Mr Habibie has tried to head off demands for a commercial witch-hunt by ordering a more general inquiry into corruption, headed by the attorney-general's office.
Golkar's Marzuki Darusman, the attorney-general, has spearheaded the corruption investigation against Suharto and ordered the arrest of Bob Hasan, a Suharto business crony.
In running against Schneiderman, Donovan had promised to increase the attorney general's focus on public corruption.
The governor has a history of fighting public corruption while state attorney general from 2007 through 2010.
Mr Zakhilwal had been under pressure to name them after making general accusations earlier this year about corruption in parliament.
The Washington based World Justice Project conducts the review annually to better gauge progress in which countries are improving in terms of corruption, security and general governance.
Republicans alleged that as attorney general, Madrid failed to dig out the corruption.
Two months later the prosecutor-general was fired and thrown in jail on charges of corruption.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who took office in 2011 pledging to clean up state government, on Tuesday defended his own record of public-corruption cases during his tenure as state attorney general.
The irony in this case is that in his previous job as New York's attorney general, Spitzer was not only an attack dog against corruption, particularly on Wall Street, but he also prosecuted several prostitution rings.
Mr Bremer is also nominating a bevy of general inspectors, one for each ministry, to sniff out corruption.
Miss Bhutto, who is in self-imposed exile sheltering from corruption charges, seemed willing to help if the general elections were to be free and fair.
Ms. ALICE FISHER (Assistant Attorney General): Abramoff has agreed to cooperate in the ongoing public corruption probe led by the Department of Justice.
The watchdog also found that 98 candidates facing corruption cases were given tickets by various political parties during general and state elections in the last five years.
Now, though, that contention is probably lost because the main defender of the Egyptian case, the general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, was fired over corruption allegations.
Similarly, even though he personally does not favor jailing Suharto for corruption, Wahid was careful to note that new Attorney General Marzuki Darusman would reopen the investigation into allegations that the ex-dictator enriched himself illegally.
At the sentencing, Ms. Huntley's attorney also claimed that Ms. Huntley informed investigators that she knew about "corruption involving Eric Schneiderman, " the New York attorney general whose office had filed state charges against Ms. Huntley in August regarding her non-profit agency.
Months before her failed re-election bid, Ms. Huntley had been arrested on state corruption charges following an investigation by the office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, her onetime colleague in the state senate.
It was altogether commendable when, in October 2003, the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed December 9 as International Anti-Corruption Day in order to raise awareness of global corruption and how the United Nations Convention against Corruption combats and prevents it.
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When asked about the specific allegations of corruption, CNN was referred by local authorities to the Tamaulipas Attorney General's Office.
Increased awareness on laws and regulations: The survey indicated a general lack of awareness of law as one of the deterrents for anti-corruption enforcement.
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The Document raises a host of questions about the internal audit and APA audit process, and recites in a general fashion the issues that can arise with respect to placement agents and outright corruption that has arisen in other States with respect to placement agents.
"We were hoping that Andrew Cuomo as a former attorney general would be able to accomplish that, " Shink said of the culture of corruption.
The two-term Congress government - which has been hit by corruption allegations and claims of inaction - is expected to face a tough general election, correspondents say.
When General Pervaiz Musharraf ousted the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif two weeks ago, he cited nepotism, corruption and inefficiency for his move.
International companies in all business spheres are scored by TI from 0-10 based on their disclosure of information important for investors and the general public, where they pay their taxes, their corporate structures and what they are doing to prevent corruption.
Correspondents say many within the BJP felt that the allegations against Mr Gadkari had blunted their criticism of the governing Congress party, which has been hit by several corruption scandals recently, at a time when the party is preparing for next year's general elections.
In the meantime, our Ambassador, General Eikenberry, is working every day, pushing the Afghan government to step up its efforts to tackle corruption, and devise a plan of reintegration for the portion of the Taliban that is ready to lay down its arms and join the government.
Most notably, as the result of a lengthy investigation as attorney general, Mr. Cuomo prosecuted former New York state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who pleaded guilty to a felony corruption charge for his role in a pay-to-play pension scandal.
The Interpol general assembly endorsed making Internet crime a key priority, along with tackling the trafficking of women and stamping out police corruption.
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