Cypriot police raided on Friday the premises of FBME Bank in Nicosia and in Limassol, looking for evidence of money laundering, two sources told OCCRP.

Russia’s Economy Ministry has proposed a new bill that would make it more difficult for anti-corruption activists and journalists to access information in the country’s Unified Land Registry (EGRN).

The “revolving door” of US legislators leaving their offices to become lobbyists might soon come to a halt, thanks to increased public awareness and an odd Twitter exchange this week.

Kazakh activist Galy Baktybayev who exposed corruption in his community was gunned down in front of his home on Tuesday as he was coming back from the nightly Ramadan prayer, local media reported.

Italian police said on Wednesday it detained 35 people and seized assets worth 30 million euros in a crackdown on a newly-discovered powerful ‘Ndrangheta clan near the southeastern coastal town of Crotone.

A UN report released this week details the various systems of bribery that are commonplace in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), facilitating work, travel, and even personal freedom.

British authorities have banned the sale of properties linked to a public official “believed to be involved in serious crime,” the National Crime Agency (NCA) announced Wednesday. 

The mayor of a Bulgarian municipality was arrested on Tuesday due to his alleged role in a corruption scheme involving a number of property sales that cost the community US$4.6 million.

Hundreds of Bosnians protested on Wednesday against corruption in the judiciary and called for resignations of top judicial officials whom they blame for the lack of rule of law in the country.

Russia’s federal Investigative Committee began preparing a criminal case against a Siberian official who tackled a journalist to the floor over the weekend after being confronted with questions about corruption.