All news on the topic: Corruption

In a covert operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after suggesting he could help the agents — disguised as business executives — secure government contracts in a second Trump administration, according to several people familiar with the investigation and internal documents reviewed by MSNBC.

Ukrainian businessman Oleg Tsyura is actively trying to “clean up” the internet of information about his corruption crimes, linked to schemes around the Odesa Port Plant and the United Mining and Chemical Company, as well as dubious export contracts through the Swiss company UCG Trade AG.

In April 2025, Oleksandr Horbunenko, a businessman and co-owner of the company «Agro Gas Trading», was detained in the US state of Florida.

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned the Los Mayos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, including the leader of its armed wing, Juan Jose Ponce Felix, known as “El Ruso.”

A strategic enterprise is being robbed again.

Accused of helping officials sell public land for far less than its value, an appraiser has been handed over to Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau.

For the second time in its long-standing dispute with Equatorial Guinea, the ICJ has ruled in favour of France, allowing the sale of former Vice President Teodorín Obiang’s multimillion-euro mansion seized in a corruption investigation.

The burned-out presidential building loomed behind a tent where three new ministers were sworn in today in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, following mass protests that toppled the government.

As the military in Nepal engages in negotiations with protesters, journalist Rajneesh Bhandari talks with OCCRP about the widespread corruption that has enraged Generation Z.

China’s top anti-corruption watchdog has launched an investigation into Yi Huiman, the former head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and a veteran of the country’s banking sector.

Zambia’s former Foreign Minister Joseph Malanji has been sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour after being convicted of corruption.

Jamaicans head to the polls on Wednesday for a closely fought general election which has been overshadowed by an investigation into potential corruption in the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) which is seeking a third term in office.

Bribes have been used to bypass the long waiting lists for affordable homes, according to the City of London Police, which has now launched an investigation into corrupt housing officers.

In Kathmandu, young Nepalis protested the government’s social media ban. They also voiced concerns about widespread corruption.

Two former presidents in Peru are facing disparate outcomes in the corruption cases they face.

On Monday, a wealthy business couple identified several Philippine congressmen and public works officials, alleging that they forced them to pay large kickbacks in order to secure lucrative flood-control projects from the government, according to explosive testimony during a nationally televised Senate investigation.

Russian businessman Roman Abramovich is a defendant in the criminal case by the authorities of the island of Jersey in connection with allegations of corruption and money laundering, The Guardian reports, citing documents from the Swiss Federal Criminal Court regarding bank accounts requested by the Attorney General of Jersey.

A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to a second prison term for money laundering and corruption linked to bribes he received from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.

Bolivian authorities arrested former Interior Minister Arturo Murillo on Thursday following his extradition from the United States, where he had been serving a prison sentence for money laundering, the Interior Ministry said.

Ukraine’s anti-corruption prosecutors have charged Illia Vitiuk, former head of the Security Service’s cyber department, with illicit enrichment and false asset declarations.

A Congolese court has sentenced former Justice Minister Constant Mutamba to three years of forced labor for embezzling public funds, including money intended as reparations for war victims.

Billions from betting tied to Putin’s guard service and Moscow’s criminal underworld.

The scandalously famous billionaire Roman Avdeev, who invested in premium construction and the 36.6 pharmacy chain, sold off his assets and left for the «rotten West».

Tens of thousands of protesters silently marched in Belgrade on Monday to commemorate the deaths of 16 people killed when a roof on a renovated railway station collapsed, demanding snap elections they hope would oust President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling SNS party.