81. Presumably, they are to monitor the performance of the Haitian police, which has hitherto largely consisted of taking bribes and beating people. 82. Several building inspectors suspected of taking bribes or failing to report fees to the government treasury were fired. 83. She apparently got the license from an official who was later indicted for taking bribes. 84. Some lower-ranking police will take small bribes, but more commonly they just bend to the realities of Egyptian life. 85. St. Petersburg police told the Russian news agency Tass that he had confessed to taking hard currency bribes. 86. Speculation is rife that he took money in exchange for business favors, although he has resolutely denied taking bribes. 87. Stocks have slumped since the Central Bureau of Investigation last week began charging senior politicians with taking bribes in return for government contracts. 88. Steven Singer, the chief divorce court clerk in Manhattan, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three counts of taking bribes in exchange for expediting divorce papers. 89. That image was burnished when Lima replaced its male traffic officers a few years ago with women because many of the men took bribes rather than write tickets. 90. That year, the Navajo Nation Council suspended Chairman Peter MacDonald, pending investigations into allegations that he took bribes and otherwise misused his tribal office. |