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Amazon Accused Of Bribing Govt Officials; Govt Claims 'Zero Tolerance Towards Corruption'
Amazon is under scrutiny for its legal representatives allegedly bribing Indian government officials on September 21. The government questioned Amazon for spending over Rs. 8500 crores in "legal fees" since 2019. The government also defended its stand through a "zero-tolerance policy" towards corruption. Modi government accused "Whole system working on bribes, which is not the best business practice". Amazon has reportedly launched an… read-more
Tags: Amazon, Goverment, Bribery, Probe, corruption
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Former Austrian FinMin Karl-Heinz Grasser Sentenced 8-Year Jail
Karl-Heinz Grasser, former Austrian Finance Minister, has been convicted of corruption and bribery amounting to nine million euro. Awarding him an eight-year imprisonment, the Vienna Court found him guilty of leaking information of a bid and termed it as deliberate abuse of authority. The court also handed jail terms to former Austrian leader Walter Meischberger and a lobbyist Peter Hochegger. Interestingly, Grasser became the youngest… read-more
Tags: Austria, Karl-Heinz Grasser, Finance Minister, corruption, Bribery, Money laundering case
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