heated days shortly before the 2020 presidential election, a news story appeared in the New York Post detailing how Hunter Biden used the position and influence of his father, now President Joe Biden, for personal gain, with President Biden’s awareness.

Martin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton was considered the highest-ranking judge in the United States after the nine Justices of the Supreme Court, and was nearly appointed to that august body in 1922. Yet his story has never been told in book-length form before, and never with the benefit of such exhaustive research.

A nivel nacional e internacional, persiste la noción de que las instituciones policiacas de México son corruptas. Nada menos, en el léxico del trasiego de drogas la Policía Federal era sinónimo de operadores y peones de narcotraficantes. Las acciones de muchos agentes la desacreditaron,al grado de que muy pocos mexicanos confiaban en esta institución creada presuntamente para garantizar la seguridad nacional. Sin embargo, en su historial también existen misiones exitosas que concluyeron con la detención de importantes capos o la resolución de casos que llevaban tiempo sin ser atendidos.

Nunca se explicaron los verdaderos motivos, y este hecho tampoco tuvo la resonancia que merecía, pese a que quien se iba era, quizá, el segundo hombre más poderoso del país en ese momento.

Stephen Friend had his dream job as an FBI special agent. After nearly a decade of combating violent crime, human trafficking, and child predators, he was reassigned to the FBI’s unprecedented investigation of the political unrest at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Representative democracies in the US and around the world are in trouble. Due to the political divide and political party extremism, people are upset, and looking for a government that better serves them. Books and articles are rife with blame, but no realistic, actionable solution has been put forth. Minor changes have been proposed such as term limits and multi-voting. However, no one has examined the root cause of the problem, much less developed a practical solution to toxic, destructive politics that incite hate and violence. Until now....

Operation Car Wash is the inside story of two Brazilian Federal Police officers who found themselves at the centre of the biggest corruption scandal in history; uncovering a web of political and corporate racketeering which would lead them all the way to the arrest and imprisonment of the nation’s President. Through engrossing first-hand testimony, Pontes and Anselmo recount the uphill battle faced by the Federal Police in apprehending Brazil’s white-collar criminals.

Unschuldig hinter Gittern. Jens Söring wurde in den USA wegen angeblichen Doppelmordes trotz fragwürdiger Beweislage verurteilt – 33 Jahre verbrachte er zu Unrecht im Gefängnis. Ein solches Fehlurteil ist in Deutschland undenkbar? Mitnichten! Zwei der renommiertesten Strafverteidiger Deutschlands packen aus und nehmen das deutsche (Un-)Rechtswesen auseinander. "Im Zweifel gegen den Angeklagten" ist bedauerlicher Alltag in deutschen Strafprozessen. Justizirrtümer sind an der Tagesordnung.

Approximately 200,000 women and girls were forced into sexual slavery during World War 2. They were also known as comfort women, a translation of Ianfu(慰安婦), the Japanese term for "comforting, consoling woman." Although most of the women came from Korea, women from other occupied regions such as Burma, China, Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya, Manchukuo, Taiwan, New Guinea, Portuguese Timor, and the Dutch East Indies were also taken into the military sexual slavery.

Er steht mit einem Kopfgeld von fünf Millionen Dollar auf der Most-Wanted-Liste des FBI. Er steckt hinter vielen Konflikten dieser Welt. Er wird seit fast zwei Jahrzehnten von Geheimdiensten wie CIA, NSA, MI6, Mossad, BND gejagt: Der Chinese Karl Lee gilt ihnen als gefährlichster Mann der Welt. Es beginnt in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ein ehemaliger FBI-Analyst meldet sich aus dem Nichts bei den Autoren, international bekannten Investivativreportern. Er berichtet von der langjährigen Suche nach einem Chinesen, der gefährlichste Waffentechnik verkauft. Der alle Embargos unterläuft.

Britta Nielsen, en betroet medarbejder i Socialstyrelsen, blev i 2018 landskendt for at overføre næsten 121 mio. kr. til sig selv af de satspuljemidler, Folketinget har afsat til samfundets mest udsatte borgere. Svindlen foregik gennem 25 år, men ingen kolleger eller chefer anede uråd. Og ingen savnede de penge, som forsvandt. Emil Herskind var afdelingschef i Socialministeriet og fik ansvaret for at håndtere sagen. Det var ham, der skulle afdække sagens omfang og få socialministeren helskindet gennem forløbet.

È possibile amministrare bene Roma? No. Perché è altrettanto impossibile amministrare bene l'Italia. Nella capitale questa realtà si tocca con mano perché, a un insieme di regole assurde, che condiziona la vita di tutti i Comuni, le Regioni e gli enti locali, si somma una città con una geografia, un'estensione, una struttura istituzionale e burocratica tali da renderla ingovernabile anche per un politico ben intenzionato. Inoltre la presenza sul territorio urbano di tutti gli uffici pubblici e le sedi centrali di associazioni di categoria del Paese rende il quadro ancora più caotico.

Sí podía saberse lo que iba a ocurrir si Andrés Manuel López Obrador llegaba a la Presidencia. Bastaba observar, poner atención, seguir los pasos que fue dando desde sus orígenes como soldado priista. Eso es justamente lo que ha hecho Pablo Hiriart desde hace 34 años: señalar y documentar cada una de las afrentas que la democracia mexicana ha soportado a manos del fundador de Morena.

I've believed for many years that the powers that be (whoever they are) who control most everything in America have worked overtime to turn the American Law Enforcement Officer into little more than a tool for the shadow government: a way to get around The Posse Comitatus Act.

What you are about to read is a follow-up to the first edition of this publication entitled Who Rigged the Bids: Combatting Procurement Fraud in the City of Brotherly Love. The first edition was undertaken after a series of training seminars for the city of Philadelphia’s housing authority’s office of audit and compliance (OCA). This publication restates and expands upon the need to zero in on a specific type of corruption: that being bid rigging.

El15 de octubre de 2020, el arrestodel general SalvadorCienfuegos Zepeda en el aeropuerto de Los Ángeles, California,sacudió las estructuras del poder militar en México. El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos lo acusaba de usar surangopara ofrecer protección al Cártel de Sinaloa,así como de recibir sobornos millonarios y estar coludido con dicha organización criminal para el trasiego de drogas. La denominada “OperaciónPadrino” era la investigación internacional más sólida y contundente sobre un militar mexicano relacionado directamente con el narcotráfico.

En México, la corrupción de las grandes empresas es igual o peor que la de los gobernantes: algunas corporaciones no sólo mueven toneladas de dinero para burlar la ley, sino que lo hacen con total impunidad. Prácticamente nadie investiga o castiga a las transnacionales que reparten sobornos. Este libro—ganador del Premio de Periodismo Javier Valdez Cárdenas 2019—rompe el círculo vicioso de silencio y simulación y les pone nombre y apellido a las compañías señaladas por malas prácticas, explica los esquemas de la transa y las razones de la impunidad desatada.