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Gafur Rakhimov is under U.S. sanctions as a suspected kingpin of a Eurasian crime syndicate.
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Gafur Rakhimov is under U.S. sanctions as a suspected kingpin of a Eurasian crime syndicate.
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Those willing and able to emulate the most despicable enemies of a free press are a dime a dozen.
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The success of further development of Ukraine as sovereign and independent, democratic, social, constitutional state now, more than ever earlier, depends on determination of politicians, statesmen and public employees and adherence to principles of each citizen and civil society in general in fight against the external and internal enemy. Among internal enemies of Ukraine corruption which makes impossible effective economic, social and humanitarian development of Ukraine is high on the list, slows down the European integration of Ukraine, and at the end advantageous of external foes of our state. Therefore, eradication of corruption is one of the most important functions of the Ukrainian state now. The important place in system of subjects of forming and implementation of the state anti-corruption policy belongs to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ukraine. So, the parliament in Ukraine creates legal including the legal framework of the state anti-corruption policy, and also participates in forming of contest committees on election of special subjects of the prevention and counteraction. The head of state in Ukraine also defines essence and the maintenance of the state anti-corruption policy in the decrees, and also participates in forming of the commissions on selection and appointments of officials of specially authorized bodies according to the prevention and counteraction of corruption, and provides independence in activity of some of these bodies. The government of Ukraine provides complex implementation of the state anti-corruption policy, has own representation in contest committees which carry out forming of specially authorized bodies of prevention and counteraction of corruption (National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, etc.), And also performs the common directorship and coordination of activity of National police of Ukraine and National Agency for Prevention of Corruption. At the same time, the success of prevention and counteraction of corruption in Ukraine depends on efficiency of interaction of the supreme bodies of the government in the field of forming and implementation of the state anti-corruption policy.
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One of two FSB agents indicted by U.S. in same case may have been playing a double game.
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The article offers an analysis of the inscription of the 2nd century AD, engraved on a bronze board, founded in Souk el-Khmis in North Africa. It includes a complaint of colons from the area of saltus Burunitanus, addressed to Emperor Commodus, about the abuse of law by the procurator and the general land lessee. The text is a source of knowledge of the work conditions and the situation in the colons, working in the Imperial estates in North Africa (province of Africa proconsularis). It is at the same time one of the most comprehensive sources of information about the organisation and management of the Roman provinces during the time of the Empire. The colons were small land lessees, who on the basis of locatio-conductio contract cultivated land, collected harvested and paid tenancy. Initially they were free Roman citizens and enjoyed the confidence of the landowners. Over time, their situation deteriorated. The abuse in relation to them were frequent and one such case of complaint is described. It is a testimony to the days, when the colons still had a strong and independent position, largely based on personal freedom.
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As a rule companies are free to decide where and when they will sell their products and with which companies or clients they are prepared to contract. Such freedom is not unlimited and a dominant company which refuses to deal may be accused of abusing its dominant position. The aim of the article is to analyse the most common forms of refusals to deal, with regard to the law on competition. The article will focus on practices which lead to the elimination of competition, discrimination against consumers and business partners and creating barriers of entry to the market. Examining such practices will answer the question as to which practices constitute a refusal to deal and abuse a dominant position. The last part of the article will focus on the issue of unbiased justification of refusal to deal. It will examine those conditions where the dominant undertaking can refuse to deal with its competitors or clients because of unbiased reasons.
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Prawo karne ma charakter uniwersalny, co oznacza, ze dotyczy stosunków ze sfery zarówno publicznej, jak i prywatnej. W odniesieniu do zachowań korupcyjnych zakres kryminalizacji ukształtowany historycznie w polskim prawie karnym obejmował głównie korupcje w sektorze publicznym. Sytuacja w tym względzie ulęgła zmianie w ostatnich latach.Artykuł poświęcony jest analizie procesu kryminalizacji zachowań korupcyjnych w sferze prywatnej w polskim prawie karnym, które można nazwać publicyzacją sfery prywatnej w kontekście prawa karnego. Proces ten wiązał się z umiędzynarodowieniem polskiego prawa karnego i zaowocował wprowadzeniem do kodeksu karnego nowego typu przestępstwa korupcji gospodarczej (art. 296a k.k.).
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The former Georgian president was unceremoniously hustled out of the country yesterday after weeks of goading the government.
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Hungary-watchers have been saying for years that EU funds are being spent enriching Orban’s inner circle.
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When his skis broke, hopes for the country’s only Alpine skier to compete in Pyeongchang looked dim.
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Reporter had investigated reputed crime bosses and their links to the ruling populist party.
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The article is devoted to the study of legal changes that should be made regarding special types of exemption from criminal liability for corruption crimes. The necessity of creating new articles in the Criminal Code of Ukraine related to counteraction to corruption was argued. It has been determined how these transformation of norms will affect the mechanism of law enforcement of incentive norms in general, and on the designated institute of special dismissal in particular.
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The paper deals with forensic signs of corruption crimes committed in the sphere of office activity, and indicate their significance and the need for the investigator during the preliminary investigation.
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Bela Kovacs said he would quit his party Jobbik in order to avoid the case being used as a political tool in the upcoming elections.
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In the article on the basis of the analysis of the content of general social prevention of corruption in Ukraine, the basic issues that need to develop scientific and improvement in regulatory levels, including taking into account international best practice.
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In the article on the basis of the analysis of the content of individual prevention of corruption in Ukraine, identifies key issues that require development on research and improvement of the regulatory levels, including taking into account the positive international experience.
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Still hard to fathom at the moment, the ramifications of Jan Kuciak’s murder could usher in an era of political change.
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The article discusses topical issues of reforming the law enforcement agencies in the context of the adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in 2012. There is also about the need of identification of the place and the role of the State Bureau of Investigation in the national law enforcement system and specially authorized subjects in the field of anti-corruption activity.
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In this article the generalizations on administrative legal estimates of corruption, trends that represent modern state of legal sphere, addresses to the social and economic consequences of corruption in society has been analyzed and the basic direction of counteraction to this negative phenomenon were underlined. The complex analysis of foreign experience in the sphere of combating corruption in state and local government, as is the model of anti-corruption activities of state institutions in Singapore and the Netherlands with making practical proposals for incorporating this experience into the national legal system. Thesis there is determined performance indicators specific convergence of national anti-corruption systems with similar institutions of foreign countries.
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In the article the author determines the place of tourism business as an object of perpetration acts of corruption. The author notes that corruption is one of the main institutions of the shadow economy in the tourism business, along with the shadow production of particular products, the shadow providing of tourism services; shadow sale of production in the field of tourism; misappropriation of budget funds; shadow incomes of tourism enterprises (including the shadow wage); shadow employment. The author analyses ways of committing corruption acts, methods and preventive measures for the struggle with the phenomenon.
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