South African prosecutors have over the past year sentenced 350 people, of which 210 government officials convicted of graft involving more than R5 Million (US$324,415.19), the South African reported on Saturday.
Russian investigative reporters say they revealed a bank racketeering scheme that saw officials of Russia’s top intelligence agency requesting a cut from the cash flow in return for not closing it down or driving banks into bankruptcy.
The Azerbaijani Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday tax evasion charges against investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova in what critics called a vindictive act of President Ilham Aliyev, a violation of the country’s law, and a breach of its international obligations.
Interpol and West African border authorities rescued over 100 possible human trafficking victims, confiscated six bars of gold valued at US$12,000 and seized several varieties of illegal drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamines, Interpol said on Tuesday.
Romania's anti-corruption unit (DNA) said on Thursday that it has launched an investigation into bribery allegations against the CEO of the country’s Oracle branch who is suspected of having given IT companies discounts on products in exchange for bribes.
Undercover agents caught the lawyer of a Tajik bank trying to remove three apartments from the bank’s mortgage list in exchange for bribes, authorities said on Wednesday.
Uruguay’s reputation for stability on a continent wracked with political and social unrest has made its law enforcement authorities too complacent to prevent the country from becoming a drug trafficking hub in recent years, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported Tuesday.
Police in Mexico and Argentina have repurposed luxury cars seized from criminals, even though officers have been accused of corruption and affiliating with organized crime groups, InSight Crime reported on Monday.
Riot police used teargas and water cannons to try to disperse protesters who took to the streets on Tuesday to demand President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s resignation after the US accused him of turning Honduras into a narco-state, the BBC reported.
The Kazakh National Security Committee has put off a requirement that citizens install a tool on devices on their electronics designed to protect against cyberattacks in the face of suspicion that the devices actually allow surveillance by government and outsiders.