September 12th, 2019
A married former Hong Kong official who misconducted himself by failing to declare a HK$510,000 payment from his lover while he was still in the government was jailed for nine months on Thursday.
Wilson Fung Wing-yip, 56, was found guilty last month on one count of misconduct in public office for keeping the government in the dark...
April 12th, 2019Ukraine's president on Thursday ordered the creation of a special anti-corruption court in an apparent attempt to catch up with his challenger, who has taken a commanding lead in the presidential runoff race.
A poll conducted by the Reiting survey group found comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy with 61% support while President Petro...
March 21st, 2019A special court will be set up to hear corruption cases, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
The Prime Minister said it is needed so that corruption-related cases could be tried without delay.
"We want the corruption court to be set up as soon as possible but we understand there are laws that need to be changed for this to materialise,"...
March 15th, 2019A federal prosecutor has concluded a corruption investigation into the West Virginia Supreme Court.
In a news release Thursday, U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart said he's "hopeful that the period of uncertainty and taint" of the state Supreme Court has ended.
Former Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry was sentenced last month to two years...
July 26th, 2018The International Monetary Fund has given its backing to Ukraine’s revised plans for an anti-corruption court, fulfilling one condition for unlocking the next $2 billion installment of aid to Kiev.
The court is being set up as part of Ukraine’s $17.5 billion bailout package and has become a symbol of its efforts to stamp out...
June 8th, 2018Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday adopted legislation to create an independent anti-corruption court, raising cautious hopes that the country was on a path to unfreeze a $17.5bn IMF aid programme by addressing problems of widespread political graft.
Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president, said the legislation to create the court, an...
June 15th, 2017Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) on Tuesday ruled that Andrea Neves, sister of political figure Aecio Neves, should be kept in prison, almost a month after she was jailed on corruption charges.
Andrea Neves' defense team has asked for her to be freed, stating she is being accused of a recent crime, but the STF justices considered that...
March 24th, 2016(Photo: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)
The former mayor of Rome has appeared in court for the first hearing in his trial for corruption and illegal financing as part of a crackdown on a mafia-style network in the city.
Gianni Alemanno, who was agriculture minister under Silvio Berlusconi and mayor of the capital from 2008 to 2013, is...
January 14th, 2016Abuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Felix Tangwami, former Chairman of the Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, for alleged improper receipt of N981,46 million.
He has been arraigned before Justice Helen Nuhu Hamman Joda of Adamawa State High Court, sitting in Yola, on a five-count charge...
November 9th, 2015(Photo: AFP)
Victor Ponta, who quit as Romania’s prime minister this week after mass protests, made his first appearance in court on Friday on corruption charges.
As thousands of people again took to the streets demanding the overhaul of a political system they see as corrupt, President Klaus Iohannis said the country may hold early...
