All news on the topic: Corruption

Following a court order, law enforcement agencies detained dozens of public servants and businesspeople on Tuesday, who are believed to have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic for personal gain.

Sen. Bob Menendez, a powerful New Jersey Democrat, was convicted Tuesday in a sprawling bribery scheme in which he was accused of selling out his office for lucrative bribes, including cash and gold bars.

Steward Health Care, a U.S. company at the heart of Malta’s biggest-ever corruption scandal, paid out nearly US$1.6 million to a private spy company just before declaring bankruptcy, filings from the case show.

Spanish anti-corruption prosecutors have asked a court to impose a fine of 160 million euros ($173 million) on the engineering and construction company Duro Felguera S.A.

Albanian authorities arrested on Thursday former Health Minister Ilir Beqaj, accusing him of misappropriating EU funds through corruption, fraud, income concealment, and abuse of office. If convicted, he faces up to 26 years in prison.

A French court has rejected a Cameroonian businessman’s attempt to set aside an ICC award in favour of a Spanish food group based on allegations it terminated their partnership to benefit from corrupt links with Nigerian officials.

Former EIB official Henry von Blumenthal is in the crosshairs of EU prosecutors...

Labour is talking a good game on cleaning up Westminster as an election looms — but the U.K. has a long history of opposition parties promising the earth.

Daniel Obajtek’s case also a first test for how the new European Parliament will deal with rule of law issues.

German prosecutors have dropped their investigation into real estate deals by Ajmal Rahmani, a former Afghan politician who says the decision strengthens his lawsuit against the U.S. government, which sanctioned him for alleged corruption.

Beny Steinmetz likes to do things his own way.

Moldova detained Tuesday four allegedly corrupt officials tied to an international conspiracy that has allowed criminals to escape Red Notice arrest warrants issued by Interpol.

“What we have here is a mudslinging campaign by the right and the far right,” a government spokesperson said.

Former PM Boyko Borissov and sanctioned media mogul Delyan Peevski are in the driving seat ahead of an election on June 9.

Prosecutors allege that €66 million in a special fund may have been misused under the former justice minister.

Spain is investigating the son of Equatorial Guinea’s ruler, Teodoro Obiang, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering and tax fraud network that has whitewashed millions of dollars from bribes paid by a Portuguese company to which he awarded a construction contract in the African country.

For the second time in a decade, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez faces a corruption trial Monday with his political career and freedom on the line in a criminal case that already has forced him out of one of the most powerful posts in Congress.

An investigative journalist in Nigeria has been arrested by police and held without charge for over a week, leading to growing fears for his safety.

Joseph Muscat, the central bank governor, and deputy PM accused over allegations once investigated by murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Cypriot Former President Nicos Anastasiades has filed a defamation suit against an author who testified to an anti-corruption body about alleged misconduct while he was head of state.

Mykola Solskyi accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was head of major farming firm and an MP

He’s the third former PM to be scrutinized under the Anwar Ibrahim administration.

A Russian deputy defense minister has been charged with taking a bribe, in the country’s highest-profile corruption scandal since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.