A court has sentenced former director of Saudi Arabia’s Public Security agency Khaled bin Qarar Al-Harbi to 25 years in prison. The official was found…
The UK government confirmed that around $1.2 billion of concessional loans for small business made under a COVID-19 emergency lending scheme has already been classified…
El Salvador authorities have arrested 20 former officials and two local businessmen on charges of embezzling $184 million from the state during the rule of…
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has sold his business to the Saudi government for $1.5 billion. Earlier, the Saudi authorities accused the businessman of…
If business is ready to work honestly, it needs support and assistance in creating a new model of the national economy of Kazakhstan. President Kassym-Jomart…
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the country’s parliament, accusing members of parliament of corruption and embezzlement of public funds. The head of the…
A French appeal court has upheld the conviction of former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon for embezzling public funds and fictitious employment of his wife…
Former Chairman of the Supreme Court of Montenegro, Vesna Medenica, was arrested on charges of abuse of office and assistance to a criminal group. Earlier,…
Bulgarian authorities have detained the Romanian former Romanian Minister of Tourism Elena Udrea, who tried to leave for Greece. Earlier, a Romanian court sentenced the…
Law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles arrested a former manager of General Motors, known as the largest automobile corporation in the United States. He is…
Former chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s State Customs Service Adilet Kubanychbekov has paid a 51.2 million soms ($510,000) for state damage. In January, the official has been…
Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boiko Borisov was arrested during a Bulgarian police operation. Interfax reports with reference to the lawyer Menko Menkov. According to the…
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo admitted his mistakes in governing the country. Congress voted to begin impeachment proceedings against the president on corruption charges. Last December,…
A court in Kazakhstan has arrested businessman Kairat Satybaldy. He will be in custody for two months. Interfax reports. Satybaldy had been detained on Sunday…
Czech politicians have voted to strip former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of parliamentary immunity. The ex-politician is suspected of fraud in receiving subsidies from EU…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has introduced the government’s Economic Crime Bill to parliament. The new law will be aimed at combating foreign money laundering.…
Two prosecutors who had been leading the district attorney’s criminal investigation into former US President Donald Trump and his Trump Organization have resigned. The district…
Croatian construction minister Darko Horvat was arrested as part of a corruption investigation. He is suspected of illegally distributing subsidies for entrepreneurs in 2018, when…
Honduran police have arrested former President Juan Orlando Hernandez for one month following a request by the United States government for his extradition. In the…
The Florence prosecutor’s office requested trial indictment for former Italian Premier Minister Matteo Renzi for alleged illegal political party funding. The Associated Press reports with…
US authorities have uncovered the biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft. Law enforcement has arrested a married couple suspected to have laundered the money and seized $3.6 billion.…
Member of the British Parliament Margaret Hodge delivered a report on corruption of family members of Kazakh ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who own multi-million dollar property…
Albania’s Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime Court has sentenced former interior minister Saimir Tahiri to three years and four months in prison for abuse of office.…
In January 2022, Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption investigators opened more than 630 criminal corruption cases and arrested more than 230 government officials on charges of bribery,…
Peru’s general secretary of presidential office, Carlos Jaico Carranza, has resigned due to disorder in the presidential office, which is the scope for corruption. Carranza…
A court in Pakistan acquitted the country’s biggest media mogul of corruption charges over a land acquisition three decades ago. International rights activists said the…
A London court seized the funds of Azerbaijani lawmaker Javanshir Feyziyev in a money laundering case. UK National Crime Agency reports. According to the investigation,…
Former US President Donald Trump has vowed to launch a corruption investigation into current leader Joe Biden. Trump made the announcement during a speech to…
Vice Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan Akhmetzhan Primkulov and Chairman of the Board of Operator ROP LLP Medet Kumargaliev were detained…
South African investigators have uncovered $137 million worth of corruption and fraud in government contracts related to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. According to…
Commander of the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet Stephen Shedd pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from a Singaporean defense contractor. He and eight other high-ranking military…
Employees of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) have detained head of the Customs Service of Kyrgyzstan Adilet Kubanychbekov. He is suspected…
Munich prosecutors have charged a former high-ranking employee of the German automaker BMW with corruption. According to Reuters, the unnamed man has been charged with…
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed suspended the powers of the country’s head of government, Mohamed Huisein Roble. The decree of the head of state is…
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…
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…
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 employee Roudy Pierre-Louis was sentenced to prison on fraud charges. US Department of Justice Press Service reports. From 2015 to August…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Odebrecht, which recently changed its name to Novonor, must pay a $ 50 million fine to Colombian authorities for corruption related to…
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…
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…
North Macedonia’s chief prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) Katica Janeva has been dismissed over suspected abuse of power after a parliamentary session vote,…
More than 160 investigations were conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in 2018. During this time, the organization managed to identify damage to the…
The largest telecommunications operator in the Urals – Zummer company – continues to develop despite all the difficulties faced by founder of the company Michael…
The US Treasury Department announced sanctions against three of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s stepsons, a Colombian businessman and six others for running a “corruption network”…
Former Peruvian president Alan Garcia attempted suicide during a detention in a corruption case, he died in hospital on Wednesday. The experts explained that Garcia…
Hollywood actress Lori Laughlin pleads not guilty in giving a bribe for the admission of her two daughters to college, writes The Guardian. Laughlin and…
Soccer greats Pele (L) of Brazil and Eusebio (R) of Portugal hold a signed Brazil jersey in front of president of Brazil's soccer federation Jose Maria Marin before an international friendly soccer match between Brazil and Portugal, photo: Reuters
FIFA banned for life the former president of Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and former member of several FIFA committees José Maria Marin for taking bribes.…
Former president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, believes that current president Lenin Moreno had personal motives for transferring the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange to British…
Rafael Salguero is banned for seven years by FIFA in cooperation with US investigation into corruption. He pleaded he took part in the bribery accident,…
The star of Hallmark serials Lori Loughlin surrendered to FBI and was arrested for paying bribes to get her two daughters into South California University,…
Professor of Criminal Law at Basel University Mark Pieth called on Switzerland to seek more tax transparency. To attain the goal Switzerland will have to…
New York democratic senator Kirsten Gillibrand has announced her plans for a 2020 presidential run during an appearance on late-night television. She told CBS host Stephen…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared an “overwhelming victory” in his fight against graft within the ruling Chinese Communist Party, while still vowing that the…
Malaysian prosecutors have filed a new corruption charge against former Prime Minister Najib Razak, reports “PressTV“. Najib Razak has been charged with new charges in…
Pakistan announced its intention to conclude an agreement with Switzerland, The United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom on assistance in the fight against corruption,…
Yesterday, Peru held a referendum aimed at fighting corruption in the higher echelons of power, said “Al Jazeera“. There were 5,398 polling stations nationwide, in…
Former Hong Kong Secretary for Home Affairs, Dr Patrick Ho (R) has been found guilty of offering millions of dollars in bribes to African officials, by…
The Mexican Parliament approved the inclusion of corruption in the list of crimes requiring detention during the investigation, reports TASS. The proposal of the new…
Every year European Union loses about 900 billion euros from corruption. Such information was announced by the European Green Party in Germany, N-TV reported. According…
More than a hundred ministers, international sports organizations and experts will meet for the London summit today. They will reaffirm actions aimed at fighting corruption…
Chinese authorities hanging a blade over the national technology titans. The arrest of a senior Alibaba executive, the head of its video-streaming unit, suggests Beijing’s anti-graft…
Former President of Peru Alan Garcia, who is suspected of corruption, recieved a rejection for asylum from Uruguay. Nevertheless, he stated that he is ready to…
Authorities in the United States arrested the brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando hernández and accused him of drug trafficking. Former Congressman Juan Antonio hernández…
The EU first gave China a fugitive corrupt official: Bulgaria extradited accused in China of corruption official Yao Jinyi. A key element of a large-scale…
Dozens of former Australian judges published an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling on the national anti-corruption authority to restore public confidence in…
Brian Bowen II, 20-year-old basketball player, located in the center of the Federal corruption investigation in the circles of recruiting the NCAA has filed a…
A judge in Panama has ordered former President Ricardo Martinelli to stand trial on charges of political espionage. Judge Geronimo Mejia acknowledged that it was…
In Malaysia will be held the ceremony of awarding the international prize for achievements in the fight against corruption and Sheikh Tamim Hamad al Thani.…
Бывший заместитель губернатора Владимирской области Дмитрий Хвостов выслушал свой приговор: 11 лет строгого реима и 28 млн рублей штрафа. Его обвиняли во взятках в общей…
Former FIFA President Joseph Blatter urged the ethics Committee to start an investigation against the current head of the organization Gianni Infantino. “The ethics Committee…
Two sons of former President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli arrested in the United States on charges of receiving $49 million from the Brazilian construction company…