Additionally, the local's executive board has agreed to disclose to its members all compensation and expenses paid to officials.

It seems that his malpractice continued for many years due to bribes paid to officials.

The earlier cases involved allegations of kickbacks paid to senior officials in two weapons deals.

In other cases, he said, business executives paid bribes to officials to win access to cheap dollars.

The committee also discovered that $30,000 was paid to Mexican officials to ease customs approval.

The law was passed in the mid-1970's following disclosures that Lockheed had paid millions of dollars to public officials to win military contracts.

He already paid enormous bribes to high-level officials in half the governments of the world.

But it does indicate that the salaries paid to officials are excessive.

Some diplomats suggested that he was paying large sums to Cuban officials in return for allowing him to stay.

Most were released only after their families paid large bribes to Russian officials.