Financial Transparency Coalition

Two dual Afghan/U.S. citizens were charged today with conspiracy and bribery in connection with a scheme to offer $1 million in bribes to a U.S. Army contracting official in order to influence the award of a road construction contract in Afghanistan.

LONDON -- A senior Swiss official accepting a $45,000 bribe? The U.S. citizen who made the allegation as he pleaded guilty to hiding money from the U.S. government might just has well have insulted all Swiss grannies.

Helmerich & Payne Inc. (H&P) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve improper payments by H&P to government officials in Argentina and Venezuela in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

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.