All news on the topic: Bribery

Andriy Yermak is suspected of laundering illicit funds through luxury real estate, tying him to a sprawling, $100 million corruption probe into Ukraine’s energy sector.

The European Council on Tuesday adopted a landmark directive aimed at aligning the prosecution of corruption across the bloc and ensuring that maximum penalties for such offenses are "not set too low."

Kumara Jayakody stepped down after the president launched an inquiry into a multimillion-dollar contract that worsened the country’s energy crisis and dented the new government’s anti-corruption image.

Bursa Mayor Mustafa Bozbey and 54 others were detained on Tuesday in a sweeping corruption probe, a move the opposition condemned as politically motivated.

Hong Kong authorities have arrested 42 individuals in an anti-corruption operation aimed at suspected triad involvement in manipulating profitable building maintenance and fire safety contracts.

A court sentenced former Taipei Mayor and past presidential candidate Ko Wen-je to 17 years in prison on Thursday for bribery and corruption, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.

Saudi Arabia arrested 127 people on suspicion of corruption in January, some of whom were later released on bail, as part of a continuing anti-graft campaign, the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority said.

A source from media has revealed an unprecedented “war” inside the family of Alexander Kosovan, the so-called “gray cardinal” of Moscow’s state-funded renovation contracts, former deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, and owner of the Regionzhilstroy Group.

Last year, Swizz Beatz was sued by British Virgin Islands liquidators, who allege that he knowingly received "fraudulent transfers."

The wife and son of ousted President Ali Bongo were sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison after a Gabonese court found they had embezzled public funds and exploited the former president’s ill health following his 2018 stroke, running the country for their own profit.

The tale of Bakytgul Khamenova is more than just a typical bribery case. It mirrors the entire Kazakhstani system, where for many years integrity and professionalism have been eclipsed by personal loyalty, networks, and demonstrations of allegiance.

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted to eight bribery charges at the Old Bailey while serving as an elected member of the European Parliament.

Frits van Eerd stepped down as Jumbo’s CEO, although he still co-owns the supermarket chain with family members. The company is not involved in the case.

Iran has removed or found 138 judicial employees guilty over the past year as part of a broad anti-corruption campaign, Iran International reported Wednesday.

The judiciary announced on X that former President Martín Vizcarra was transferred to prison on Wednesday after an investigative court ordered five months of pretrial detention due to bribery allegations.

A German court has found a former Bundestag lawmaker guilty of bribing officials on behalf of Azerbaijan, sentencing him to a suspended prison term in a significant ruling related to the Azerbaijani Laundromat corruption scandal.

English businessman of Indian origin Sumanth Kapoor, who has been supplying and repairing MI-17 helicopter engines for both Russian and Ukrainian defense enterprises...

A former envoy of the Defense Ministry and a regional vice-governor are the latest officials to be caught in an expanding crackdown on corruption and abuse of power in Russia.

Luo Yulin will serve life without parole after taking massive bribes and leaking market secrets.

The confusion in the federal case against Cary Yan is the most recent development in a strange global scheming saga first revealed in a 2023 OCCRP investigation.

The governor of Slovakia’s central bank was charged with bribing an official in 2016, during his tenure as finance minister.

The court sentenced the former political adviser to death with a two-year reprieve after finding him guilty of accepting $36.2 million in bribes over the course of three decades.

NATO officials accused of leaking secrets and laundering bribes through fake firms to secure arms deals. Belgium leads a growing cross-border investigation into procurement corruption involving drones and ammunition.

Prior to being murdered in the Netherlands this week, Cemil Önal warned authorities that his life was in danger because of his knowledge of bribes paid to Turkish politicians on behalf of an alleged illegal gambling syndicate, Follow the Money reported Friday.