Mozambican authorities named a former Labor Minister as the main suspect in a corruption case involving the illicit removal of some US$1.7 million (100 million meticais) from the National Social Security Institute (INSS), Noticias reported Wednesday.
A United States appeals court allowed a lawsuit from six former child slaves to be reinstated on Tuesday against the U.S. section of Nestle SA and Cargill Inc. for aiding and perpetuating their captivity on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire).
Leaders from 80 countries recognized wildlife trafficking as organized crime, the International Institute for Sustainable Development reported on Tuesday.
Authorities on Tuesday night ordered the detention of Greece’s former defense minister and his wife as he awaits trial over charges of taking kickbacks from arms procurement deals in the early 2000s and laundering the money, Reuters reported.
Technology can be a powerful tool in the fight against corruption, the United Nations and the government of Denmark said this week at the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Copenhagen.
Supported by Europol, French and Italian police arrested 23 individuals and dismantled two criminal networks suspected of producing and distributing counterfeit banknotes that caused US$5.1 million in damages, a Europol press release said on Tuesday.
The Slovakian government covered up EU fund misappropriation schemes exposed by murdered journalist Jan Kuciak, President Andrej Kiska said in an open letter on Monday.
A bomb was discovered on Monday in the mailbox of the New York home of philanthropist George Soros, reported the New York Times. No one was injured.
Transparency International (TI) honored murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and Spanish whistleblower Ana Garrido Ramos with the 2018 Anti-Corruption Award at a ceremony held on Monday in Denmark.
Albanian State Police police said Monday they arrested 27 suspects, seized weapons, charged three officers and confiscated drugs in a major crackdown against heroin trafficking.