France’s main opposition party, the center-right ‘Union for a Popular Movement’ (UNP), has come under fire for alleged illegal funding totaling nearly $US 15 million during former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2012 presidential campaign, reports Euronews.

Off the coast of the Spanish city of Cadiz, the National Police have seized nearly 30 speedboats they say belong to a drug trafficking organization that was headed to Moroccan waters to load the boats with hash.

Indonesia Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has stepped down from his post because of corruption allegations relating to his management of a US$ 5 billion state sponsored pilgrimage fund.

Italian police arrested seven people and seized US$ 30 million in assets following an investigation into one of the largest banks in Italy, Genoa-based Carige Bank. Members of the bank’s management are accused of committing multi-million dollar fraud between 2006 and 2009. 

Soon-to-be appointed minister János Lázár has made a 75,000 euro reservation to hunt pheasants in November, a contract obtained by Atlatszo.hu shows. Lázár’s wealth disclosure indicates that he doesn’t have enough cash to cover the trip.

 Egyptian courts have sentenced Hosni Mubarak, the 86-year-old ousted president of Egypt, to three years in prison for embezzling public funds.

Cuban dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez Wednesday launched the first independent digital newspaper in the communist-ruled island, side-stepping the state monopoly on the media.

A Chinese official at the country’s main anti-corruption agency is being investigated for “serious” corruption, reports Reuters.

The Spanish Civil Guard has arrested Dimitri Zavialov, accused of being a paid assassin, on international arrest warrants for committing 33 murders ordered by Russian organized crime groups. 

Syrian refugees displaced in Lebanon have to pay bribes to middlemen to receive humanitarian aid, reports the Washington Post.