By Frank VoglFrom Brazil to Macedonia, from Iceland to Guatemala, public prosecutors are going after corrupt top politicians on an unprecedented scale.Never before have public prosecutors so ardently investigated corruption among political elites as they are today. For all those prosecutors, the decision to sentence one of New York’s most powerful leaders to prison for 12 years will be seen as a victory and an encouragement.
Sheldon Silver, 72, who for more than two decades served as the Speaker of the New York State Assembly, wielded enormous power to approve or block vast public contrasts and real estate developments.
Silver is …read more
Source: The Globalist
