The Role Of Corruption In The United States

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Corruption is an act that is the dishonest and unethical one done by powerful authority. U.S. federal showcase some cases related to corruption in the year 2015. To find out the truth, an investigation was done and the results were really shocking and unexpected as it includes ,many famous and big names.
After the investigation was done, 14 people were detected as corrupted as they were found in wire fraud, money laundering and racketeering. Surprisingly, 2 corporations were also involved in this that were CONMEBOL(south America) and CONCACAF(carribean, central America) . 7 FIFA officials were arrested at the hotel baur au lac in zurich in the same year. They were suspected as they were givig U.S $150 million as bribe. this arrest was in may

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