Politics Mar 31 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking public office for 5 years after embezzlement verdict By Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press
World Dec 22 Vatican prosecutor seeks new trial after cardinal’s embezzlement conviction The main focus of the trial involved the Holy See’s 350 million-euro ($386 million) investment in converting a former Harrod’s warehouse into luxury apartments. By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
World Dec 16 Vatican cardinal sentenced to 5½ years in prison after being convicted of embezzlement A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested… By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
World Feb 09 Mexico says former security chief stole $745 million from government contracts García Luna is on trial in New York, accused of accepting millions of dollars to let the Sinaloa cartel traffic tons of cocaine to the U.S. By Associated Press
Nation May 06 Mississippi auditor finds Brett Favre paid from welfare funds for speeches he never gave A Mississippi audit says a nonprofit group used more than $1 million in welfare money to pay former NFL quarterback Brett Favre for multiple speaking engagements — but he did not show up at the events. By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press
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Jul 18 Watch Alexei Navalny, Prominent Russian Voice of Dissent, Convicted of Embezzlement Prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of embezzling $500,000 worth of timber and sentenced to five years in prison. But he and his supporters say the sentence is politically motivated due to Navalny's crusade against corruption and criticism… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Khodorkovsky Conviction Renews ‘Selective Justice’ Concerns in Russia After the latest conviction of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Jeffrey Brown examines political dissent, the rule of law and the legal system in Russia with Anna Vassilieva of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Dimitri Simes of the Nixon… Continue watching