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

Boehner was a board member for the private healthcare giant, which declared bankruptcy amid corruption allegations.

Next to a vandalised wire fence opposite HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, 28-year-old Beatrice Auty brushes away tears. The memories of her time inside the jail are too much to bear.

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

The African Union (AU) warned that corruption is among the biggest barriers to the “full realization of children’s rights” with at least 25 million primary school children across the continent affected by corrupt practices.

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.

Ilir Meta, the former president of Albania and leader of the opposition Freedom Party, was arrested Monday in Tirana on charges of corruption, money laundering, and failure to declare assets.

Following a damning report by the South African Office of the Public Protector, authorities have reassigned two officials and issued them final written warnings for taking six months to report the escape of a convicted murderer and rapist from prison.

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

Amid a crackdown on free expression, journalists from OCCRP’s local partner Temirov Live are confronted with the prospect of a draconian prison sentence on charges they insist are trumped up.

Facing understaffing and retention issues stemming from chronic underinvestment, the U.K.’s elite crime fighting agency is left hobbled, finds a new report by the non-government organization, Spotlight on Corruption.

Around a third of all public contracts signed by the British government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic skipped standard procurement safeguards with billions going to entities connected to the Conservative Party, claims a comprehensive new report by Transparency International U.K.

From their anti-terrorism courts in Caracas, four improvised judges have dedicated themselves to, precisely, spreading terror.

Shaukat Ali, a Pakistani businessman who helped U.S.-based Steward Health Care secure a massive public contract in Malta, says he and his son were paid only normal consulting fees for their work. Leaked documents show they were promised much more.

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.

Slovakia’s government confirmed this week that it would disband a police agency investigating associates of ruling party politicians, while the justice minister freed a former prosecutor who was jailed after accepting bribes from a crime boss.

The U.S. government announced new sanctions against Paraguayan tobacco company Tabacalera del Este S.A. (Tabesa) for financially supporting former President Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara, who himself was sanctioned last year for alleged corruption and ties to terrorism.

Arrest of Dmitry Bulgakov is latest high-profile incident in ongoing purge within Moscow’s military top brass

The wife of Armenia’s Deputy Minister of the Economy received in 2023 a salary from a company that plans to develop a ski resort on the country’s tallest mountain.

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.