Corruption in Mexico? What a shock.
Mexicans! accuse! Yahoo! of! using! corrupt! judge! to! dodge! $2.7bn! payout!
Yahoo! and its law firm have been sued by two Mexican companies that are accusing them of conspiring to dodge the shock $2.7bn award handed out to them in a 2012 Mexican court case. Worldwide Directories and Ideas Interactivas claim that the Purple Palace and law firm Baker & McKenzie got a senior Mexican judge on their side …
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Friday 12th September 2014 16:01 GMT Anonymous Coward
What mexico thinks is irrelevant
USA has specific laws about USA (and anything they can get their jurisdictional mits on) giving bribes to foreign country officials.
It is one of the "more unpleasant" parts of legislation to be nailed under as it may include covenants on behaviour and ongoing oversight (similar to the one you get for breaking competition law).
This has been regularly used by USA companies against non-USA competitors with USA presense. It is probably the first time someone has turned the table and has used it against a USA company. It will be very interesting to watch. Pass the popcorn please... (or some tacos and guacamole instead).
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Friday 12th September 2014 20:42 GMT ratfox
Re: can't resist
Meh. Spain and Ireland are catholic countries, yet they are not particularly known for their corruption. On the other hand, China, India or Egypt have the reputation of being so corrupt it becomes a way of life, without being catholic.
I'd say if you discount Italy, it looks like corruption is more dependent on development than anything else.
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Friday 12th September 2014 21:30 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: can't resist
Ireland itself does rank middle of pack for developed countries but Northern Ireland tends to have a worse reputation for corruption. Spain on the other hand rated lower than Poland in the 2013 corruption perception index (40th place). I am not arguing other religions don't cause even more corruption. Just the link with Catholicism seems to be there.
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