Corruption is an ongoing problem all over the world. From drug trafficking, to money laundering, to illegal activity with the environment, it seems it will never end. In a lot of places, the illegal activities and corruption move the economy, therefore there has not been anything done about it. The first article that I found to be interesting takes place in Saweto, Peru. Four men were killed there after trying to defend their land that they have called home for many years. Illegal logging has had many environmentalists killed in the past decade by harvesters. I found this article to be interesting for various reasons; one being the fact that I admire the people for fighting for what they believe in, along with defending their land although they lost their lives because of it. I think it’s prosperous that most of the authorities in Peru accept bribes and encourage it. As long as there is a lack of law enforcement handling this issue, the Amazon will continue to get destroyed and the consequences of illegal activity will be outweighed. Illegal logging threatens biodiversity, increases carbon emissions, and benefits criminal organizations at the expense over the population. I think we as a nation need to get the government to stop corruption all over the world through the criminal justice system. The second article I found interesting involves a whistleblower. Secretly taped conversations were being done between Federal Reserve and officials at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. One of the women involved, Carmen Segarra, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against her former employer. She recorded the conversations and brought them to Jake Bernstein, an investigative reporter on a public radio show called “This American Life” trying to prove a close relation between the regulator and the bank. Bernstein states “These are people who work inside the banks. They see