Despite being one of the least corrupt countries in Africa, Ghana is annually losing billions to graft - a menace that keeps people poor and shatters their dreams, officials said last week.

The incoming mayor of the northern Albanian city Shkodra was forced to resign on Thursday after an opposition party exposed his past conviction on drug-related charges, Balkan Insight reported.

 Brazilian authorities have arrested more than 115 suspected members of various criminal gangs, as well as government officials allegedly linked to organized crime and corruption, police announced Thursday. 

Life in the fast lane ended abruptly earlier this week for 15 men from Brooklyn and Queens who stand accused of stealing and selling dozens of motorcycles across New York City.

Prime Minister Trudeau violated the law when he tried to persuade Canada’s attorney general to go soft on a company charged with corruption, the ethics commissioner concluded in an “explosive” 63-page report on the SNC-Lavalin affair released Wednesday. 

A Mexican cartel leader who worked under Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling cocaine in the Western District of New York, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

The trafficking of animals, illegal logging and mining and the dumping of hazardous materials diverts hundreds of billions of dollars every year to the financial accounts of organized crime groups, a new study published on Monday by Michigan State University found.

Almazbek Atambayev made a calculated bid for long-lasting power in Kyrgyzstan two years ago but now instead stands charged, the BBC reported Tuesday, with murder, planning a coup, fomenting unrest, and taking hostages.

The UK National Crime Agency froze on Wednesday eight bank accounts with more than £100 million (US$ 121,004,893) it suspects were obtained through corruption and bribery in an overseas nation.

In the biggest bust for the state of Queensland–and the third largest in Australia–police seized 766 kilograms of pure MDMA powder on Tuesday and charged six people in connection with the case, including two UK citizens.