Out of Office, Into Court

ALBERTO FUJIMORI

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Country: Peru

Charges: Corruption. Secretly wiretapped 28 politicians, journalists and businessmen. Bribed 13 congressmen, a TV station, and a newspaper editorial board

Developments: Fujimori, who ruled Peru from 1990-2000, was sentenced to six years in prison on September 30 after his fourth and final corruption trial. He was sentenced to 25 years in April for ordering killings and kidnappings by his security forces. In July he was sentenced to 7 1/2 years for giving $15 million of state money to his spy chief. He was also convicted in 2007 of abuse of power and sentenced to six years.  He admitted to the wiretappings and bribes during his latest trial.

Fujimori fled to Japan in 2000 after a series of videos leaked showing his spy chief handing piles of money to opposition leaders and media figures. He sent in his resignation via fax machine and lived in Japan for seven years.  There may, however, be a light at the end of the tunnel for the jailed former president. Fujimori's daughter, a frontrunner in the current presidential contest, says she will pardon her father if elected.

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