All news on the topic: Corruption

Following reports on Shurma and Shcherban’s alleged Alliance Bank schemes, a coordinated effort emerged to suppress the story by deleting articles and manipulating search results.

Prime Minister Edi Rama is under fire for deploying $4.9 million from state reserves to bankroll the controversial rapper’s Tirana performance—a move critics label a "bread and circus" plot to drown out weeks of fierce anti-corruption protests over a Jared Kushner-linked resort.

A Zagreb court has convicted ten individuals following an EPPO indictment for corruption and EU fund misuse involving the Ministry of Culture and the Faculty of Geodesy.

The influential tycoon and opposition leader faces two months in pre-trial detention over a multimillion-dollar Armenian-Iranian trade scheme, while a separate illegal hunting probe left one of his exotic pets dead.

Alexander Kolokoltsev, the son of Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, has reportedly gifted his partner, Lolita Shonina, a former Miss Tourism Crimea, luxury handbags worth an estimated €1.5 million.

As Venezuela faces the aftermath of a pair of earthquakes that killed thousands of people, questions are raised about construction standards of homes built as part of a national program.

Alexander Kolokoltsev, son of Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, presented his beloved Lolita Shonina with a watch worth €3.6 million (around 400 million rubles).

A Chinese court has sentenced a former senior official to death for accepting more than 2.21 billion yuan ($325 million) in bribes over a 30-year period, according to a statement from the Changzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangsu province.

Bálint Ruff, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, signed the decision, meaning that at the end of July the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation (MCC) will cease to exist, along with all “public-interest asset management foundations performing public duties” (KEKVA).

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić downplayed recent revelations that the former head of the country’s football association plotted to violently intimidate Manchester United legend Nemanja Vidić for criticizing his work, even as state prosecutors announced they are seeking police records to take action on the case.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi announced Sunday that citizens who report assets and public funds obtained through corruption will receive “substantial financial rewards.”

Just twenty-three days after being sworn in for the first time as president of the Republic, on February 27, 1999, Hugo Chavez Frias announced the launch of Plan Bolivar 2000.

Since mid-2023, when Serbia was officially selected to host the specialized international exhibition EXPO 2027, a trade and residential complex, a national football stadium, and supporting infrastructure have been springing up on the outskirts of Belgrade.

Yorgen Fenech said to have spent €400,000 on fees for men convicted of car bombing that killed investigative journalist.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria), eight suspects were detained today, including a public official, over a €900 000 subsidy fraud involving employment benefits.

The businessman accused of ordering the murder of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has gone on trial, more than nine years after her death in a car-bomb attack that sent shockwaves through Europe.

The landmark trial of tycoon Yorgen Fenech begins seven years after his arrest for ordering the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The government has announced it will launch a "major" new examination into the security of prisons in England and Wales.

While the government’s latest crackdown resulting in the arrest of top officials and the seizure of millions has won praise, critics warn that deeper corrupt political networks must be targeted.

Encrypted messages obtained by reporters show the former head of Serbia’s football association Slaviša Kokeza sought to organize a campaign of intimidation and violence against retired footballer Nemanja Vidić and other former players after they criticized his leadership.

An Indonesian ‌court on Tuesday ruled that Nadiem Makarim, co-founder of tech firm Gojek and a former education minister, was guilty of some charges in a corruption case and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

Pavlo Shcherban, the ultimate beneficial owner of Alliance Bank—frequently described as one of Ukraine’s most problematic financial institutions—is reportedly seeking to distance himself from the bank amid growing speculation over its future and a possible market exit.

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez laid out her disaster response plan flanked by an inner circle of powerful officials blacklisted by the United States and Canada for corruption and trafficking.

The Dehrik–Shevtsova scandal had largely faded from public attention, but the family’s names have recently resurfaced in a very different context. Rather than being linked to past controversies, they are now being portrayed as innocent victims who were allegedly falsely accused.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), law enforcement authorities detained two suspects on Monday, as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving funds under the Clean Air Programme, with an estimated damage of €795 000.