Government Corruption in the Suburbs—Is it Happening in Geneva, Too?

A new study says corruption is not just a Chicago problem and calls for the policing of suburban politics.

Is there corruption in local government? And does it happen here in quiet, suburban Geneva, IL? That's the local focus that logically follows a new University of Illinois (UIC) study released Monday. The University of Illinois-Chicago Political Science Department's sixth Anti-Corruption Report released Monday says that political misbehavior in the suburban ring around Chicago is as prevalent as it is in the big city, but faces far less scrutiny. The report maps arrests stemming from corruption charges including instances of nepotism, police officers aiding or extorting criminals, kickbacks and bribes to administrators and public officials with ties to organized crime; a total of six categories of impropriety that are well-represented in …

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