UK: Seventh Person Charged In Alstom Bribery Investigation
A seventh person has been charged in connection with a long-running corruption investigation into the French conglomerate Alstom, the Financial Times (FT) said.
A seventh person has been charged in connection with a long-running corruption investigation into the French conglomerate Alstom, the Financial Times (FT) said.
The Kremlin has claimed an "information attack" is being prepared against Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, for a series of stories aimed at tainting his reputation ahead of upcoming elections, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) said.
The former head of Macedonia's secret police and several officers are being investigated over alleged torture during the 2011 arrest of government critic Ljube Boskoski, a former interior minister.
The US Coast Guard says it intercepted a “narco-sub” in the eastern Pacific Ocean earlier this month and seized around six tons of cocaine, the LA Times said.
The Belgrade Special Court for Organized Crime has sentenced 10 people, including Marko Miskovic, son of one of the richest people in the Balkans, for tax evasion and abuse of office.
Spanish police have dismantled a drug ring and arrested 20 people suspected of using helicopters to fly in hashish from Morocco, a Saturday news release by the Spanish Civil Guard said.
By Kristine Aghalaryan and Hrant Galstyan
A charter airplane that was supposed to transport more than 400 monkeys and other animals to Armenia has been seized in Tanzania, according to The Citizen, a Tanzanian newspaper.
Anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating a controversial deal for repair and purchase of military jets between the Croatian Defense Ministry and a Ukrainian state-owned company.
Swiss prosecutors have charged an ex-Credit Suisse wealth manager with fraud, misappropriation and criminal mismanagement, Bloomberg reported. The bank also faces a money laundering probe in Italy, Reuters said.
A crackdown on a mob-style network in Italy’s capital city of Rome saw its former mayor in court Wednesday on trial for corruption and illegal financing, Agence France-Presse (AFP) said.