GOVERNMENT CONFLICTS, CORRUPTION AND INDICTMENTS

- GEORGIA -

Date	Individual / State Agency	Who, What, Where?
02/01/06	Atlanta Mayor	Former Atlanta Mayor Indicted on Corruption Charges The trial of former Mayor Bill Campbell will commence this week after he was indicted in August 2004 on 11 counts of bribery, racketeering and fraud. Prosecutors are accusing the mayor of using contractors like automated teller machines to dispense cash during his eight years in office. They claim that he took more than $250,000 in bribes alone, including illegal campaign contributions, from contractors seeking to do business with the city. Apparently, he received so much money under the table that in 1999 he needed to withdraw only $69 for the entire year from his own bank account. To-date, 10 people including municipal officials and contractors, have been convicted in the broad federal sweep.