Martin Vizcarra will become the fifth Peruvian ex-president jailed in recent years amid period of political turbulence. A judge in the South American nation of Peru has ordered the country’s ex-president, Martin Vizcarra, to be held in pre-trial detention over bribery allegations. In a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Jorge Chavez ordered Vizcarra jailed for five … Read more
PARIS — French Culture Minister Rachida Dati and former Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn will face trial on charges of corruption, a Ministry of Justice official confirmed. Dati is being charged with “passive corruption and influence peddling by a person holding elective public office within an international organization (in this case, the European Parliament),” the official, … Read more
President Trump extolls Israeli leader as a ‘warrior’, says the US will be the one that ‘saves Bibi Netanyahu’ amid corruption trial. United States President Donald Trump has called for Israel to cancel the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or grant him a pardon, describing the case against the Israeli leader as a … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan AP — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said. The couple are accused of accepting a gift of land from a real estate tycoon in … Read more
Rodrigo Rato found guilty of multiple offences including corruption and money laundering. A Madrid court has sentenced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in prison for tax crimes, money laundering and corruption. Judges found Rato guilty of “three offences against the Treasury, one offence of money laundering and … Read more
Sarkozy’s lawyer says the former president plans to appeal the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights. France’s highest court has upheld the 2021 conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of corruption and influence peddling. The Court of Cassation issued its decision on Wednesday. Sarkozy had appealed against the conviction, for which … Read more
The former Spanish football chief is being questioned as part of a corruption probe of his time in charge. Disgraced former Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales has denied any financial “irregularities” after testifying in court in a corruption probe into his time in charge. “What I maintain, and will always maintain, and I am … Read more
Ukraine has pledged to bolster its anticorruption efforts as part of its bid for European Union membership. Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky has been detained on suspicion of being involved in a multimillion-dollar landgrab scheme involving state property, according to prosecutors. An anticorruption court ordered Solsky to be held in custody until June 24, with … Read more
S Iswaran accused of receiving gifts worth $14,000 from individual who had business dealings with Transport Ministry. Singapore’s former Transport Minister S Iswaran has been slapped with eight new charges in a rare corruption case involving the city-state’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP). The charges relate to allegations that Iswaran obtained valuable goods worth about … Read more
Sharif returns to Pakistan in hopes of overturning corruption conviction and running for political office again. A Pakistani court has granted bail to three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in two corruption cases. Sharif was convicted in the two cases after his removal as prime minister in 2017. The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday gave … Read more