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Corruption to evolve in 2009

Jan 07, 2009
Staff and wire reports

CORRUPTION: The deputy head of the corruption watchdog said that bribe takers would suffer as corruption evolves to more complicated schemes in the coming year.
RIGA - Corruption in Latvia is unlikely to decline in 2009, but it will become different, according to the deputy head of the anti-corruption bureau. Deputy head of the Latvian Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB), Juta Strike told the Baltic News Service the New Year is set to usher in a new more aggressive brand of corruption in Latvia, with those wanting to subvert the system devising increasingly complicated schemes to avoid being caught. Strike predicts that current tough e ...

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