Citing decades-old graft allegations, Pakistan arrested the owner and editor-in-chief of the country’s largest media group in a move seen by activists as an attempt to silence media critical of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government.
In a series of nationwide raids, US authorities made more than 600 arrests and issued 350 indictments against suspected members of one of the world’s most violent gangs - the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación or CJNG.
Slovak police said they have arrested 18 people, including 13 judges, who allegedly obstructed justice in the case of the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee in 2018.
The UK is planning a £100 million (US$130 million) levy on companies and banks to combat money laundering, according to the country’s 2020 budget proposal that was published on Wednesday.
A Brazilian lawmaker proposed on Tuesday a bill suggesting that politicians convicted of corruption should be punished with amputation of both hands, Reuters reported.
The South African public anti-corruption watchdog has lost its case against the country’s president after a court cleared him of corruption allegations.
The Manhattan U.S. attorney charged 27 individuals, including trainers, veterinarians and drug suppliers, with a variety of crimes related to a massive horse doping scheme aimed to rig races across the United States, the Department of Justice announced on Monday.
Starting Tuesday, Mexicans can buy special national lottery tickets that will give them a chance to become one of the 100 owners of a luxurious presidential plane which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has decided to get rid of in an effort to show modesty.
Three luxurious, high-security London mansions linked to the family of the former Kazakhstani president have been targeted with Unexplained Wealth Orders, which enable UK authorities to investigate suspected ill-gotten gains, Transparency International revealed on Tuesday.