22 Mar 2022 (The Guardian) Activists linked to Alexei Navalny believe the Scheherazade is owned by the Russian president For several months, the mysterious 140-metre-long, six-floor superyacht has towered over the smaller boats in the shipyard in Marina di Carrara, a town on Italy’s Tuscan coast, arousing...
Russia, 22 Mar 2022 (Reuters)Court hands Navalny more jail timeLawyers detained after court hearingOpposition network already outlawed in RussiaNavalny has urged Russians to protest against Ukraine campaignMarch 22 (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny urged his supporters to show their opposition to the Russian...
Honduras, 17 Mar 2022 (The Associated Press) TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A court in Honduras convicted former first lady Rosa Elena Bonilla of corruption Thursday for the second time. Bonilla was sentenced to 58 years in prison in September 2019 for embezzling more than $1 million in government...
Bulgaria, 17 Mar 2022 (Radio Free Europe)Bulgaria's former prime minister, Boyko Borisov, was detained late on March 17 as part of a police operation linked to probes by the EU prosecutor's office, the Interior Ministry said.Former Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov, the former chief of the parliamentary...
March 14, 2022 (mining.com)The Arab Spring refers to a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. Largely a response to corruption and economic stagnation, the Arab Spring started over a shortage of bread.When grain...
Italy, 6 Mar (LAD BIBLE) Italian police have seized villas and yachts worth $156 million (£118m) from five high-profile Russian oligarchs who have been placed on sanctions lists following Putin's attack on Ukraine. The seized luxury properties are in some of the country's prime real estate locations - including...
Colorado, 9 Mar (newser)A Republican county clerk in Colorado and her deputy have been charged with multiple felonies connected to tampering with election equipment as part of an alleged effort to support Donald Trump's election fraud claims. NPR reports that the "laundry list" of charges against...
New York, 6 Mar (Fox News) Russian oligarchs and mafia operate in every sector of society Historic corruption in Russia may have hit its military and eroded its ability to maintain its war efforts in Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, and the war has not unfolded the way Russian President Vladimir Putin would...
China, 3 Mar (South China Morning Post) Wang Dawei is the latest in a string of senior police and judicial figures to be targeted by the country’s top graft-busting watchdog His two immediate predecessors and a number of other senior politicians in the northeastern province...
Illinois, 2 Mar (Just The News)Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was indicted on Wednesday by a grand jury on federal racketeering charges, alleging that he and his associates profited off of his powerful political operation.The 22-county indictment, originally reported on by The Chicago Tribune, came after...