All news on the topic: Corruption

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is being investigated over her country’s surprise release of a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court.

Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation on Tuesday following months of mass demonstrations triggered by the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November, which critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.

U.S. sanctions Kyrgyz bank with history of corruption, money laundering, and political intrigue.

Two former German lawmakers are accused of taking bribes to act in the interest of Azerbaijan.

Turkey’s opposition leaders accuse President Erdoğan of using corruption and terrorism charges to undermine rivals, remove elected mayors, and consolidate power through appointed trustees.

Chinese prosecutors reveal significant year-on-year increases in fraud, corruption, and cultural relic crimes, highlighting expanded crackdowns across key sectors in 2024.

Moldova arrests former Kyrgyz presidential advisor who had requested political asylum after accusing his president of corruption and election rigging.

Newly uncovered documents show infighting, intrigue, and payouts as Steward Health Care took over a controversial Malta hospital deal.

Ukraine investigates fugitive Defense Ministry official over the purchase of faulty body armor and bad quality uniforms for soldiers.

The social program of the Bolivarian government, which promised "cheap cars for the people," is actually a private business backed by the Venezuelan state, selling vehicles imported from Iran for as much as 16,000 dollars.

Sir Keir Starmer is standing behind Tulip Siddiq after the Treasury minister was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh, Downing Street has said.

Former Kyrgyz Customs official Raimbek Matraimov, implicated in embezzling $700 million and sparking nationwide protests in 2019, received a $1,150 fine after admitting to hooliganism and illegal border crossing.

Fiji’s former prime minister and police chief publicly associated with Zhao Fugang, a China-born businessman and Communist Party representative, even after police warned them that Zhao was suspected of ties to organized crime. Zhao has not been charged with any crime.

Organized crime, systemic corruption, and a culture of machismo are fueling a devastating crisis for women and girls in Mexico, where only a tiny minority of human trafficking cases are investigated by authorities.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been indicted by U.S. prosecutors for his alleged role in a $265 million scheme to bribe Indian officials, plunging his conglomerate deep into crisis for the second time in two years.

Corruption-Tainted Kyrgyz Official Pays $200 million to wait home for his trial for hooliganism, money laundering and liberty deprivation

US courts sentence a Malaysian businessman to 15 years behind bars for bribing Navy officials. Bribes included cash, prostitutes, liquor, and cigars.

Hacktivists have released a list of individuals purportedly involved in election fraud.

Greek authorities lifted the anonymity of two whistleblowers Thursday in the Novartis bribery case, which implicated several government officials, including two former prime ministers.

Former police officer is the first sitting New York City mayor to be criminally charged and has vowed to stay in office

A new report by Transparency International UK claims that about a third of public contracts for COVID-19, totaling billions, bypassed standard procurement safeguards and were awarded to entities linked to the Conservative Party.

Ugandan police arrested three women who on Monday protested topless on streets of Kampala to draw attention to the country’s rampant corruption problem.

Over the past year, 7,568 people were abducted in Nigeria, with kidnappers demanding the equivalent of over US$6 million in ransom, according to a new report by SBM Intelligence, a Nigerian consulting firm.

The 2024 African Youth Survey shows that 80% of young people in Africa see corruption as an obstacle to progress, pushing three-in-five to consider emigration to the Global North, according to a survey conducted by a non-government organization.