Sluggish justice emboldens despots

While governments battle to bring corrupt bureaucrats to justice and seize ill-gotten gains, a number of innovative proposals are emerging, designed to promote best practices and good governance in emerging democracies while dissuading corruption by state

WATERLOO, ONT–In the past, ousted tyrants would expect to spend the rest of their waning years in comfortable exile, oblivious to the insidious reach of international law, tribunals and justice. Living comfortably in posh villas with lavish lifestyles or quietly existing in far off, hard-to...

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