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Rush hour traffic in Kinshasa, DRC, which has 17 million residents. Hardy_Bope/AFP via Getty Images

Kinshasa’s traffic cops run an extortion scheme generating five times more revenue than fines

Low wages and low funding in the DR Congo have led to police officers trying to extract funds from drivers.
Recent Supreme Court decisions have made it so that bribing a politician must be cartoonishly blatant to qualify as corruption. DigitalVision Vectors via Getty

This Supreme Court has redefined the meaning of corruption

Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court has made it much harder for federal prosecutors to go after corrupt state and local officials.
Senegalese police rank among the worst for brutality against protesters. John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images.

Corrupt, brutal and unprofessional? Africa‑wide survey of police finds diverging patterns

Negative perceptions of police professionalism and corruption go hand in hand with low public trust in the police, poor marks on government performance, and citizens’ sense of insecurity.
Corruption is a serious issue and costly threat to Canada’s foreign trade and international reputation. (Shutterstock)

Canada needs to move beyond poorly enforced bribery laws and tackle corruption’s root causes

If Canada wants to fix its reputation for being weak on corruption, it needs to confront the harms associated with globalization and bring multinational corporations under democratic control.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez. AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File

Menendez indictment looks bad, but there are defenses he can make

The indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez is full of lurid details – hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash stuffed into clothes among them. Will they tank Menendez’s career?

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