New Yorkers will vote in November to determine whether politicians convicted of corruption will receive state pensions, according CNBC.

A top banking executive was sacked for not daring to enforce the bank's anti-money laundering rules against the King of Ghana for whom he deposited £ 350,000 (about US$ 462,000) in cash, media reported on Tuesday.

The US and Russia are fighting over the extradition of the alleged mastermind of a US$4 billion bitcoin laundering ring, The Washington Times reported on Sunday.

Days before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was to debate a motion for his dismissal, the body’s president, Pedro Agramunt resigned, tweeting “personal reasons” as the motive.

Pakistan's former prime minister's son-in-law was arrested at the Islamabad airport on Monday for failing to show up at a hearing regarding corruption allegations related to his family's wealth, according to Reuters.

China's anti graft watchdog announced on Sunday that about 1.34 million lower-ranking officials, including 648,000 Party members, have been sentenced for corruption in China since 2013, Reuters reported.

A New York hedge fund manager was arrested on Thursday and charged with stealing more than US$ 19 million from investors and then spending much of it on his own lavish lifestyle, the US Justice Department said.

Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya was arrested in the UK on Tuesday for the second time this year on behalf of Indian authorities who allege that he diverted a state loan meant for his ailing airline carrier to support his Formula 1 team, the Guardian reported.

Brazilian police arrested on Thursday the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee who allegeldy took part in a bribery plot designed to ensure the 2016 Olympic games were awarded to the city of Rio de Janeiro, newspaper RFI reported.

The recent earthquake that devastated Mexico City prompted increased calls for tougher anti-corruption measures, as many say bribery allowed for greater structural damage.