A deal between Nigeria and the international oil giants Shell and Eni could end up costing the West African country an estimated US$ 6 billion in lost revenue, the anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness said Monday.
Health authorities around the world have allowed surgical implants to go on the market — and be placed inside patients — despite a lack of adequate testing, an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has found.
The Council of Europe (CoE) has urged Ukraine on Thursday to step up its efforts to stop human trafficking even while some progress has been made. The country needs to pay more attention to the trafficking of children and refugees, it said.
Dutch police detained a man on suspicion of money laundering after finding 350,000 euros (US$400,000) hidden inside, well, his washing machine.
Italian police arrested on Thursday dozens of suspected gang members who transported drugs in car compartments that would pop open only after a secret combination of actions, like lowering the sun visor while putting the gear shift in neutral, switching off the air conditioning or putting it in reverse.
The day Macedonia requested his extradition, former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski announced he has been granted political asylum in Hungary, where he fled days before he was to serve his two-year jail sentence for corruption.
The Romanian President rejected on Wednesday the government’s nominee for the new chief anti-corruption prosecutor, following speculation that she would not be hard enough on corruption.
Two magistrates presiding over cases in the recently-launched Special Anti-Corruption Court in Zimbabwe recently received death threats, the Herald reported.
Alleged members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang, including Brooklyn rapper Daniel “Tekashi 6ix9ine” Hernandez, are facing racketeering conspiracy and firearm charges in the Manhattan Federal Court.