Cambodian police arrested a journalist for quoting the country’s prime minister who spoke about the economic consequences of COVID-19 and authorities revoked the license of the journalist’s news site.
US prosecutors say that a former Venezuelan attorney general is implicated in the laundering of bribes contractors paid to the state-owned oil company PDVSA through banks in Florida, according to Miami Herald.
The Ukrainian government has set aside 5,000 coronavirus testing kits imported from China for exclusive use by members of parliament and other senior public officials, according to documents obtained on Thursday by OCCRP member center Slidstvo.
U.S. President Donald Trump replaced the recently appointed inspector general who was tasked with overseeing the country’s US$2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill, reports said on Tuesday. Critics argue the move is part of an ongoing effort by the Trump administration to discharge and intimidate anyone who might go against its will.
The UK’s largest bank has alerted financial intelligence authorities to possible breaches of anti-money laundering regulations at its Australian subsidiary.
Two prominent judges said on Thursday that with billions being poured into the fight against the coronavirus, the world needs now more than ever an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) “to punish and deter kleptocrats who enjoy impunity in the countries they rule.”
An Ecuadorian court has sentenced the country’s former president in absentia to eight years in prison for taking bribes from a Brazilian conglomerate.
The International Monetary Fund’s response to the COVID-19 crisis is in desperate need of anti-corruption measures, Human Rights Watch, Transparency International and Global Witness declared in a joint statement released Wednesday.
A UK court has dismissed a request made by authorities to the family of the former president of Kazakhstan to explain where they got the money to buy three mansions in London. The National Crime Agency, NCA, said it would appeal.
The co-owner of a bank that has been implicated in money laundering and other criminal financial activities has passed away on Sunday, according to an online obituary and sources close to the bank.