06 Nov 2023 ( Axios ) The corruption trial for the longest-serving, most powerful alderperson in City Council history begins today at the Dirksen Federal Building. Why it matters: Former Ald. Ed Burke was the so-called "Dean of the City Council" and spent decades defining Chicago's style of politics. This long-awaited trial...
01 Nov 2023 ( APNews ) A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints investment arm misused hundreds of thousands of dollars donated by three men by investing the money instead of using it for charitable purposes as they claim was promised. The...
26 Oct 2023 ( gov.uk ) Robust laws to fight fraud, counter corruption and bolster legitimate business received Royal Assent today. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act introduces world-leading powers which will allow UK authorities to proactively target organised criminals and others seeking to abuse the UK’s open...
11 Oct 2023 ( AfricaNews ) The governor of the Central Bank of Burundi was arrested and is being prosecuted in particular for "passive corruption" and "misappropriation of public property", according to a press release published Tuesday by the Ministry of Justice. Dieudonné Murengerantwari, who was dismissed...
20 Oct 2023 ( OCCRP ) Spain’s major soccer league signed a sponsorship contract with Iranian telecom company MTN Irancell. But getting money out of the sanctioned country isn’t easy. Here’s how a “citizenship-by-investment” program made it possible. Fernando Morientes, the former top Real Madrid striker, stood...
23 Oct 2023 ( Jurist ) Albanian prosecutors have charged former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and his son-in-law on Sunday with corruption and money laundering charges over a land deal involving the grounds of a sports club. According to the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK),...
16 Oct 2023 ( The Guardian ) China has arrested the former head of one of the country’s largest commercial banks on charges of accepting bribes and illegally granting loans, amid a two-year anti-corruption drive targeting the financial sector. China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI),...
13 Oct 2023 ( Africa News ) Former Gabonese First Lady, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, has been incarcerated at the central prison in Libreville, Gabon. She had been under house arrest since the military coup in late August, which accused her of embezzling public funds.On September 28th,...
11 Oct 2023 ( The Guardian ) The Caribbean state of Dominica has sold citizenship to thousands of individuals including a former Afghan spymaster, a Turkish millionaire convicted of fraud and a former Libyan colonel under Muammar Gaddafi, the first detailed examination of the country’s controversial “golden passports”...
12 Oct 2023 ( AA ) South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was indicted over corruption on Thursday. It came two weeks after a court rejected a plea by prosecutors to grant Lee’s arrest. Democratic Party chief has been accused of “breach of trust, bribery,” Seoul-based Yonhap News...