Qatar Under New 2022 World Cup Graft Investigation
US and Brazilian authorities are investigating Qatar over new allegations of corruption in connection with its 2022 World Cup bid, French news website Mediapart revealed on Sunday.
US and Brazilian authorities are investigating Qatar over new allegations of corruption in connection with its 2022 World Cup bid, French news website Mediapart revealed on Sunday.
A court in Harare charged former finance minister Ignatius Chombo with three counts of corruption on Saturday, reported Reuters.
Thousands took the streets across Romania on Sunday to protest against attempts by the ruling Social Democrats (PSD) to revamp the country's judiciary system, which would allegedly hamper the recent anti-corruption drive, news broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered on Thursday the country’s anti-graft agency to serve notices to 436 Pakistanis who were named in the Panama Papers as owners of offshore companies.
Authorities in five African countries have rescued 500 victims of human trafficking, including 236 children, in a series of raids that have led to the arrest of 40 people, INTERPOL said on Thursday.
The head of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation pressed Azerbaijan on Friday to withdraw its travel ban on Khadija Ismayilova and allow the investigative journalist to travel to Sweden and receive her reward.
Lu Wei, China’s Internet censorship architect, is under investigation by the Communist party’s anti-corruption agency for accusations of “serious disciplinary violations,” a statement by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on Tuesday.
A French judge has put Russian businessman and lawmaker Suleiman Kerimov under formal investigation after police arrested him this week at Nice airport for alleged tax evasion, media reported Thursday.
Pakistan’s Finance Minister, who after the Panama Papers leaks was indicted of corruption, was relieved from his duties to undergo cardiac treatment in the U.K.. media reported Thursday.
The family of Maltese journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed by a car bomb in October, is pressing conflict of interest charges against officials responsible for the murder investigation, Politico reported Wednesday.