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Guilty plea in D.C. taxi industry bribe probe

April 15, 2010 by Ras Alulla

By Maria Glod Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 15, 2010 A man who advocated for Ethiopian taxi drivers in the District admitted in federal court Wednesday that he was part of a conspiracy in which public officials received or were ...

April 2, 2010 by Atse Yohannes

Ted G. Loza By Tim Craig: Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 2, 2010 A federal grand jury brought additional charges Thursday against Ted G. Loza, who was D.C. Council member Jim Graham's chief of staff before he was arrested last fall, a...

November 23, 2009 by EthioSun

Affidavit tells of probe into alleged scheme to obtain D.C. licenses By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 20, 2009 The former head of the D.C. taxi commission participated in a long-running bribery scheme th...

October 5, 2009 by EthioSun

More than two dozen people have been indicted in the rapidly expanding federal bribery investigation into the D.C. taxi industry, the Post's Del Quentin Wilber is reporting. That's a whole lotta people. So who, besides Ted Loza, are they? They're...

July 20, 2009 by Alemayehu G. Mariam

By Alemayehu G. Mariam: End Tyranny Now! “No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. That is not democracy, that is tyranny, and now is the time for it to end.” Thus spok...

July 11, 2009 by EthioSun

By Marks S.Smith ACCRA, Ghana – An American president who has "the blood of Africa within me" praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise....