Financial Transparency Coalition

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the 44 people arrested last week in a sweeping federal probe of political corruption and money laundering in New Jersey that netted several city mayors and rabbis has been found dead in suspicious circumstances, authorities said.

ZURICH (Dow Jones)--Switzerland's justice department said Wednesday that allegations a high-ranking Swiss official was bribed by a Swiss bank client aren't specific enough to pursue a case.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors are investigating allegations that an unamed Swiss official took a bribe from a U.S. client of UBS, they said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - The niece of a U.S. Army major pleaded guilty today for her role in a conspiracy to cover up her uncle’s role in accepting more than $9 million in bribes as a contracting officer in Kuwait, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney of the Antitrust Division announced.