The ministers of four different government agencies in Romania have been charged with setting up an organized crime group as well as abuse of office and complicity with embezzlement in relation to the privatization of a state-owned oil refinery. Rompetrol Gas Station (Photo:John Burkov Wikimedia) On Wednesday, Economy and Trade Minister Dan Ioan Popescu, Former […]

Attorney Milan Lazarevic testified that he opened 150 offshore accounts on the behest of convicted Serbian cocaine kingpin and alleged money smuggler Darko Saric, according to KRIK, the Crime and Corruption Reporting Network. Darko Šarić at court (Photo: KRIK) The testimony comes during Saric’s epically lengthy money laundering trial on Monday, which has been ongoing […]

Orhei mayor Ilan Shor on 22 June was arrested for 72 hours by anti-corruption officers on a new criminal case for swindle in very large proportions and money laundering. Prosecutor Adriana Betisor made statements to this effect. “This is a new criminal file opened for bank fraud, namely criminal offense of swindle in very large […]

Kosovo PM has accepted the resignation of minister Ferid Agani after the latter was accused of abuse of office as part of the Stents Affair.   Last week, former Minister of Health Agani was indicted for his alleged involvement the Stents Affair, a plot involving doctors who sent their public hospital patients to private clinics […]

Tens of thousands of people showed up at the massive anti-government rally in Macedonia’s capital Skopje on Monday evening – which took place amid high tensions after the authorities missed a deadline to meet key demands. Photo by: Sarena Revolucija At Monday night’s protest, groups of demonstrators broke the windows of the Ministry of Justice […]

After just five months in power, Croatian lawmakers voted Monday to dissolve Parliament, bringing an end to the coalition government led by Croatia’s Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) government. Tihomir Oreskovic – (Photo: Flickr, Vlada Republike Hrvatske) The vote follows a no-confidence vote Thursday that ousted Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic. Orsekovic was dismissed by a vote […]

Kosovo’s Anti-Corruption agency will audit the asset declarations of the President and Prime Minister, following a draw that determines which public officials are to undergo scrutiny. During the draw of Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency. Photo courtesy by AKK The declared assets of Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and President Hashim Thaci are to become the subject […]

The Special Court in Belgrade jailed Miroslav Miskovic – owner of the industrial giant Delta Holding – for five years and fined him 8 million euros for helping his son evade taxes. Miroslav Miskovic. Photo: Beta The Special Court in Belgrade on Monday jailed Serbian businessman Miroslav Miskovic for five years for helping his son […]

Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that abuse of public office should remain a criminal offence, rejecting a challenge by several indicted officials and easing concerns over the fate of a crackdown on high-level graft. However it also narrowed the definition of such offences, saying they should apply to cases where public servants actually broke […]

A parliamentary comission has found that Vice Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko was in conflict of interest over relations with a lobbyist for the Hungarian energy company MOL. Tomislav Karamarko. Photo: BETAPHOTO/HINA/Damir SENCAR/DS The Croatian parliament’s Commission for Conflicts of Interest on Wednesday ruled that Vice Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko was in conflict of interest regarding […]