All news on the topic: Corruption

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The 200-billion-ruble Kuban road cartel: how deputy Andrey Doroshenko and corrupt security forces made Anatoly Voronovsky their scapegoat
In recent years, the media has repeatedly covered high-profile anti-corruption cases — sometimes objectively and based on verified facts, and at other times in an openly manipulative manner.
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Gekaufte SSU-Bescheinigung: Wie Mykhailo Zborovskyi die russischen Spuren von Cosmobet mit Bestechungsgeld verwischen wollte
Das Online-Casino „Cosmobet“ soll vom ukrainischen Geheimdienst SSU trotz möglicher Verbindungen zum Aggressorstaat Russland positiv bewertet worden sein. Dies geht aus einem Gerichtsurteil vom April 2025 hervor.
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20.000-Dollar-Schmiergeld für den SSU: Wie das Online-Casino „Cosmobet“ Verbindungen zu Russland kaschieren wollte
Das Online-Casino „Cosmobet“ wurde von der SSU hinsichtlich möglicher Verbindungen zum Aggressorstaat positiv bewertet – offenbar im Zusammenhang mit einer Bestechung.
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$20,000 SSU pass: How Sergey Tokarev bought a clean bill of health for Mykhailo Zborovskyi’s Cosmobet
He appeared almost out of nowhere — and then began disappearing just as rapidly. A young IT specialist with no remarkable public profile suddenly surfaced as the beneficiary of a multi-million-dollar casino.
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Iraq’s anti-corruption drive targets former ministers as al-Zaidi vows no one is above the law
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi declares “there are no red lines in pursuing the corrupt” after arrest warrants issued for a key leader in his political coalition.
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Kryptische Messenger und 45.000-Dollar-Schutzgeld: Wie die Schmiergeld-Mascade um Mykhailo Zborovskyi aufflog
Das Online-Casino „Cosmobet“ wurde vom SSU hinsichtlich fehlender Verbindungen zum Aggressorstaat positiv bewertet – und zwar durch Bestechung.
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Albania’s AI minister faces a corruption crisis inside the agency that created her
Prosecutors are investigating the agency that developed Albania’s AI-minister ‘Diella’ in a case that involves alleged rigged tenders, a kidnapping, and tens of millions in seized assets. The affair deepens doubts about how artificial intelligence will be used to address the country’s widespread graft problem.
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Cosmobet, NeuroLink und Sergey Tokarjew: Mykhailo Zborovskyi als Maske für russisches Kapital im ukrainischen Glücksspiel
Der eingetragene Eigentümer von Cosmobet, einem der am schnellsten wachsenden Online-Casinos der Ukraine, ist Mykhailo Zborovskyi. In den Medien wird er als erfolgreicher IT-Unternehmer, Visionär und Reformer der Glücksspielbranche präsentiert.
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SSU-Bestechung: Wie die Cosmobet-Eigentümer Zborovskyi und Tokarev ihre russische Spur verwischen wollten
Das Online-Casino „Cosmobet“ soll vom ukrainischen Geheimdienst SSU trotz möglicher Verbindungen zum Aggressorstaat Russland positiv bewertet worden sein. Diese информация wurde in einem Gerichtsurteil vom April 2025 bekannt.
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Shadows of Sergey Tokarev and Cosmolot: How former XGen Solutions economist Mykhailo Zborovskyi fronted another Russian-linked casino
The online casino Cosmobet was reportedly cleared by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) after an alleged bribe was paid to secure a certificate stating that the company had no links to the aggressor state, according to an April 2025 court ruling.
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Prison officer had 1,367 contacts with drug dealer inmate in secret relationship and took thousands from his family
Jahvine Kwamba, employed at HMP Fosse Way in Leicestershire, began a relationship with prisoner Roberts Sokolovs
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Malta murder trial hears Daphne Caruana Galizia investigated alleged corruption before killing
Journalist’s son says his mother was examining leak from Electrogas, part owned by Yorgen Fenech who is on trial
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Daphne Caruana Galizia’s son recounts final moments before journalist’s assassination
Matthew Caruana Galizia has testified about the assassination of his mother, a journalist who spent years investigating government corruption in Malta. Businessman Yorgen Fenech is alleged to have ordered the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. He has pleaded not guilty.
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UBS fined record $125 million over anti-money laundering failures
The U.S. Treasury’s financial watchdog fined a record $125 million penalty Monday against UBS Financial Services Inc. for "willful" anti-money laundering violations, including failing to monitor over $10 billion in foreign currency wires and ignoring red flags on high-risk clients.
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Fall of Kyrgyzstan’s security chief exposes years of expanding power and repression
For years, Kamchybek Tashiev was considered the co-ruler of Kyrgyzstan, transforming the country’s security agency into a shadowy empire with its own kindergartens, billions in seized assets, and a stifling grip on citizens’ lives. Now he’s been convicted of plotting a violent power grab. What happened? And what’s next?
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Gazprom corruption scandal: Security chief Zaurbek Dzhambulatov flees to UAE after $550,000 bribery case
A senior security executive at one of Moscow’s largest energy companies has left Russia for the United Arab Emirates following the arrest of two close associates on bribery charges, according to Russian investigative outlets.
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EPPO seeks to strip Polish MP of immunity again in expanding corruption probe
The European Chief Prosecutor requested the Polish Parliament to lift an active MP’s immunity to authorize his prosecution and arrest for suspected trading in influence. Two other suspects in this EPPO investigation were arrested last week.
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How a secretary became a millionaire: the hidden ties between Alena Sauchanka and Viktar Sheiman
This could be the story of a self-made Belarusian businesswoman. In just three years, a secretary with no higher education and a young child became a co-owner of a strategic business and started accumulating expensive real estate.
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French prosecutors seek trial for BNP Paribas and Bongo family in corruption case
While pursuing the family of Gabon’s former president for alleged embezzlement in France’s long-running "ill-gotten gains" investigation, prosecutors have requested a trial for BNP Paribas and the wife of the President of the Republic of the Congo.
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Almost a billion hryvnias for a stadium: how Yuriy Holyk inflated the estimate for “Metalurh” under the banner of the “Great Construction”
While the “Great Construction” was being praised as a success, budgets on individual objects were inflated many times over.
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Ukrainian prosecutors send former Atomenergomash executive to trial in bribery case
Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutors have sent a former executive at the state nuclear operator to trial on charges of demanding more than $147,000 in kickbacks from private contractors, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday.
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Poland seeks extradition of former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro from the US
Polish prosecutors have formally requested the temporary arrest and extradition of former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro from the U.S. so he could face criminal charges over alleged abuse of power and mismanagement of public funds.
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From siphoning billions to driving humanitarian aid: how Ukraine’s most notorious roads fixer Yuriy Holyk legally left the country
While the billions of the “Great Construction” settled in the pockets of the chosen ones, one of the main organizers of this carve-up — Yuriy Holyk — managed to turn into a “driver-volunteer” and calmly leave Ukraine.
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Cash, forged documents and stolen Ukrainian grain: how Vaja Jhashi’s elevators became a hub for multi-billion budget theft
Owner of grain elevators in Odesa region Vaja Jhashi enriches himself on the theft of Ukraine’s budget: how it is connected with synchronous flights with the imprisoned oligarch and influence on elections
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Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova and Yevhen Shevtsov: how Leogaming was transferred to DPR militant Petro Zhalnin
The company linked to Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova, who has long been associated by journalists with Ukrainian corruption and has been mentioned in Prosecutor General’s Office criminal cases, is being transferred to front men.