Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, arrested in the US two years ago on corruption charges, has been cleared for extradition back to Peru. A US judge approved the move on Tuesday, saying sufficient evidence had […]
A billionaire French-Israeli diamond magnate, Beny Steinmetz, has arrived in court in Switzerland to face trial over alleged corruption linked to a major mining deal in Guinea. He has always denied his company, BSGR, paid […]
Indonesia’s social affairs minister has been accused of taking bribes while arranging food aid for people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Juliari Batubara is accused of taking cash from contractors supplying food aid parcels to […]
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson has been released on bail after being arrested by police investigating claims of bribery and witness intimidation. He was held with four other people as part of an investigation into the […]
A former Austrian finance minister has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a high-profile corruption scandal. Karl-Heinz Grasser was found guilty on Friday of embezzlement, receiving bribes and falsification of […]
He was nicknamed the “bling-bling” president for what many in France saw as his lavish tastes – but now Nicolas Sarkozy faces the stark reality of a soulless courtroom. He is going on trial accused […]
A former real estate tycoon and an outspoken critic of China’s President Xi Jinping has been sentenced to 18 years in jail on charges of corruption. A court in Beijing found Ren Zhiqiang “guilty of […]
R. Kelly has been charged with bribing a government official in order to get a fraudulent identification document to marry an under-age girl in 1994. The girl, named only as Jane Doe in the documents, […]
Israel’s attorney general has charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three separate cases. Mr Netanyahu is alleged to have accepted gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensed […]
South Korea’s top court has set aside part of jailed former President Park Geun-hye’s conviction and ordered a retrial. The court said separate verdicts should have been reached on the bribery allegations against her and […]
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