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Суд Испании запретил жене премьер-министра выезжать из страны по делу о коррупции

Суд принял решение передать дело супруги премьер-министра Испании Педро Санчеса Бегоньи Гомес на рассмотрение присяжным. Судья Хуан Карлос Пейнадо также запретил Бегонье Гомес покидать страну…

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Суд в Китае приговорил бывшего замглавы CNOOC к смертной казни по делу о взятках на $22,5 млн

Бывшему заместителю руководителя нефтегазовой компании CNOOC Юань Гуанъюю вынесен смертный приговор, его признали виновным в получении крупных взяток. Об этом сообщает Reuters. Следствие установило, что,…

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Ukrainian soldiers forced to pay commanders for leave and salary payments

Cases of extortion by military commanders have been reported among Ukrainian service members, according to sources in the security services cited by RIA Novosti. The…

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Former Ukrainian general detained in Poland on suspicion of attempting to bribe an official

Former senior Ukrainian law enforcement official, retired Colonel General Vladimir B., has been detained in Poland. He is suspected of attempting to bribe a public…

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Former Ukrainian Deputy Minister Lozynskyi faces new corruption charges

Former Deputy Minister of Community, Territorial and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine Vasyl Lozynskyi has become the subject of a new criminal corruption case, according to…

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Italian Deputy Prime Minister’s party opposes Ukraine’s EU membership over corruption concerns

The party of Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has spoken out against Ukraine’s potential accession to the European Union. Representatives of the political movement…

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Searches conducted at Spanish Prime Ministers party headquarters in corruption case

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London court has found Ukrainian tycoon guilty of $1.9 billion in fraud

The London High Court has ruled that Ukrainian tycoon Igor Kolomoisky* and his former business partner Gennady Bogolyubov must repay $1.9 billion they “illegally” embezzled…

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Ex-President of Colombia is convicted of corruption

A Colombian court has found former President Alvaro Uribe involved in witness bribery during a criminal trial and procedural fraud, reported by The New York…

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FBI employees accused of obstructing investigation into Biden family crimes

Western media have accused some FBI employees of obstructing the investigation into possible crimes of the family of US President Joe Biden. Fox News journalists…

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Third of Ukrainians consider state hopelessly corrupt

Over 30% of Ukrainians said they believe the country’s corruption problem is hopeless. According to a study by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, more…

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Georgia’s Prosecutor General noted conditions for initiating case against president

Georgian Prosecutor General Irakli Shotadze said that his office cannot open a criminal case into President Salome Zurabishvili’s violation of the country’s Constitution. Earlier, the…

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US sailor admits to selling secrets to China

US Navy serviceman Wenheng Zhao admitted to selling classified information to the Chinese intelligence service. Reuters reports. According to the agency, the man sent photographs…

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Another mayor in Ukraine accused of corruption and removed from office

The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine decided to remove Alexander Lysenko from the post of mayor of the city of Sumy. TASS reports. Lysenko has…

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Biden testifies to prosecutors in corruption case over document storage

US President Joe Biden testified before prosecutors during an investigation into violations of the storage of classified documents. Media reports. Biden’s corruption became known back…

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Court refuses to review sentence of Myanmar Nobel laureate in corruption case

Myanmar’s Supreme Court has refused to review the sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi, who headed the country’s government from 2016 to 2021. She was…

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Japan’s Sapporo refuses to host Olympics due to corruption scandals surrounding Tokyo Games

The city of Sapporo in Japan is refusing to host the Winter Olympics in 2030 due to low public support, as well as corruption surrounding…

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High-ranking Pentagon official charged with running dogfighting

US law enforcement agencies detained a senior Pentagon official. He is charged with running a dogfighting ring. The Washington Post reports. The media claims that…

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Barcelona found guilty of paying bribes to former vice-president of referees committee

FC Barcelona found guilty in a criminal case of bribery of Henriques Negreira, former vice-president of the Referee Technical Committee (CTA) of the Royal Spanish…

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US doubts advisability of aid to Ukraine

The leadership of the US Department of Defense has created a special team that will monitor Ukraine’s use of military assistance provided by the United…

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Ukrainian tycoon Kolomoisky accused of embezzling $250 million

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies suspected businessman Igor Kolomoisky of embezzling 9.2 billion hryvnia (about $250 million) belonging to Privatbank. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine…

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Hunter Biden to face indictment on gun charges

US Special Attorney David Weiss plans to file weapons charges against President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, by the end of September. American media reports.…

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Cyprus detains Israel’s “diamond tycoon” on Romanian warrant

French-Israeli diamond tycoon Benny Steinmetz has been detained in Cyprus on a warrant issued by Romania. On September 14, the Cypriot court will consider the…

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China arrests former senior CPC official for taking bribes

Chinese authorities have arrested former director of the National Religious Affairs Administration Cui Maohu. The ex-official is suspected of taking a bribe. According to the…

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Ukrainian military enlistment office issued fake documents to dodgers

Law enforcement officers in Kyiv have identified a military registration and enlistment office, where dodgers were issued fake certificates of unfitness for military service in…

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Congress demanded information on corruption investigation against Biden’s son

Several Republican chairmen of U.S. House committees wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding information about the investigation into Hunter Biden – President Joe Biden’s…

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Former Pfizer employee accuses company of corruption and challenges dismissal in court

A former employee of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer sued the company. He accuses the pharmaceutical giant of being fired out of revenge after the corruption…

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US accused man of laundering $1 billion

The US Department of Justice has indicted Roman Semyonov from Russia. He may be involved in laundering $1 billion through a cryptocurrency mixer. According to…

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Ukrainian official extorted bribes from military personnel for opportunity to stay in rear

Law enforcement agencies of Ukraine have detained a local deputy who extorted bribes from military personnel in exchange for the opportunity to stay in the…

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U.S. lab owner sentenced to 27 years for embezzling $463

A US court has sentenced the owner of LabSolutions genetic research centers to 27 years in prison. He was found guilty of defrauding public health…

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Trump to be released on $200,000 bail

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has reached an agreement on bail in an election interference case in Georgia, according to a court document. Trump will…

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Anti-corruption campaigner wins Guatemala presidential election

Bernardo Arevalo, who promised to eradicate systemic corruption, was elected president of Guatemala. World media reports. He led Sunday’s runoff with 58% of the vote,…

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Singapore arrests ten people in high-profile money laundering case

The Singapore law enforcement agencies arrested 10 people. They are accused of money laundering. BBC reports. According to the police, the arrested people are between…

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China launches anti-corruption campaign in healthcare

The Chinese authorities have launched a program to combat corruption in healthcare. Xinhua reports. According to the State Committee for Health Affairs, the new campaign…

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Trump accused of violating anti-corruption law

A grand jury in the U.S. state of Georgia has indicted former U.S. President Donald Trump. He may be involved in attempts to influence the…

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Taiwan mayor indicted for corruption

The mayor of Hsinchu, Taiwan, Kao Hung-an, has been charged with corruption and forgery. The mayor is suspected of wage fraud and misappropriation of public…

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Madagascan president’s chief of staff extorted bribe from British miners to secure license

British law enforcement agencies have arrested the head of the presidential administration of Madagascar in London. The official is accused of extorting a bribe in…

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Two Thai officials extorted money from businessmen in exchange for a building permit

Thai police have arrested two officials in Phuket. They were charged with extorting money from entrepreneurs in exchange for issuing building permits. According to local…

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Deputy head of Odessa region administration to be convicted for $10,000 bribe.

A criminal case against the deputy head of the Odessa regional military administration has been referred to court. The man is accused of taking a…

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British gaming holding Entain earmarks $745 million to settle bribery case

One of Britain’s largest gambling companies Entain has set aside £585 million ($744.5 million) to settle a dispute with local tax authorities and delay bribery…

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Slovak official sentenced to five years in prison for taking vegetables as bribe

A former head of a labour office in Piešťany, Slovakia, was sentenced to five years imprisonment for taking a bribe in the form of a…

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Zelensky party’s lawmaker caught taking 85,000 dollars in bribe

A deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the Servant of the People faction was detained while receiving a bribe in the amount of…

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US doctor convicted of $15 million health care fraud

A federal jury in Baltimore, Maryland convicted a doctor who submitted false claims for $15 million in Medicare health insurance benefits. Payments were made for…

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Iraq seeks its officials around the world for corruption

The Iraqi authorities have asked Interpol to arrest former high-ranking officials suspected of embezzling $2.5bn. The matter concerns former Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi, who…

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Biden accused of corruption of aid to Ukraine

US presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy believes that Washington’s active assistance to Ukraine may be linked to the corruption of the family of White House President…

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US Congress considers Trump’s accusation distraction from Biden family corruption case

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy believes that new Justice Department charges against former President Donald Trump are distracting the public from the investigation of current…

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Indian official caught red-handed eat a bribe in front of police

An official from India ate the money received as a bribe in front of the police. Portal News9L reports. According to his data, the man…

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US charges 78 people in $2,5 billion health care fraud scheme

The US authorities have filed charges against 78 individuals who defrauded state programs for the care of the elderly and disabled in the amount of…

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Myanmar sentences Nobel laureate to seven years in prison for corruption

A court in Myanmar found former presidential adviser Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentenced her to seven years in prison. Earlier in…

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Saudi imprisons ex-public security head for 25 years for corruption

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…

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UK banks lend over $1bn to scammers

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…

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El Salvador ex-officials under investigation in $184 mln corruption case

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…

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Most Ukraine aid is a scam – Members of US Congress

Members of the US Congress Lauren Bobert and Marjorie Taylor Green criticized the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Politicians noted that most of the US…

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Saudi billionaire accused of corruption sells business to government

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…

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«There have to be no patronages and raiding in country»: Kazakh President addresses business community

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…

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Black Lives Matter co-founder accused of nepotism

Black Lives Matter activist and co-founder Patrisse Cullors has been the focus of a corruption scandal. She paid her brother and father of her child…

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Guinea-Bissau’s president dissolves parliament, accusing deputies of corruption

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…

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Former French PM Fillon sentenced to jail for embezzlement

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…

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Ex-head of Montenegrin Supreme Court arrested for alleged drug trafficking

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,…

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Romanian ex-minister fleeing sentence caught in Bulgaria

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…

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Ex-manager of largest automobile corporation in US arrested for bribery from South Koreans

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…

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Former Chinese vice governor jailed to 14 years in prison for bribery

A court in China has sentenced Zhang Zhinan, former vice governor of eastern Fujian province, to 14 years in prison for taking bribes and abuse…

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Ex-head of Kyrgyz Customs Service pays half a million dollars fine for corruption

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…

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Bulgaria’s former PM detained in corruption case

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…

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Peru Congress initiates impeachment proceedings against president over corruption

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,…

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Nazarbayev’s nephew arrested in Kazakhstan

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…

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Former Czech Prime Minister Babis stripped of immunity amid fraud claims

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…

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UK plans new law to combat foreign money laundering

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.…

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Prosecutors leading New York criminal investigation into Trump resign

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…

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Former Croatian economy minister arrested for illegal business subsidies

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…

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Honduran ex-president accused of facilitating drug smuggling

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…

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Trump and his children ordered to testify in business fraud case

A New York court has ordered former US President Donald Trump, his son Donald Jr. and daughter Ivanka to answer under oath about the activities…

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Albanian parliament extends vetting of judges and prosecutors for corruption

Albanian lawmakers have voted to extend the vetting of judges and prosecutors on links to crime and corruption. Of the 140 lawmakers, 118 voted to…

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Italian prosecutors accuse ex-Prime Minister of corruption

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…

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US accuses couple of embezzlement $4.5 billion

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.…

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British MPs urge to freeze assets of Nazarbayev’s family

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…

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Albanian ex-minister jailed for assisting crime group

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.…

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Saudi Arabia arrests over 230 government staff on charges of corruption

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,…

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Peru’s general secretary of presidential office resigns over corruption chaos

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…

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Biggest Pakistani media mogul acquitted of graft charges

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…

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UK seizes $7.5 million from Azerbaijani lawmaker

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,…

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Australian authorities investigate anti-corruption commission for first time in 30 years

The Queensland Commission on Crime and Corruption in Australia will be investigated by a Commission of Inquiry for the first time in 30 years after…

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Trump vows «corruption investigation» against US President Biden

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…

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Kazakh ex-deputy minister of ecology arrested for corruption

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…

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South African investigators find $137 million corruption in COVID-19 contracts

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…

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Bribing with prostitutes, meals and hotels. Former US Navy commander pleads guilty

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…

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Head of Kyrgyz Customs Service detained on suspicion of corruption

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…

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Former BMW top manager charged with corruption

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…

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Former head of Kyrgyz government found guilty of corruption

A court in Bishkek found ex-head of the Kyrgyz government Joomart Otorbaev guilty of corruption. According to the press service of the court, he was…

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Somali authorities suspend prime minister over alleged corruption

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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