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9 cops get immunity in corrupt
Nine police officers have been given immunity to testify before a grand jury in the ongoing probe of Chicago police corruption, a defense lawyer said Tuesday.
Michael Ficaro, who represents embattled Chicago Police Officer Jerome Finnigan, made the statement as he asked Judge John Fleming for permission to release the names of those who have testified and put them on the Internet.
Fleming denied Ficaro's request and said only the lawyers on both sides of the criminal case could have the names.
Finnigan and six other officers have been charged with felonies ranging f... Read more
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Baltic Times - Riga,Latvia
10 August 2007
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'Corruption is a problem' – po
RIGA – The top officer in the Latvian police force has admitted that corruption is serious problem among his colleagues – but is confident that the situation will improve.
“The figures are high. It is a problem. I do not think it is easily solved. The situation disturbs me,” said police chief Aldis Lieljuksis, Aug 9.
Lieljuksis said that 13 officers were sentenced on corruption charges during the second quarter of 2007, and that 62 criminal cases have been initiated this year.
He added that the “process will not stop.”
Lieljuksis underscored that the police service is continuing to put its internal control system in order and has developed guidelines telling officers what they should do if a bribe is offered. As well as declining the bribe, they now have to detain the person offering it.
Other issues being addressed include holiday and overtime entitlements. The police will soon be granted access to State Revenue Service databases, allowing them to keep a closer eye on the official expenditure declarations of police officials. Lieljuksis believes that all these activities will improve the situation considerably.
The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) or “police’s police” work review for the first half of the year says that 14 employees of different police institutions are officially suspects on corruption charges.
Most are suspected of accepting bribes in return for ‘turning a blind eye’ to minor offences or dropping the threat of prosecution.
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