The South African public anti-corruption watchdog has lost its case against the country’s president after a court cleared him of corruption allegations.

The Manhattan U.S. attorney charged 27 individuals, including trainers, veterinarians and drug suppliers, with a variety of crimes related to a massive horse doping scheme aimed to rig races across the United States, the Department of Justice announced on Monday.

Starting Tuesday, Mexicans can buy special national lottery tickets that will give them a chance to become one of the 100 owners of a luxurious presidential plane which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has decided to get rid of in an effort to show modesty.

Three luxurious, high-security London mansions linked to the family of the former Kazakhstani president have been targeted with Unexplained Wealth Orders, which enable UK authorities to investigate suspected ill-gotten gains, Transparency International revealed on Tuesday.

Investigators in more than 15 countries have seized almost 36 million units of medical drugs in a coordinated sting on European groups trafficking black market and counterfeit medications.  

The head of an elite Iraqi counter-terrorism force declared that his unit would be best purposed fighting corruption, but an expert claims this may be an uphill battle.

Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrested on Tuesday six people suspected of belonging to an international gang that smuggled drugs from Albania to the European Union over Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

US prosecutors charged on Thursday the former president of the United Auto Workers, UAW, union with embezzling more than US$1 million in union funds, furthering racketeering activity, and evading taxes.

Moldovan authorities accused two current, two former officials of the National Bank of being involved in a US$1 billion theft from three banks, the Office of the Prosecutor General announced.

The new Malaysian Government, led by a graft-dogged party, appointed on Monday a new head of the anti-corruption commission after its former boss resigned.