Corruption Stories

INSIDE THE BRUTAL POWER STRUGGLE AT HOMELAND SECURITY

This fascinating insight into a "Game of Thrones”-style power struggle within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s office shows how ineffective these institutions are at fighting corruption and forcing reform. While this problem at the DHS IG is fueled by personal ambitions, these offices are flawed in general, because they are dependent on the very departments they are supposed to inspect and more concerned with maintaining a good relationship with the management of those departments than holding them accountable. Unfortunately, Congress has outsourced much of its oversight role to these flawed executive agencies. If Congress is serious about accountability, it should empower whistleblowers to report government misconduct/negligence to the public and hold those who retaliate against them personally accountable in federal court.

 Corruption comes in many ‘grades’, says Annamalai in book - The Hindu

A book by a former Indian police officer exposes the extent of corruption in the Indian Police Service. He describes how postings are graded by "economic potential" based on the difficulty of work at the post and the ability to generate income, and bribes