bribery

Colombia's former president has had two convictions for fraud and bribery overturned after he was sentenced to 12 years of house arrest.

There isn’t much good news in Colombia these days, but Tuesday was an exception as an appeals court tossed former President Álvaro Uribe’s conviction for bribery and fraud.

His predecessor in that role was convicted in a high-profile bribery case involving the Illinois Speaker of the House.

The three face allegations including money laundering, bribery and criminal conspiracy.

The bribery scandal involves corporations and government agencies—those two metasystems that dominate modern life.