All news on the topic: Corruption

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Former landlord of bankrupt Steward Health Care drops defamation case in the U.S.
Medical Properties Trust, the hospital real estate company that rented to Steward, had sued Viceroy Research LLC for making public allegations of mismanagement.
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France’s highest court upholds sentencing of ex-president in corruption case
Sarkozy, 69, faces a one-year prison sentence but is likely to request home detention with an electronic bracelet.
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Wayne Rooney’s ex-Premier League teammate sentenced to 20 years for bribery
Former Everton player and China manager Li Tie will spend the next 20 years behind bars after landing a hefty sentence for giving and receiving bribes throughout his career
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Turkmens face higher airfares due to monopoly
Turkmenistan’s citizens face exorbitant airfares due to widespread corruption and nepotism in the state-controlled aviation sector.
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Nigeria seizes its largest asset tied to government corruption
Nigerian anti-fraud agency makes historic asset recovery, seizing property linked to illegal activities by government officials.
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New Covid corruption chief to leave ‘no stone unturned’, Reeves warns
Tom Hayhoe has been appointed to to claw back taxpayers’ money wasted on deals during the pandemic.
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Top Australian criminal target Zhao flourished in Fiji despite high-level warnings
Fiji’s former prime minister and police chief publicly associated with Zhao Fugang, a China-born businessman and Communist Party representative, even after police warned them that Zhao was suspected of ties to organized crime.
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NGOs: trafficked women in Mexico face "judicial indifference"
Organized crime, systemic corruption, and a culture of machismo are fueling a devastating crisis for women and girls in Mexico, where only a tiny minority of human trafficking cases are investigated by authorities.
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Thales faces bribery and corruption investigation
An investigation is under way into the France-based defence company Thales for suspected bribery and corruption, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced.
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Former Kyrgyz top customs official pays $200M to walk free while awaiting trial
Corruption-Tainted Kyrgyz Official Pays $200 million to wait home for his trial for hooliganism, money laundering and liberty deprivation
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Steward Health Care: Former House Speaker John Boehner testifies before U.S. grand jury
Boehner was a board member for the private healthcare giant, which declared bankruptcy amid corruption allegations.
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Prison officers deal drugs and ask inmates for sex, media told
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.
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US imprisons Malaysian ‘Fat Leonard’ over Navy’s biggest corruption scandal
US courts sentence a Malaysian businessman to 15 years behind bars for bribing Navy officials. Bribes included cash, prostitutes, liquor, and cigars.
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African Union: Children suffer the severe consequences of corruption
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.
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Bulgaria’s hacking ’Elves’ expose election fraud scheme
Hacktivists have released a list of individuals purportedly involved in election fraud.
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Greece removes anonymity for whistleblowers in the Novartis case
Greek authorities lifted the anonymity of two whistleblowers Thursday in the Novartis bribery case, which implicated several government officials, including two former prime ministers.
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Albanian ex-president Ilir Meta arrested on corruption charges
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.
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South African officials face punishment for delaying the report on a killer’s escape
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.
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Met officers allegedly took hampers and cash bribes to help Fayed persecute staff
Scotland Yard faces claims corrupt officers helped Harrods owner quash potential complaints of abuse
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Eric Adams charged with accepting bribes and illegal foreign campaign contributions
Former police officer is the first sitting New York City mayor to be criminally charged and has vowed to stay in office
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Prosecutor demands six years in prison for jailed Kyrgyz investigative journalists
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.
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NGO claims UK National Crime Agency is ‘on its knees’
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.
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UK COVID contracts worth £15 billion raise corruption concerns
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.
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The quartet of judicial terror
From their anti-terrorism courts in Caracas, four improvised judges have dedicated themselves to, precisely, spreading terror.
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Steward gave controversial consultants an interest in Malta Company at heart of Huge Graft Scandal
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.