Thousands marched the streets of Kiev on Saturday demanding action on revelations made by journalists which implicate figures close to President Petro Poroshenko in a corruption scheme involving the state owned defense supplier Ukroboronprom.

Swedbank’s report into money laundering allegations has been criticised by investors and government ministers as an inadequate response to its alleged dirty money problem.

Brazil arrested ex-president Michael Temer for bribery connected to the Lava Jato, or “Car Wash” operation on Thursday, in a massive scandal dubbed “the largest foreign bribery case in history,” by the US Department of Justice.

Telecommunications or telecom fraud is a fast-growing field of criminal activity and a low-risk alternative to traditional methods of financial crime, costing today’s world some US$32.7 billion (€29 billion) annually, according to a joint report published Thursday by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre and Trend Micro, a Taiwanese cyber security and defense company.

Claims that a convicted New Zealand drug trafficker bribed his way out of being deported have been referred to a federal anti-corruption agency, Secretary Michael Pezzulo of Australia’s Home Affairs department told a Senate Estimates hearing on Friday.

Six years after a Global Witness investigation revealed the illegal logging and massive land grabs behind Southeast Asia’s rubber industry, car companies and tire manufacturers around the world came together to take action on the environmental and human rights abuses involved in their business.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this week signed a proclamation that officially establishes a new investigating council to examine high-profile cases such as the country’s ongoing state capture inquiry.

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev stepped down on Tuesday after almost 30 years but will not give up power entirely. He ruled the country since its independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

As a successful businessman and a generous donor, Aivars Bergers was a welcome addition to the board of Latvia’s Harmony party almost a decade ago.

The United States imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-run gold mining company on Tuesday, accusing it of illicitly propping up the government of President Maduro.