Sep 19th, 2005 · Jury selection begins today in Chicago for the political corruption trial of former Illinois Governor George Ryan. A federal grand jury indicted Ryan two years ago on 22 counts of corruption charges.
Sep 15th, 2005 · Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has targeted corruption in his first year of office. To that end, he revamped the police force -- by firing all of the traffic police in his country, cutting 30,000 police from the payroll. Robert Siegel talks with Saakashvili, who is in New York for a world summit of the United Nations.
Aug 26th, 2005 · Nigeria's next big product may be something it has been burning off for years: natural gas. But in the rush to build a natural gas infrastructure, Nigeria's well-earned reputation for corruption may have touched some American companies.
Aug 25th, 2005 · Police officers in the former Soviet republic of Georgia used to be known for being corrupt and inefficient. One of the first acts of the new government was to fire nearly 55,000 police. New officers are being paid a wage they can live on and the government has tried to re-fashion the image of the police.
Aug 23rd, 2005 · BBC reporter Helen Fawkes talks about what's changed in Ukraine since the election of President Viktor Yushchenko last year. Yushchenko vowed to cut out corruption in government, but his government has been accused of persecuting his former opponent.
Aug 23rd, 2005 · Farai Chideya talks to Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche senior fellow in Africa Policy Studies for the Council on Foreign Relations, about investigation at the United Nations of allegations of corruption stemming from the Iraqi oil-for-food program.
Aug 8th, 2005 · An increasing number of Ethiopian expatriots have been returning to their native land, citing investment opportunities as reason to make the move back overseas. Others seek positions in the new government. Some Ethiopians, however, warn these returning hopefuls of the country's violence and corruption.
Aug 2nd, 2005 · An economic crisis looms in Syria, where reformers warn that the country must change its centralized economy or face collapse. Syria's president has appointed a young technocrat to carry out economic reforms. Abdullah Dardari, a former journalist with a doctorate in economics, has the task of transforming a corrupt system to a free market economy.