French authorities have detained former president Nicolas Sarkozy to question him regarding allegations of illegal campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, BBC reported Tuesday.
Albanian police say they arrested 39 suspected members of a smuggling network, including four policemen, that helped some 1,000 Albanian citizens illegally emigrate to North America and the United Kingdom in exchange for US$ 9,820 to $30,000 per person.
Japan’s Prime Minister told the parliament he never ordered any tampering with documents related to a land sale scandal he and his wife were implicated in last year, the Guardian reported on Monday.
Afghanistan’s government said it has investigated 2,800 corruption cases since the country adopted its anti-graft strategy a year ago but non-governmental organizations claim this is not nearly enough in a country where corruption should be considered a threat to national security.
Peru’s under fire President, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, admitted using an offshore company to avoid paying US taxes ahead of an impeachment vote on Thursday.
Following his resignation last month, former South African president Jacob Zuma is facing 16 corruption charges connected to over 700 instances of wrongdoing, the Associated Press reported Friday.
Latvia continues to lag in money-laundering investigations, sustaining the Baltic country’s reputation as a hotbed for shady monetary dealings. Out of over 17,000 questionable transactions, only 85 investigations emerged, according to an investigation by Reuters.
A former general manager and secretary of a Singaporean town council was charged on 55 counts of corruption, the Straits Times reported on Wednesday.
From Silicon Valley hero to fraudster accused of duping investors over US$ 700 million, Elizabeth Holmes’ fall from tech grace has been sealed with a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States government.
The infamous Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca, which was implicated in the Panama Papers scandal, announced Thursday it will be shutting down after 40 years of operations because of the firm’s ruined reputation as a result of the leaks.