Sex, vacations, and lavish gifts have apparently helped a Swiss broker firm gain significant momentum in the financial industry.

President Benigno Aquino III said on national television that the Supreme Court’s decision to declare his economic stimulus program party unconstitutional obstructs efforts to tackle corruption, reports Sun Herald.

The brother of Romania’s president has been indicted for influence peddling.

The number of entrepreneur visa applicants in the United Kingdom has jumped in recent years, and that may be due to a scam by organized crime gangs.

The Sunday Times has alleged that a Qatari billionaire businessman bribed FIFA members to vote for Qatar as host of the 2022 World Cup.

Rui Chenggang, a business news anchor with state-owned China Central Television (CCTV), was arrested in his studio several hours before his nightly broadcast on charges of corruption, the official newspaper, the People’s Daily, confirmed.

With both candidates claiming victory in Indonesia’s presidential elections, the official vote count is vulnerable to fraud.

A U.S. judge denied a motion Wednesday for dismissal of all criminal charges submitted by the suspected founder of Silk Road, an anonymous online marketplace.

Ray Nagin, New Orleans mayor from 2002 to 2010, before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on corruption charges. He might have gotten 15½ years, but US District Judge Helen G. Berrigan gave him a break because she saw him as a devoted family man and at times a good mayor.

Brazilian police arrested the head of FIFA’s official hospitality provider on allegation of ties to an organized ticket-resale ring.