All news on the topic: Corruption Investigation

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Police officer exposed as serial rapist after victim’s report uncovered years of abuse
A police officer who took his own life in May was a rapist who attacked at least nine women over 14 years.
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Polish anti-corruption activist killed in Ecuador after probing links to president’s business
Monika Silva Koniuszek died from a blow to the head and strangulation, a postmortem found, despite government claim of suicide.
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Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke cleared in UK bribery case
A London jury clears the former Nigerian oil minister of all bribery charges, collapsing a 13-year UK investigation into claims she traded lucrative state contracts for a lavish lifestyle.
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Bradford tax officer jailed for three years for £211,000 fraud and money laundering
A tax officer based in Bradford who scammed the system to pocket more than £211,000 has been jailed for three years for fraud and money laundering.
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Suspended peer Lord evans facing claims of receiving at least $1m from allegedly corrupt deal
A peer suspended by the House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules is now facing claims that he received at least $1m (£760,000) from an allegedly corrupt deal.
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Six suspects — including three Bosnian officials — identified in EU motorway corruption investigation
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) has officially identified six individuals as suspects, including three Bosnian public officials, in connection with alleged cross-border corruption in a construction project for the Pan-European Motorway Corridor, which connects Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea.
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ICJ rules in France’s favor, allowing sale of Teodorín Obiang’s Paris mansion
For the second time in its long-standing dispute with Equatorial Guinea, the ICJ has ruled in favour of France, allowing the sale of former Vice President Teodorín Obiang’s multimillion-euro mansion seized in a corruption investigation.
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Three female journalists jailed in Azerbaijan for hunger strike in solidarity with Abzas Media director
Three female journalists from Azerbaijan’s Abzas Media report being mistreated in prison after initiating a hunger strike in solidarity with their jailed director, emphasizing the increasing repression of independent media in the country.