Former Bangladeshi PM Khaleda Zia has been sentenced to five years in jail for corruption. Police have clashed with thousands…
Brazil’s ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been arrested as part of a huge fraud inquiry into the state…
Malaysian PM Najib Razak has been cleared of corruption in a long-running financial scandal that has gripped the country. According…
Ex-United Nations General Assembly President John Ashe has been arrested in New York after being charged with taking $1.3 million…
United Airlines chairman and CEO Jeff Smisek has resigned amid a corruption investigation. Two other executives of the US's third…
An ex-Nigerian minister stole $6 billion of public money, the governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged. Adams Oshiomhole…
China's former Ministry of Public Security Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life after being found guilty of bribery, abuse…
Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in jail for fraud and breach of trust, a…
Zhou Yongkang, who oversaw China's security apparatus and law enforcement institutions, has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and…
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been charged with corruption. The Democrat is accused of using his influence to illegally…
Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has been found guilty in the Morris Talansky case after a corruption retrial. The Jerusalem…
Maureen McDonnell has been sentenced to one year and one day in jail for her part in a corruption case,…
Maureen McDonnell, the wife of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, could become the first modern-day governor's spouse sent to prison…
China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been arrested and expelled from the Communist Party, state media reported. Zhou Yongkang is…
Portugal’s ex-PM Jose Socrates has been detained by police as part of a corruption investigation. Jose Socrates, who led Portugal's…
India's top politician Jayaram Jayalalitha has been sentenced to jail for four years on corruption charges in a case that…
Indian politician Jayaram Jayalalitha has been found guilty of corruption charges in a high-profile case which has lasted for 18…
Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen McDonnell, have been found guilty of corruption. Bob McDonnell, who left…
Donald Tusk’s government has won a parliamentary vote of confidence sparked by a scandal over leaked tapes of Polish senior…
Polish Justice Minister Marek Biernacki has said a controversial raid to find leaked tapes that embarrassed the government "should have…
Thai anti-graft body has indicted ousted PM Yingluck Shinawatra over a controversial rice subsidy scheme. The case will now be…
Patrick Cannon, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, has resigned on Wednesday night after only 114 days in office. Patrick…
Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra has been summoned by an anti-corruption panel to hear charges of negligence over a government rice…
The family of former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, who was convicted of corruption, vows to pay back an estimated…
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) made "illegal" transfers, say Chinese police as they released details of an investigation into bribery…