In a series of investigative articles published this week, Australian news outlets allege the Chinese president’s cousin was a part of an organized crime ring with ties to the Australian casino chain Crown.
A Chinese court sentenced a human rights activist to 12 years in prison for leaking state secrets while a Vietnamese court locked seven activists behind bars saying they “caused public disorder.”
Spain’s High Court has launched an investigation into the country’s second largest bank, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), suspected of bribery and of hiring a company to wiretap journalists, politicians and businesspeople, Deutsche Welle reported Monday.
Authorities in 29 countries joined forces and seized 18,000 items and arrested 59 people involved in the trafficking of cultural goods, Europol said on Monday.
How does an accidental president, who stumbled into power in the midst of a political crisis, who governs a country pummeled by some of the highest-profile corruption scandals on the continent, and whose efforts to pass sweeping judicial and political anti-corruption reforms have been repeatedly stymied by congress, restore the public’s faith in their government?
At least 57 people were killed, including 16 decapitated, when two rival gangs got into a fight and started a fire at a Brazilian prison early Monday morning, the Associated Press reported.
Following orders from President Rodrigo Duterte, authorities have closed all state gambling facilities on Sunday and will keep them closed until the end of a massive corruption probe.
Police in Tanzania detained on Monday evening investigative journalist Erick Kabendera and have not allowed him to contact his lawyer, Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition reported on Tuesday.
An internal UN ethics report has leveled sexual misconduct, nepotism and other allegations against senior management at the UN Relief and Work Agency (UWRA), Agence-France Presse (AFP) reported on Monday.
Alongside their English, History, and Social Studies classes, Fiji’s 9 to 18-year-olds will soon be learning about integrity and the importance of recognizing and resisting corruption, as part of the Pacific island’s push to immunize an entire generation to nepotism and graft.