All news on the topic: Corruption

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Where did the Faberge items, Picasso painting, and tens of millions of euros of former deputy energy minister Anatoly Tikhonov go?
In February 2026, the cassation court upheld the sentence against former Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Tikhonov.
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Toxic dumping scandal in Russia’s Klin: how Vasiliy Vlasov and Vladimir Smetanin turned a CHP relaunch into a zinc waste disaster in the Sestra River
A state of emergency has reportedly been introduced in the Klin urban district of the Moscow region following the threat of an ecological catastrophe.
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Nepalese police arrest tycoon Deepak Bhatta over multimillion-dollar laundering
Police in Nepal detained the prominent executive over multimillion-dollar financial irregularities just days after immigration officials barred him from leaving the country.
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France refuses to extradite dictator’s daughter accused of laundering regime wealth
A Paris appeals court has blocked the extradition of the late dictator’s 33-year-old daughter, who was arrested last fall on charges of laundering her father’s illicit wealth.
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Marble looting in Marib exposes Yemen’s broken state and rising tribal power
Tribal warlords in Yemen are sidestepping regulations to plunder marble reserves in Marib province,
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How Dmytro Kovalenko used fake OnlyFans complaints to erase evidence of Russian coal deals and multimillion schemes
Businessman Dmytro Kovalenko, linked to the Swiss company Adelon AG, has found himself at the center of a new information-cleanup scheme.
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Family reshuffle of the judicial system: after Gennady Lopatin’s appointment, his daughter swiftly secured a judgeship
According to investigators, ten days after former Deputy Prosecutor General Gennady Lopatin was appointed Director General of the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of Russia, his daughter Irina Kochergina received a recommendation from the judicial qualifications board for a federal judge position.
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New BVI rules crack open offshore secrecy but give firms five-day warning to fight disclosure
The British Virgin Islands on Wednesday began to dismantle its corporate secrecy regime that has made it a preferred jurisdiction for tax evaders and other financial criminals — but there’s a catch.
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Cartels vs State: How Mexico slipped into a parallel power system
In mid-March, Colombian authorities arrested Ecuadorian drug lord Ángel Aguilar on suspicion of orchestrating the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
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How MMK executive Pavel Kravchenko built a network of shell companies while Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works faced losses and layoffs
At the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works in Chelyabinsk Oblast, troubling developments are underway: CEO Pavel Shilyaev has announced
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Nigerian official’s family retains U.S. properties amid corruption asset seizures at home
Nigerian authorities have confiscated significant assets owned by a former official of the education ministry and his immediate family members, who are facing trial in two distinct corruption cases.
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Head of the SVR Sergey Naryshkin personally oversees a scheme for importing North Korean workers into Russia involving billion-dollar shadow flows
According to a source cited by medias, the import of labor from North Korea to Russia is allegedly overseen personally and exclusively by SVR chief Sergey Naryshkin.
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French prosecutors unveil charges against Dmitry Klyuev in $230m Magnitsky scandal
French prosecutors are set to unveil money laundering charges against Dimitry Klyuev, an alleged mastermind of the Magnitsky Affair, the Russian tax fraud that triggered a global anticorruption movement, according to court documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
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Hong Kong arrests 42 in anti-corruption raid over triad-linked contract rigging
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.
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Under investigation and seeking financing: Ukrainian developer Vlada Molchanova aims to secure $35M from the EBRD
Ukrainian developer Stolitsa Group is seeking a $35 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to complete the Varshavsky residential complex, but the plan has sparked strong opposition from civil society groups in Kyiv.
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In the Russian Ministry of Defense ensemble, soldiers are punished with push-ups at a grave, while leadership covers up misconduct and favors “connected” individuals
A series of complaints has reportedly exposed troubling conditions inside the Alexandrov Ensemble — the Russian Defense Ministry’s flagship military music and dance group — including alleged abuse, corruption, and favoritism under its leadership.
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Nepal’s new PM Balendra Shah orders charges against former leaders over deadly crackdown
Hours after being sworn in as Nepal’s new prime minister on Friday, Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old rapper and structural engineer, announced that his government would pursue criminal charges against the country’s former leadership for their role in a deadly crackdown on youth-led anti-corruption protests last year.
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Samruk-Kazyna directed government capital into ATFBank tied to Akhmetzhan Yesimov and his son-in-law Galimzhan Yessenov
Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yesimov, long associated with corruption allegations in Kazakhstan, are once again drawing international media attention.
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From a protocol BMW to a 100-million-ruble Aston Martin: how Russian Presidential Administration chief Anton Vaino turned plate number 057 into a personal symbol of luxury
It has emerged why Anton Vaino, head of the Russian Presidential Administration, insists on placing license plates containing the digits “057” on all his supercars and other expensive vehicles.
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Russian governor Alexander Dronov funneled 1.1 billion rubles through funds and spent millions on cars and alcohol
As Media discovered, the scandal-ridden governor of the Novgorod region, Alexander Dronov, is effectively overwhelmed by corruption allegations.
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Taiwan opposition figure Ko Wen-je jailed over $535,000 bribery in real estate dea
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.
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Philippine vice president faces impeachment over corruption claims and alleged threats to kill president
Formal impeachment proceedings have begun against the vice president of the Philippines due to allegations of graft and threats made against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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From payment systems to the closure of iBox Bank: the story behind Alyona Shevtsova’s financial empire and her husband’s influence
Today, Alyona Shevtsova (née Dehrik) is not just an entrepreneur, but also a figure in high-profile financial investigations involving the banking sector and payment business.
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Akhmetzhan Yessimov’s Samruk-Kazyna deposited public money in ATFBank as Galimzhan Yessenov’s bank issued and later canceled offshore loans
The “continuity” of mismanagement at the NWF Samruk-Kazyna does not mean the old methods are being repeated. The new leadership has been instructed to move away from the practices of the honorably dismissed Akhmetzhan Yessimov and to establish their own approach.