Following a massive anti-corruption crackdown in Saudi Arabia earlier this month, the state is now offering freedom to the detained businessmen and politicians in exchange for a large portion of their wealth, in some cases 70 percent of it, the Middle East Monitor reported on Friday.
A few days after CNN released a video footage showing migrants being auctioned off, the Libyan government launched on Friday a formal investigation into alleged immigrant slave markets, the US television network reported.
The EU said Thursday it was investigating unspecified offenses allegedly committed by the chief judge of its mission in Kosovo who resigned while accusing the mission of not promoting the rule of law but trying to bring down the Kosovar political class.
Six prominent politicians and activists received the Magnitsky Award on Thursday for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of human rights and the fight against corruption, the founder of the award, William Browder, announced on Friday.
Lithuanian Parliament unanimously passed on Thursday a version of the Magnitsky Act—legislation that allows sanctions to be imposed against individuals suspected of involvement in human rights violations.
A former Argentinian football official killed himself on Tuesday a few hours after a witness in the FIFA corruption trial that began in New York accused him of taking bribes, The Independent reported on Wednesday.
A prosecution witness testifying on Tuesday in the trial of three former South American football officials claimed that Fox Sports was allegedly involved in the FIFA bribery scheme.
The European Parliament called Wednesday on police in Malta to investigate the revelations from leaked reports like the Panama Papers and said it will investigate the recent murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Romania’s anti-graft prosecutors have indicted on Monday the head of the ruling Social Democrats (PSD), Liviu Dragnea, suspected of forming a “criminal group" that has embezzled US$ 24.4 million in EU funds.
On Monday, a Thai court approved a multi million-dollar lawsuit against King Power, the company that owns the English football club Leicester City, reported The Guardian.