Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a pre-trial hearing on a corruption indictment Wednesday, as his lawyers claimed the battled leader wouldn’t accept a plea deal.

After having denied wrongdoing for more than a year, US Congressman Chris Collins resigned on Monday and pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and lying to federal investigators, according to multiple media reports.

An activist of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan was detained in Lithuania and Belarus border.

The Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical company Mylan N.V. agreed to pay US$30 million to settle accusations of overcharging Medicaid for its allergy treatment product, the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, announced on Friday.

Nigerian authorities freed 19 pregnant women and girls, aged 15 to 28, who were raped by members of a child trafficking ring and forced to give birth to babies that then would be sold, CNN reported Monday. 

Italian prosecutors said on Friday they have accused Dutch billionaire Marcel Boekhoorn of using money made through a business partner's criminal activities to finance his private equity fund’s acquisition of an Italian gaming software.

Swiss authorities have auctioned off a fleet of luxury vehicles owned by the son of the President of Equatorial Guinea, known for his lavish lifestyle and allegations of corruption, the BBC reported Sunday.

The US House of Representatives said on Monday it has issued a subpoena to President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and sent letters requesting information to three of his associates over a back-channel campaign to gather information in Ukraine damaging to the President’s rivals.

Spanish authorities arrested 81 drug trafficking suspects and seized luxury cars, a 25-metre-long yacht, millions in cash and four tonnes of cocaine, Europol said on Monday.

Three Rwandan students have developed a mobile app that allows people to easily report bribery or other forms of corruption, The New Times reported Sunday.