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President President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, left, and Nelson Martínez, then the oil and mining minister, in Caracas in January. Mr. Martínez was arrested on Thursday. Source: Juan Barreto/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.
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Venezuelan government arrested ex-Oil Ministers and PDVSA executives on corruption charges

Venezuela Arrests 2 Former Oil Officials, Claiming Corruption This material belongs to: The New York Times. CARACAS, Venezuela — Masked government agents stormed the homes…
Public Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte, right, together with Minister in the Office of Prime Minister Stuart Young open the valves of the new WASA Mc Kai Booster Station off the Lady Young Road in Belmont yesterday. Source: SUREASH CHOLAI.
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Young tackles WASA corruption

This material belongs to: NewsDay. Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs Stuart Young has signalled that he is going after…
In this Aug. 11, 2015, photo, a Metro Rail Transit commuter train passes by during rush hour traffic in metropolitan Manila, Philippines. The Philippine government filed complaints Tuesday with an anti-graft office accusing many Cabinet officials in the previous administration of corruption in a maintenance contract for a Manila commuter train line hounded by near-daily breakdowns. Source: Aaron Favila AP Photo.
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Ex-officials accused of corruption in Manila train contract

This material belongs to: The Tribune. MANILA, PHILIPPINES  The Philippine government filed complaints Tuesday with an anti-graft office accusing many Cabinet officials in the previous…
Kosovo Albanians walks by a grafiti, reading "Eulex made in Serbia," in the Kosovar capital of Pristina on December 8, 2008.The EU agreed in February 2008 to send the 2,000-strong EULEX mission to Kosovo to gradually replace a United Nations operation and oversee the police, judiciary and customs. The UN Security Council last week gave a green light to the planned EU mission, which is likely to start its operation in Kosovo on December 9, 2008 under the UN umbrella. Source: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images.
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Top judge quits EU Kosovo mission, alleging corruption

This material belongs to: Politico. ‘I don’t want to be a part of this farce any more,’ Malcolm Simmons says. The chief judge at an…
In this photo provided by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, destroyed buildings and a car are seen after an earthquake at the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. A powerful earthquake shook the Iran-Iraq border late Sunday, killing more than one hundred people and injuring some 800 in the mountainous region of Iran alone, state media there said. Source: Pouria Pakizeh/ISNA via AP.
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Collapsed state housing in Iranian quake shows corruption: Rouhani

This material belongs to: Reuters. BEIRUT (Reuters) – The ease with which some state-built homes collapsed in Sunday’s earthquake in western Iran showed corrupt practices…
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 17: Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (C) is escorted by U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol Mark Walsh (R) as they walk into in the White House on June 17, 2016 in Washington, DC. The deputy crown prince will meet privately with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss issues "including de-escalating regional conflicts, our campaign against ISIL, Saudi Arabia's National Transformation Program, and efforts to further progress on the objectives agreed to at the U.S.-GCC Summit in April," according to the White House. Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
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Saudi Arabia makes fresh arrests in anti-graft crackdown: sources

This material belongs to: Reuters. RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian authorities have made further arrests and frozen more bank accounts in an expanding anti-corruption crackdown…
A woman places flowers at the scene of the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, killed in a car bomb attack, alongside the road leading from her home in Bidnija, Malta, Oct. 23. Source: REUTERS.
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Maltese journalist’s assassination silences anti-corruption voice

This material belongs to: The Japan Times. BIDNIJA, MALTA – A few hundred meters from the home of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in the…
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attends the closing session of 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu November 27, 2014. A brief meeting between India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart appears to have salvaged a summit of South Asian leaders, with all eight countries clinching a last-minute deal to create a regional electricity grid. Source: REUTERS/Niranjan Shrestha/Pool.
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Pakistan court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Sharif

This material belongs to: Daily Mail. A Pakistani court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, piling more pressure on his…
Tony Accurso, a well-known Quebec construction mogul, was involved in a kickback system so simple it is unbelievable it wasn’t discovered sooner, the Crown told the opening of his fraud and corruption trial Thursday. Source: GRAHAM HUGHES / THE CANADIAN PRESS.
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Simple system fuelled Laval corruption, Crown tells Quebec mogul’s trial

This material belongs to: TheStar.com. Tony Accurso, a well-known Quebec construction mogul, is facing fraud and corruption charges after being accused of participating in a…
Carlos Nuzman, the former head of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Organizing Committee, spoke at a news conference in Rio de Janeiro in March 2015. On Wednesday, Brazilian prosecutors filed charges against Mr. Nuzman and five others alleging that they took part in a vote-buying ring to secure the games for Brazil. Source: PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS.
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Nuzman and Trump’s former business partner charged with corruption in Rio Olympics case

Former Brazil Olympic Committee Head Faces Charges of Corruption This material belongs to: WSJ. Prosecutors allege Carlos Nuzman was part of vote-buying ring to secure…
BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 04: Chinese President Xi Jinping attends welcoming ceremony for Malaysia's Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah outside the Great Hall of the People on September 4, 2014 in Beijing, China. The invitation of President Xi Jinping, Sultan Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu'Adzam Shah of Malaysia will pay a state visit to China from September 3rd to 8th. Source: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images.
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The anti-corruption fight continues in China

Xi Jinping has more tigers, foxes and flies in his sights This material belongs to: Nikkei Asian Review. With or without Wang, president’s anti-graft purges to…
Many of the corruption suspicions center on Austria's 2003 order for 18 warplanes built by Eurofighter, a consortium led by EADS, as Airbus was called at the time. Source: Expa/Jfk/EXPA/dpa.
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A New Company from the Bullshit Castle

This material belongs to: Der Spiegel. The extras that the Eurofighter consortium used to sweeten the deal for Austria came in the form of so-called…