Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau detained three people Tuesday, one believed to be the son of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, for the alleged embezzlement of $520,000 (14 million hryvnia) from that ministry, according to The Washington Post.
The Tel Aviv magistrate’s court has indicted a former tourism minister who pleaded guilty to fraud and breach of trust in connection with funding for a student festival.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari sacked two senior government officials on Monday following recommendations from an anti-corruption panel, OCCRP partner Premium Times reported.
A Paris court Monday ordered the release of the younger brother of Blaise Compaore, ex-president of Burkina Faso, pending a decision on his extradition in connection with the murder of an investigative journalist, news agency Reuters reported.
Spanish police arrested a former Venezuelan deputy minister and three former government and state company officials on suspicion of involvement in a massive alleged bribery plot at the country’s state oil company PDVSA, Spain’s Civil Guard said Friday, according to Reuters.
In a landmark case, a French court convicted Equatorial Guinea’s vice president on Friday of using ill-gotten gains to purchase assets in France and ordered the confiscation of about US$ 132 million worth of his assets, including a US$ 117 million mansion in Paris.
Brazil lawmakers have voted on Wednesday for the second time to block President Michel Temer’s trial on corruption charges that would have forced him to step down for at least six months.
In an international effort, authorities in three European countries arrested on Thursday 26 people suspected of facilitating illegal immigration.
A Pakistani court issued on Thursday an arrest warrant against ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he failed to appear before judges over allegations of corruption that was revealed in the Panama Papers. However, Sharif can avoid his arrest by paying a bail.
A Brooklyn federal judge sentenced on Wednesday a former Guatemalan soccer official to eight months in prison for wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy in the first US conviction related to the FIFA corruption scandal.