U.S. Arrests Mexican Attorney General for Smuggling Drugs
United States authorities on Wednesday said they arrested a Mexican attorney general on charges that he conspired to smuggle heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the U.S.
United States authorities on Wednesday said they arrested a Mexican attorney general on charges that he conspired to smuggle heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the U.S.
U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Turkish bank executive with laundering hundreds of millions of dollars through American banks on behalf of Iran’s government and other Iranian entities.
Greece’s chief corruption prosecutor, Eleni Raikou, resigned this weekend after being targeted by "unofficial power centers" over her investigation into alleged bribery of state officials by a Swiss pharmaceutical company.
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan charged a member of the country’s opposition party Ata-Meken and former Minister of Justice with corruption and barred him from leaving the country while investigations are underway, local media reported.
A Bucharest court sentenced Tuesday Romania’s former tourism minister Elena Udrea to six years in prison for misusing government funds and demanding bribes from private firms contracted by her ministry.
A senior Afghan general tasked with cleaning up corruption in war-torn Helmand Province was arrested on charges of corruption and misuse of power, local media reported on Tuesday.
The wife of French presidential candidate Francois Fillon was charged Tuesday in the fake jobs scandal that has threatened Fillon’s presidential bid.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday signed into law controversial amendments to legislation that will require anti-corruption NGOs, journalists and activists to publicly declare their income and assets.
Five men were arrested and charged after Australian and Chinese police caught them trying to import over US$ 100 million worth of crystal meth into Australia, police said Monday.
Transnational organized crime groups rake in up to US$ 2.2 trillion per year according to a new study released Monday by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington DC-based research and advisory group.