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Malta businessman Yorgen Fenech ‘arrested on yacht’

November 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

Maltese police have arrested a leading businessman after intercepting his yacht off the island, reports say. Yorgen Fenech was detained by armed officers and his yacht has been searched, the Times of Malta reported. It comes […]

Israel PM Netanyahu faces final hearings in corruption cases

October 2, 2019 World Justice News 0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a series of final hearings before a decision is made on whether to charge him with corruption. His lawyers will try to persuade the attorney-general not to proceed […]

DR Congo ex-health minister arrested over Ebola funds

September 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a former health minister for allegedly mismanaging funds allocated for the Ebola epidemic. Oly Ilunga resigned as health minister in July after being stripped of responsibility […]

Former Panama President Martinelli not guilty of corruption

August 10, 2019 World Justice News 0

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, has been acquitted of corruption and illegal wiretapping. Prosecutors had accused Mr Martinelli of using public funds to record private conversations in order to intimidate rival politicians while in office. […]

Goldman bosses charged in Malaysia bond scandal

August 9, 2019 World Justice News 0

Malaysia has charged 17 former and current Goldman Sachs bankers – including Richard Gnodde, the most senior banker in London – over the corruption investigation at its state development fund 1MDB. Attorney General Tommy Thomas […]

Kyrgyzstan’s ex-president arrested after raids on home

August 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

Kyrgyzstan’s security forces have arrested former President Almazbek Atambayev after a botched raid on his property overnight resulted in the death of one officer. Mr Atambayev reportedly surrendered and was taken to the country’s capital, […]

Kenya finance minister Henry Rotich arrested for corruption

July 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

Kenya’s finance minister has surrendered himself to the police after the chief prosecutor ordered his arrest over allegations of corruption. Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth over $450m […]

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma denies being ‘king of corrupt people’

July 15, 2019 World Justice News 0

South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma told a judge-led inquiry that allegations of corruption against him were a “conspiracy” aimed at removing him from the political scene. He was appearing for the first time at the […]

Head of Romania’s ruling party jailed for corruption

May 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

The head of Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), Liviu Dragnea, has been jailed for corruption after his attempts to appeal an earlier conviction failed. Romania’s Supreme Court upheld on Monday a three-and-a-half year prison […]

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina ex-president, goes on trial

May 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

The corruption trial of Argentina’s former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has begun in Buenos Aires. Ms Fernández is accused of accepting bribes from construction firms in exchange for lucrative government contracts while in power. […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]