Police officers abusing their position for sexual gain is now the most common form of serious corruption investigated, a watchdog has said. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) called for police forces in England and Wales to take a “zero tolerance” approach to the behaviour,...
One has no website. Another can’t be reached by phone. But these foreign companies are selling the output of some of Turkmenistan’s major fertilizer and petroleum facilities. And offshore documents reveal their secret ties to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s nephews. ...
Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz said he was stepping down from his office Saturday evening, days after his office was raided by Austrian prosecutors investigating him and close team members on suspicion of bribery and breach of trust.Kurz, speaking in a televised address on Austrian television...
The reform-minded Francis hopes the upcoming trial of one of his top Cardinals will show he’s serious about cleaning up the Vatican’s finances. New information indicates that the troubles may boomerang back onto the pontiff himself.The biggest financial criminal trial in the history of the...
A Roman Catholic priest has been arrested for stealing over $117,000 in church funds to buy drugs for his gay sex parties.Father Francesco Spagnesi, 40, a highly regarded priest from Prato, Italy, has been placed under house arrest while police interview 200 people who reportedly...
The Moldovan government and its British counterpart agreed on Tuesday that illicit funds confiscated by the British courts from Luca Filat, the son of former Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat, will be returned to Moldova. "The signed document provides for the return of the confiscated amount,...
After some months of collaboration, Gannon University and UNISHKA Research Service, Inc. are happy to announce a partnership. This agreement will provide UNISHKA with a lab in Gannon's Institute for Health and Cyber Knowledge's (I-HACK) "Hatchery." Gannon's I-Hack Hatchery is an initiative allowing students to gain...
At least $2.3 billion has been laundered via U.S. real estate transactions in the last five years, according to a new report by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. By using a database of over 100 publicly reported real estate money laundering cases in the U.S., United...
Corruption is the misuse of public power for private or political gain. During conflict, the potential for the misuse of public power no doubt increases. In a war, public accountability for political actors also becomes an increasingly difficult task, which creates the perfect conditions for corruption,...
Earlier this year, the governing board of one of California’s most powerful regulatory agencies unleashed troubling accusations against its top employee.Commissioners with the California Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, accused Executive Director Alice Stebbins of violating state personnel rules by hiring former colleagues without proper...