Nearly $100 billion stolen from COVID-19 relief programs
Nearly $ 100 billion has been stolen from budget COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. According…
UN conference against corruption ends with declaration to safeguard emergency and crisis response
The ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) ended with the adoption of the Sharm…
Egypt hosts United Nations anticorruption conference
The ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption is being held in Sharm El-Sheikh from 13…
Former US State Department official convicted of embezzling funds from Department of Defense
Former US State Department employee Roudy Pierre-Louis was sentenced to prison on fraud charges. US Department of Justice Press Service reports. From 2015 to August…
Estonian ex-minister accused of embezzlement
Estonia’s former minister of Education and Research and member of Parliament Mailis Reps has been charged with embezzlement of ministry funds for her own needs.…
Ex-head of 2016 Olympics sentenced to 30 years in jail for corruption
Former head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, has been sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in prison for bribing votes to…
Austrian parliament lifts immunity of former chancellor amid corruption probe
Austrian legislators in parliament voted unanimously to revoke the parliamentary immunity of former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. In October, Kurz resigned as chancellor after prosecutors opened…
Croatian ex-minister of development and EU funds arrested over public procurement fraud
Former government minister Gabrijela Zalac has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and misusing of European Union funds. Euractiv media network reports. The European Public…
Chilean legislators vote to impeach president over mine sale
Chile’s lower house of parliament has voted to impeach President Sebastian Pinera, following the publication of the Pandora Papers about a possible conflict of interests…
APEC ministers pledge to deny safe haven to corrupt officials
The ministers from Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries agreed to deny safe haven to corruption offenders, according to a joint statement issued after an…
UK government denies corruption accusations over Conservative Party donors
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has denied corruption accusations following a new scandal. Earlier, British newspapers reported that major donors of the Conservative Party were…
Saudi Arabia arrests over 170 people in financial fraud case
Saudi authorities have detained more than 170 people as part of an investigation of administrative and financial corruption in government agencies. Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and…
Ecuadorian prosecutors investigate president’s possible tax fraud
Ecuador’s attorney general’s office has launched a preliminary investigation into possible tax violations by president Guillermo Lasso. The investigation began on the initiative of Lasso’s…
Former French leader to testify in polling fraud case
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will have to testify in court in a fraud case. His former aides are accused of misuse of public funds…
Sri Lankan president ordered to investigate his niece’s wealth
Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa ordered a probe into his niece’s assets after information emerged in the Pandora Papers that she and her husband had…
Kurz steps down as Austrian chancellor amid corruption probe
Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stepped down after prosecutors launched a corruption investigation against him. Kurz is suspected of bribery and breach of trust. Kurz…
Austrian Chancellor denies corruption charges
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said he was not worried about the corruption investigation against him. He denies all charges. In an interview with public television…
Moldova’s prosecutor general detained in corruption case
Prosecutor general of Moldova Alexander Stoianoglo was detained on suspicion of corruption. He is suspected of involvement in the theft of $ 1 billion. Reuters…
Court arrested ex-Prosecutor General of Armenia on corruption charges
A Yerevan court has imprisoned former chairman of the Investigative Committee and ex-Prosecutor General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan for two months. He was detained on…
Ex-head of US-based church stole $ 11 million in church funds
US authorities sentenced former head of the board of the Fifth Church of Christ of Los Angeles to more than 10 years in prison for…
Ex-president of Mauritania to remain jailed on corruption charges
The Supreme Court of Mauritania upheld a judge’s decision to jail former President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz. Investigators continue to investigate the ex-president’s corruption during…
Dubai sets up specialised money laundering court
Dubai has established a specialised court focused on money laundering cases to combat financial crime, within the Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal.…
Scammers offer coronavirus vaccines to different countries
Criminal organizations and individuals contacted authorities in dozens of countries and offered vaccines against coronavirus. Scammers wanted to conclude contracts for millions of dollars. The…
American tried to sell non-existent COVID-19 PPE to officials
A Georgia man in the United States tried to sell personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect against the COVID-19 virus to various medical companies and…
Peru’s Prime Minister and leader of governing party charged with money laundering
Prime Minister of Peru Guido Bellido Ugarte has become a defendant in a money laundering criminal case. Leader of the ruling Free Peru party Vladimir Cerron…
Germany extradited ex-Russian official accused of fraud
Former official of the Chekhov District Administration of the Moscow Region, Igor Gryzhanov, accused of land fraud, was extradited from Germany to Russia. TASS agency…
Peru’s losing presidential candidate faces trial on corruption charges
Keiko Fujimori, who lost the presidential elections in Peru, accused the election results of falsification. Now she faces trial on corruption charges because she has…
France probe into personal wealth of Lebanon’s central bank chief
French anti-corruption judges have taken over the probe into the personal wealth of Lebanon’s central bank chief, Riad Salameh, who has French citizenship. The official…
Ex-member of Israeli parliament sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption
Former Knesset member and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party Faina Kirshenbaum was sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery, tax offenses, money laundering,…
Kyrgyz special service employee accused of stealing money from Chinese citizen
Military prosecutor’s office of Kyrgyzstan opened a criminal case for embezzlement of $ 200,000 belonging to a Chinese citizen. Erlan Sultanov, head of the 4th…
Ukraine’s former deputy defence minister arrested for damage to state of $ 17 million
Kiev authorities arrested former deputy minister of defence of Ukraine Igor Pavlovsky in the case of a supply of low-quality military equipment. BBC News Ukraine…
EU to create new anti-money laundering body
The European Union will create a new agency to combat money laundering and new transparency rules for crypto-asset transfers. Reuters reports citing EU documents. The…
Ex-presidents of Kyrgyzstan put on international wanted list
Former presidents of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev have been put on the international wanted list. Law enforcement agencies are investigating the involvement of…
Former South African president sentenced for contempt of court
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma began serving a 15-month prison sentence. He was sentenced to imprisonment for contempt of court. The Guardian reports. According…
Vatican indicts 10 people on embezzlement, extortion and fraud charges
The Vatican’s tribunal has indicted 10 people of embezzlement, extortion, money laundering and fraud in connection with an investment of $ 415 million in a…
Brazilian authorities opened corruption investigation into $ 320 million contract for 20 million doses of vaccine
Brazilian prosecutors have opened an investigation into a contract worth $ 320 million contract for 20 million doses of Covaxin vaccine made by India’s Bharat…
Kyrgyzstan’s Anti-Corruption Service will be liquidated to protect business
The Anti-Corruption Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) will be liquidated due to the growth of criminal cases against entrepreneurs.…
US House Representative accused in $60 million corruption
The Ohio House Speaker in the United States was removed from office a year after he was accused of accepting $ 60 million in bribes…
Brazilian court dismisses corruption charges against ex-president
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was acquitted by federal court on passive corruption charges due to lack of evidence. According to RT…
China arrests 1,100 suspects over cryptocurrency money laundering
Chinese police have arrested over 1,100 people suspected of using cryptocurrencies to launder money from telephone and Internet scams. Reuters news agency reports, citing China’s…
Swiss bank Julius Baer to pay nearly $ 80 million in FIFA bribery case
Swiss bank Julius Baer has admitted to laundering more than $ 36 million that officials of the International Football Federation (FIFA) and other football organizations…
Ex-mayor of Bishkek detained for corruption
Officers from the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) have detained former mayor of Bishkek Aziz Surakmatov for corruption and illegal enrichment. –…
US authorities accused ex-Las Vegas mayor on corruption charges
Former Las Vegas Mayor Tonita Gurule-Giron has appeared in court on corruption charges, including bid rigging, bribery and abuse of power while in office. Associated…
Former US officials convicted for bribery over cannabis dispensary permit
Two former city officials in Calexico, California, were sentenced to two years in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for permission to open a commercial…
Qatar finance minister arrested on corruption charges
Qatar authorities have arrested finance minister Ali Sherif Al-Emadi on charges of embezzlement and financial fraud. Reuters reported citing state news agency QNA. Qatar prosecutors…
Turkish authorities investigate $ 2 billion crypto scam
Turkish authorities detained 62 people on charges of fraud on the Thodex cryptocurrency exchange. An owner of the exchange fled to Albania, defrauding 400,000 investors…
Automaker Toyota accused of bribery in Thai tax dispute
Subsidiary of Japan motor-vehicle maker Toyota Motor Corp. in Thailand is under investigation on charges of attempting to bribe local tax officials. The Business Times…
Brazil’s Supreme Court annuls corruption conviction against former president
Brazil’s Supreme Court confirmed a decision to annul corruption convictions against former president Lula da Silva. Now he can run in the presidential elections in…
Malaysian ex-PM appeals corruption conviction
A Malaysian court has begun hearing a motion by former prime minister Najib Razak to overturn his conviction in a corruption case involving the looting…
Former Brussels police chief faces corruption charges
The Brussels prosecutor’s office has brought charges of corruption, bribery and money laundering to former chief of the federal judicial police Glenn Audenaert. The Brussels…
Over 80 cars and 20 properties of ex-president’s bodyguard confiscated for corruption
Norman Chisale, head of security for the ex-president of Malawi, faces corruption charges. Authorities seized property belonging to Chisale worth an estimated $ 2.2 million.…
First North Korean national ever extradited to US for money laundering
A national of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been extradited by the Malaysian authorities to the United States to stand trial for…
UK to return nearly $ 6 million laundered by former Nigerian governor
The British government has agreed with the Nigerian authorities to return almost $ 6 million laundered by a former governor of the southern oil producing…
Honduran president accused of taking bribes from drug trafficker
A US prosecutor accused Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez of assisting a drug trafficker smuggle tons of cocaine into the United States. This happened at…
Bishkek financial police chief detained for illegal transfer of $ 700 million
Nurlan Kazabekov, head of the Department of the State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes for Bishkek city, was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention…
Saudi royal guard officers arrested in tender fraud case
Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three royal guard officers after for awarding tenders tenders totaling more than $ 100 million to companies belonging to them…
Bundestag member accused of lobbying mask supplier with taking bribes
German MP Georg Nüsslein has been charged with taking a bribe of 660,000 euros for lobbying a supplier of medical masks. The Bundestag voted unanimously…
Former executive of TikTok’s rival arrested for corruption
Chinese online short-video sharing firm Kuaishou has confirmed that company’s former vice president, Zhao Danyang, has been arrested for alleged graft. Reuters news agency reports.…
Head of hospices in US defrauded patients with incurable diseases for $ 150 million
The CEO of a group of hospice and home health entities in Texas was sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud and money laundering…
Head of Kyrgyz president’s press service detained for bribe extortion
Head of the press service of the President of Kyrgyzstan Nurgazy Anarkulov was detained on suspicion of extortion of a bribe on an especially large…
Ex-head of Chinese state asset firm executed for taking $277 million in bribes
A former chairman of one of China’s top state-owned asset management companies was executed for bribery, corruption and bigamy. China Global Television Network reports. Lai…
National Australia Bank’s former chief of staff sentenced to eight years in prison for bribes
Former National Bank of Australia chief of staff Rosemary Rogers has been sentenced to eight years in prison for bribes of $ 5.5 million. She…
Ex-PM of Kyrgyzstan arrested on corruption charges
Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev has been arrested on charges of corruption and illegal enrichment. The press service of the State Committee for…
Ex-head of provincial branch of China’s biggest policy bank fired on suspicion of corruption
Former head of a provincial branch of the China Development Bank (CDB), Wang Xuefeng, has been expelled from the Communist Party and fired from public…
Former vice president of Ecuador sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement
The National Court of Ecuador has sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to eight years in prison for irregularities in contracting of the Ecuadorian Singue…
Israeli businessman sentenced to five years in prison for bribery in Guinea
A Swiss criminal court found the owner of mining company BSG Resources guilty of bribery and forgery, sentencing him to five years in prison with…
Las Vegas man charged with COVID-19 relief fraud
A Nevada man in the US has been charged with fraudulently obtaining nearly $2 million in federal COVID-19 relief aid, meant for small businesses. The…
Israeli ex-mayor sentenced to four years in prison for bribery
Tel Aviv District Court sentenced former mayor of Ashkelon to four years in prison and fined him $ 120,000 on charges of bribery, fraud and…
South Korean authorities set up agency to investigate official corruption
The government of the Republic of Korea officially set-up an anti-corruption agency to investigate high-ranking officials. Yonhap news agency reported. President Moon Jae-in formally authorized…
Ex-head of Vatican bank guilty of embezzlement and money laundering
A court found Angelo Caloia, former head of the Vatican bank, guilty of embezzlement and money laundering. He became the highest-ranking Vatican official convicted of…
French ex-PM faces trial over kickbacks from arms deals
Former French prime minister Édouard Balladur has gone on trial accused of financing his failed 1995 presidential campaign with illegal kickbacks from international arms deals.…
Ex-head of Chinese provincial communists jailed for seven years for bribery worth $ 3,7 million
A Chinese court has sentenced former Yunnan Communist Party chairman Qin Guangrong to seven years in prison for bribery. South China Morning Post reports. Chengdu…
Italian doctor sentenced to six years in prison for corruption in prosthetic and orthopedic products
A former head of a private clinic in Milan was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for corruption. He recommended Johnson &…
Head of financial police of Kyrgyzstan detained for illicit enrichment
Head of the Financial Police of Kyrgyzstan Aibek Tokoev was detained by anti-corruption service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) for…
UK launches investigation into British Virgin Islands government corruption
A British judge will independently investigate allegations of corruption against the British overseas territories authorities in the Caribbean, including reports that $ 6.8 million of…
Former senior oil service firm executive pleads guilty to bribery
Former head of sales for British oil services firm Petrofac Ltd, David Lufkin, pleaded guilty to three bribery offences of agents from 2012 to 2018…
Samsung head sentenced to two and half years in prison for bribery
A South Korean court has sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong to two years and six months in prison on bribery charges worth about…
Biggest mafia trial in 30 years opens in Italy
Hundreds of alleged members of Italy’s most powerful Ndrangheta mafia group are set to face justice in the country’s biggest organised crime trial since the…
Former PACE member sentenced to 4 years for bribes from Azerbaijani politicians
A Milan court in Italy has sentenced Luca Giuseppe Volontè, former member of the Union of the Centre (UDC) and former member of the Parliamentary…
Estonian Prime Minister resigns over corruption scandal
Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas announced his resignation amid a corruption scandal related to issuing a state loan to the Porto Franco real estate developer…
Turkish court sentences TV preacher to 1,000 years in jail for fraud and sexual abuse
A Turkish Criminal Court has sentenced Islamic television preacher and writer Adnan Oktar to 1,075-year prison term for a range of crimes, including forming and…
Russian hacker sentenced to 12 years in US prison for hacking JPMorgan
A US court has sentenced a Russian hacker to 12 years in prison for stealing data on 100 million clients of over a dozen financial…
Salvadoran Ex-President and his wife found guilty of illegal enrichment
El Salvador’s court has found Ex-President Elias Antonio Saca and his wife, Ana Ligia de Saca guilty of illegal enrichment and ordered them to return…
Deutsche Bank to pay nearly $125 million over bribery violations
Deutsche Bank AG will pay nearly $ 125 million to end US prosecution on charges of bribery and fraud in the market of precious metals.…
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Pakistani authorities arrested ex-foreign minister for disproportionate assets
Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau has arrested former foreign minister and high-ranking opposition leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif in an ongoing probe into allegations of possessing assets…
Brazilian construction giant fined $ 50 million for corruption
Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which recently changed its name to Novonor, must pay a $ 50 million fine to Colombian authorities for corruption related to…
Chairman of Moscow Public Monitoring Commission presents annual report
According to Georgy Volkov, head of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission (PMC), an attendance of places of detention by human rights defenders has increased by…
Japan ex-Prime Minister questioned by prosecutors
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was voluntarily questioned by Tokyo prosecutors in a case of allegations that his political group illegally covered part of the…
Two US pharmacy owners accused of $ 30 million fraud and money laundering
US authorities has accused two owners of more than a dozen pharmacies in New York City and on Long Island of $ 30 million in…
US authorities arrest psychiatrist for $ 10 million insurance fraud
A psychiatrist in the United States was arrested for fraud with insurance companies, which he billed for $ 10 million in treatment. At the same…
Bosnia’s chief judge resigns amid corruption allegations
Milan Tegeltija, head of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s highest judicial authority, said he is stepping down due to pressure from fellow judges and Western diplomats over…
Ex-head of Financial Police of Kyrgyzstan detained on suspicion of illegal fundraising
Bakir Tairov, ex-chairman of the Financial Police of Kyrgyzstan, was detained for illegal receipt of money on a large scale from the head of one…
Maltese authorities arrest 15 money laundering suspects
Maltese authorities have arrested 15 people in a money laundering case. Local media claim the criminal group was smuggling fuel in collaboration with the Italian…
Saudi Arabia accuses 51 people of corruption in the Ministry of Defense
The Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority has announced the opening of criminal cases against a number of officers and civil servants of the Kingdom’s Ministry…
American oil executives convicted of corruption in Venezuela
A Venezuelan court has sentenced six former oil executives of US refiner Citgo to jail on corruption charges. Deutsche Welle reports. The five men, who…
Ex-judge in China charged in $ 11 million bribery
Zhang Jian, former president of the Higher People’s Court of east China’s Anhui Province, appeared in court at the Intermediate People’s Court of Xiamen in…
FIFA suspends head of African football for five years for corruption
The head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, has been suspended by the International Football Federation (FIFA) for five years for giving…
KGB accused ex-CEO of Belgazprombank of bribery and money laundering
Former CEO of Belgazprombank Viktor Babariko has been accused of bribery and money laundering. The State Security Committee (KGB) of the Republic of Belarus reported…
American priest stole nearly $ 300,000 church money
Andrey Kovalenko, former priest from Bedford, Ohio, is accused of embezzling nearly $ 300,000 in church funds intended to serve his parishioners. According to the…
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