An Army National Guard official was sentenced on Jul. 10 to 42 months in prison for accepting a $30,000 bribe in exchange for steering a $3.6 million contract to a retired sergeant major of the Minnesota Army National Guard and his consulting company. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, […]

An Italian court has given former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi three years in prison in a corruption case. The court found him guilty of bribing a senator in 2006 in order to topple the then center-left government. The former premier will also be banned from holding any public office for five years, a court in […]

LB & B Associates, Inc., a North Carolina-based facility management and maintenance government contractor, has settled a lawsuit for $7.8 million, resolving allegations that the company made false statements to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in order to obtain and retain Section 8(a) certification as a minority and woman-owned business. The certification resulted in […]

Dozens of witnesses in a massive fraud case in India surrounding cheating at college and government jobs have been found dead, including four in the past two days. Investigators say thousands of people got jobs or medical degrees from systematic exam cheating that generated millions of dollars in bribes in the state of Madhya Pradesh. […]

Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice made a startling announcement: an FBI investigation had uncovered over $480 million in corruption proceeds hidden in bank accounts around the world held by Sani Abacha, former military dictator of Nigeria. In the mid-1990s, Abacha and his family systematically embezzled public funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria […]

An Australian Mafia boss allegedly paid $2.2 million in bribes to  judges to get lighter jail sentences, and the Mafia have approached defence force personnel to supply them with military grade weapons, top-secret police intelligence reports reveal. The reports also reveal the price of some food – including the price of certain types of seafood […]

  According to a new report by the European Commission, the extent of corruption across Europe is “breathtaking”, costing the EU economy at least 120 billion euro every year. The Commission, as Statista website reports, said it was the first time it has done a survey like this and the results are certainly interesting. Respondents […]

Under a bill drafted by Justice Minister Heiko Maas, doctors charged with corruption could face up to five years in prison or a fine, closing a legal loophole that has for years hindered the fight against corruption in the medical sector. EurActiv Germany reports Crookedness in the health system inhibits competition, increases the price of […]

Journalist Nery Francisco Soto Torres was shot to death on the evening of 14 August, in the district of La Conquista, Olanchito municipality, department of Yoro. Soto, 32, was a host and reporter for Canal 23, and a co-producer for the show “Cuarto Poder” on Radio Full FM. The murder occurred when Soto “was trying […]