Two Ukrainian banks took part in a tax fraud scheme involving Russian government officials that defrauded Russian taxpayers of US$230 million, laundered them through various banks and fake companies and transferred them to the West, Ukraine’s Slidstvo.Info reported.
Documents leaked to The Sunday Times allege that Qatar broke FIFA rules and sabotaged opponents to win the 2022 World Cup bid.
The trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma who faces 16 charges of corruption, is adjourned until November 30th, Reuters reported.
A Florida city commissioner turned himself in to the police on Wednesday amid claims that he accepted over $US 20,000 in bribes from a strip club owner in exchange for an extended liquor license, local media reported.
The newly elected Armenian government will continue their efforts to improve anti-corruption, the new deputy prime minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, said in an exclusive interview with Voice of America’s (VOA) Armenian service on Thursday.
Eight former Venezuelan officials and businessmen were charged and two arrested in Miami for their alleged roles in a sophisticated and complex US$1.2 billion money laundering scheme, the US Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
The International Monetary Fund has approved Ukraine’s revised plan for an anti-corruption court which, once it’s signed into law, will unlock the next US$2 billion loan tranche, Reuters reported Wednesday.
Starting August, applicants wishing to acquire Cypriot citizenship through investment will face a tougher vetting process as the Mediterranean island country slows down the speed of its golden visa program, Quartz reported Tuesday.
Three members of Congress, a deputy minister, and over a dozen others are in jail in Tegucigalpa awaiting trial on allegations in a US$12 million embezzlement case, Reuters reported Tuesday.
Fifteen people, including the CEO of a major pharmaceutical company, have been arrested in China after an investigation showed the company sold 252,600 vaccine doses that failed to meet safety regulations, according to a police statement cited by state media on Tuesday.