A trio of Kazakh mining tycoons accused of bribery claim their lawyer conspired with British corruption authorities to falsely incriminate them in order to swindle them out of millions of dollars, Bloomberg reported Monday.
Germany is overhauling its anti-money laundering agency after years of being highly understaffed, backlogged, and delayed on urgent money laundering issues, the Handelsblatt reported on Thursday.
A new law proposed in Japan will allow private companies to operate gambling houses, an opportunity organized crime syndicates have been waiting for, a source told The Asahi Shimbun Wednesday.
Opponents of an Ukrainian anti-corruption protest threw cream pies and a chemical green liquid into the face of a top activist who said the substance burned his face, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
In an effort to tackle widespread corruption, Tunisia approved on Tuesday a law against illegal enrichment that will force officials and and institutions to declare their property, Reuters reported.
Interpol officers are helping local police in eight Mediterranean seaports screen travelers and prevent potential terrorists from entering countries during the summer tourist season, the police agency said.
A Pakistani court rejected on Tuesday appeals made by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and his son-in-law to be released on bail and their convictions be suspended, Arab News reported.
Investigators say that a recently appointed Honduran anti-corruption investigator who was initially believed to have commited suicide, was actually murdered, TeleSur reported on Monday.
Swiss authorities confirmed to Montenegro’s Prosecution Office that the wife of former President Svetozar Marovic had millions in an HSBC account in Switzerland at the time when he denied the family even had an account and offered the money alleged to be on it to anyone who proves it exists.
Several recordings of judges and ministers have come out that indicate corruption and embezzlement in Peru’s judiciary, Telesur reported Sunday.