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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Turkish presidential candidate withdraws from elections days before vote

STORY: Turkish presidential candidate withdraws from elections days before vote DATELINE: May 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MUHARREM INCE, Leader of Homeland Party (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 3. various of the press conference (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 4. various of streets of Türkiye with campaign signs of political parties STORYLINE: Muharrem Ince, leader of the Homeland Party and one of four contesting presidential candidates for the May 14 elections of Türkiye, withdrew on Thursday from the presidential elections. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MUHARREM INCE, Leader of Homeland Party "I am withdrawing from the race. I do it for my country." Ince made the remarks at a press conference. He complained about a "slander campaign" against him, including allegations of sex tape and bribe. Alongside incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ince was one of the four candidat

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Former S. Korean premier summoned for questioning over bribe-taking

SEOUL, May 14 Kyodo - Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan Koo meets with reporters in Seoul on May 14, 2015, after being summoned by prosecutors for questioning over allegations of involvement in a bribery scandal. Lee denied the allegations and said, "I will talk to prosecutors in detail and will listen to them."

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Video of Indonesian policeman getting bribe

TOKYO, Japan - This image from a video posted on YouTube shows an Indonesian policeman holding a beer bottle at a police station on the resort island of Bali. The video showing the policeman receiving a bribe from a Dutch tourist aired on Indonesian TV on April 4, 2013, causing outrage.

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Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Lockheed executive Archibold Kotchian (in file photo taken in July 1972) died Dec. 14, a person from an apartment facility for elderly people in Palo Alto, California, where he lived, said Dec. 20. He was 94. He is known in Japan for his congressional testimony in February 1976 that his company had given money to foreign officials to sell Lockheed airplanes, which later led to the indictments of more than a dozen people in Japan, including former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, on charges of bribe-taking.

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Ex-education ministry official arrested over alleged bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metropolitan Police agents show up at the education ministry on April 4 to search for incriminating evidence after Hiroshi Oshima, 59, former chief of the ministry's Facilities Planning and Administration Department, was arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes from a construction firm in return for favorable consideration on a facility improvement project for a national university.

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya heads to be questioned by prosecutors on Nov. 28 in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Moriya is suspected of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said.

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors began questioning former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (in photo) on Nov. 28 on suspicion of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said. Photo shows Moriya leaving his home to take a taxi the same day.

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S. Korea Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung arrested

SEOUL, South Korea - Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong Koo heads for a detention house in Seoul on April 28 after he was arrested on suspicion of creating a slush fund to bribe politicians and government officials.

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IOC Vice President Kim Un Yong gets 30 months in jail

SEOUL, South Korea - The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Kim Un Yong (file photo), the South Korean vice president of the International Olympic Committee, to two years and six months in jail for embezzlement and bribe-taking.

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Lower house panel hears bribe-taking allegations facing Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (C), a member of the House of Representatives, heads for the lower house steering committee in the Diet in Tokyo on June 18 to respond to prosecutors' allegations that he accepted 5 million yen in bribes from Yamarin, a lumber firm in Hokkaido.

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Lower house steering committee discusses Suzuki issue

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Hatoyama (C), chairman of the House of Representatives steering committee, heads to the committee's board meeting to hold discussions over a request for an arrest warrant for lawmaker Muneo Suzuki. Suzuki is suspected of having accepted a 5 million yen bribe from Hokkaido lumber firm Yamarin in August 1998 in exchange for trying to secure favorable Forestry Agency treatment.

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Upper house head Inoue responds to bribery allegations

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue leaves the Diet on April 18 after responding to allegations his policy secretary received a bribe of 64 million yen from a construction firm in connection with a public works project.

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Upper house head Inoue to give account of bribe allegation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue who pledged April 17 to explain to house members about an allegation that his policy secretary received 64 million yen from a construction company over a public works project.

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(2)Mayor arrested over suspected bribe linked to Hitachi

MITO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 15 shows the electrical installation for a water purification plant built by Hitachi Ltd. in 1999 in the Village of Tamasato, Ibaraki Prefecture. Yoshishiro Kimura, mayor of Ishioka, and six others were arrested Jan. 15 over alleged irregularities in connection with the public works project.

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(1)Mayor arrested over suspected bribe linked to Hitachi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yoshishiro Kimura, mayor of Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, who was arrested Jan. 15 on suspicion of receiving a bribe for a public works contract won by Hitachi Ltd.

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State seizes villa of late premier Tanaka's family

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Photo taken May 30 shows the villa owned by a firm run by the bereaved family of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. It has been seized by the government after the family failed to pay overdue taxes for a 500 million yen bribe Tanaka allegedly received in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal.

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LDP's Koyama arrested for allegedly taking bribe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takao Koyama, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councillors, who was arrested Jan. 16 on suspicion of accepting bribe from KSD, an industrial insurance foundation.

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Convicted bribe-taker Fujinami announces reelection bid

ISE, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takao Fujinami, who was convicted in a 1980s stocks-for-favors bribery scandal, announces in his hometown of Ise in Mie Prefecture on May 25 that he will run for reelection to the House of Representatives in the general election, expected to be held June 25. Fujinami, 67, a former member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is now an independent lower house member.

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Ex-prosecutor Mitsui found guilty of bribe-taking

OSAKA, Japan - Tamaki Mitsui, former chief of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office's public security department, enters the Osaka District Court on Feb. 1. The court sentenced him to 20 months in prison and fined him 220,000 yen for taking bribes from a gangster in exchange for investigative information. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Lockheed executive Archibold Kotchian (in file photo taken in July 1972) died Dec. 14, a person from an apartment facility for elderly people in Palo Alto, California, where he lived, said Dec. 20. He was 94. He is known in Japan for his congressional testimony in February 1976 that his company had given money to foreign officials to sell Lockheed airplanes, which later led to the indictments of more than a dozen people in Japan, including former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, on charges of bribe-taking. (Kyodo)

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Lower house steering committee discusses Suzuki issue

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Hatoyama (C), chairman of the House of Representatives steering committee, heads to the committee's board meeting to hold discussions over a request for an arrest warrant for lawmaker Muneo Suzuki. Suzuki is suspected of having accepted a 5 million yen bribe from Hokkaido lumber firm Yamarin in August 1998 in exchange for trying to secure favorable Forestry Agency treatment.

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State seizes villa of late premier Tanaka's family

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Photo taken May 30 shows the villa owned by a firm run by the bereaved family of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. It has been seized by the government after the family failed to pay overdue taxes for a 500 million yen bribe Tanaka allegedly received in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal.

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The Bribe film (1949)

Ava Gardner & Robert Taylor Characters: Elizabeth Hintten, Rigby Film: The Bribe (USA 1949) Director: Robert Z. Leonard 03 February 1949 Date: 03-Feb-1949

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Police raid welfare ministry over My Number system-linked bribery

Investigators raid the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2015, after a 45-year-old bureaucrat was arrested the previous day for allegedly receiving a bribe for favoring a company in connection with Japan's introduction of the My Number social security and tax number system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid welfare ministry over My Number system-linked bribery

Investigators raid the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2015, after a 45-year-old bureaucrat was arrested the previous day for allegedly receiving a bribe for favoring a company in connection with Japan's introduction of the My Number social security and tax number system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former S. Korean premier summoned for questioning over bribe-taking

Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan Koo enters the prosecutors' office building in Seoul on May 14, 2015, after being summoned for questioning over allegations of involvement in a bribery scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-education ministry official arrested over alleged bribe-takin

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metropolitan Police agents show up at the education ministry on April 4 to search for incriminating evidence after Hiroshi Oshima, 59, former chief of the ministry's Facilities Planning and Administration Department, was arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes from a construction firm in return for favorable consideration on a facility improvement project for a national university. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung arrested

SEOUL, South Korea - Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong Koo heads for a detention house in Seoul on April 28 after he was arrested on suspicion of creating a slush fund to bribe politicians and government officials. (Kyodo)

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Former Defense Vice Minister Moriya on bribery trial

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) emerges from his home in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on April 21, heading for the Tokyo District Court to stand trial on charges of bribe-taking and perjury in Diet testimony. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice defense minister faces term without suspension

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya arrives at the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 5. Moriya was sentenced to two years and six months in prison without suspension at the court for bribe-taking and other charges. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya heads to be questioned by prosecutors on Nov. 28 in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Moriya is suspected of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors began questioning former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (in photo) on Nov. 28 on suspicion of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said. Photo shows Moriya leaving his home to take a taxi the same day. (Kyodo)

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David Rath

***JUNE 10, 2019 FILE PHOTO*** Former Central Bohemia regional governor and former health minister David Rath (for Social Democrats, CSSD) has received the summons to start serving his seven-year prison sentence for corruption, the server iROZHLAS.cz has said, referring to Rath's defence council Adam Cerny, on Thursday, October 3, 2019. The commercial television station Nova said Rath had confirmed that he received the summons and would go to the prison on Monday. Rath's criminal case started in mid-May 2012 when he was caught red-handed with seven million crowns in a wine box, a bribe for a manipulated commission relating to the reconstruction of a chateau in Central Bohemia, and arrested. In June, the Prague High Court meted out a seven-year prison sentence for him, fined him ten million crowns and gave him the seven-year ban to work in the civil service over fraud related to public contracts in Central Bohemia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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(2)Mayor arrested over suspected bribe linked to Hitachi

MITO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 15 shows the electrical installation for a water purification plant built by Hitachi Ltd. in 1999 in the Village of Tamasato, Ibaraki Prefecture. Yoshishiro Kimura, mayor of Ishioka, and six others were arrested Jan. 15 over alleged irregularities in connection with the public works project.

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(1)Mayor arrested over suspected bribe linked to Hitachi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yoshishiro Kimura, mayor of Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, who was arrested Jan. 15 on suspicion of receiving a bribe for a public works contract won by Hitachi Ltd.

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Chinese casino operator

Photo taken in Shenzhen, China, on Dec. 25, 2019, shows the building housing the head office of Chinese casino operator 500.com Ltd. The company allegedly gave 3 million yen in a bribe to a Japanese lawmaker who played an influential role in the country's casino resort policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ruling party lawmaker Akimoto on bribe-taking allegation

Undated photo shows Tsukasa Akimoto, a Japanese House of Representatives lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Akimoto, known as a vocal supporter of the introduction of casino resorts in Japan, was arrested on Dec. 25, 2019, on suspicion of receiving bribes from a Chinese gambling operator. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against ex-South Korean President Lee

People stage a rally in front of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on March 14, 2018, demanding the arrest of former South Korean President Lee Myung Bak over bribe-taking allegations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally for ex-South Korean President Lee Myung Bak

Supporters of former South Korean President Lee Myung Bak stage a rally in front of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on March 14, 2018, protesting an investigation targeting Lee over bribe-taking allegations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-exec of Narita airport operator arrested

Investigators raid Narita International Airport Corp., near Tokyo, on July 5, 2017, as a 64-year-old former executive of the airport operator was arrested on suspicion of receiving a bribe from a transport agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-exec of Narita airport operator to be arrested

File photo taken in May 2013 shows Narita airport near Tokyo. It was reported on July 5, 2017 that police will arrest a 64-year-old former executive of Narita International Airport Corp., the operator of the airport, on suspicion of receiving a bribe from a transport agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Exec of Narita airport operator to be arrested

Photo taken July 5, 2017, shows Narita International Airport Corp.'s headquarters near Tokyo. It was reported the same day that police will arrest a 64-year-old former executive of the airport operator on suspicion of receiving a bribe from a transport agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian minister detained on suspicion of receiving bribe

Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2016, shows Russian Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev (L) and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko shaking hands in Moscow. Ulyukayev was detained Nov. 15 on suspicion of receiving a $2 million bribe, according to Russia's Tass news agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC Vice President Kim Un Yong gets 30 months in jail

SEOUL, South Korea - The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Kim Un Yong (file photo), the South Korean vice president of the International Olympic Committee, to two years and six months in jail for embezzlement and bribe-taking. (Kyodo)