World news about “Corruption” published by euronews.
Spain judge Garzón convicted over wiretapping Spain’s Supreme Court has found the human rights judge Baltasar Garzón guilty of authorising the illegal recording of defence lawyers’ conversations. In a… 09/02/2012
Pakistan PM faces contempt hearing Pakistan’s Supreme Court is preparing to charge the prime minister with contempt of court for failing to re-open corruption inquiries against the president… 02/02/2012
Slovak MPs strip for scrapping their immunity It is not only Ukrainian feminists who are stripping off to make their point. Seventeen Slovak politicians posted a naked Facebook photo to protest against… 31/01/2012
‘Baby Doc’ to stand trial for corruption Former Haitian dictator Jean Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier is to face trial on corruption charges, but not human rights abuses. The judge handling the case… 31/01/2012
Journalists share Sweden’s Olof Palme Prize Two journalists will share Sweden’s Olof Palme Prize for what the jury called their “tireless and lonely struggle for the benefit of others”. Roberto… 27/01/2012
Internal letters allege corruption in Vatican Allegations that a former top official at the Vatican, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano was transferred against his will to Washington after whistleblowing on… 27/01/2012
Spain: Close Rajoy ally cleared in corruption case A close political ally of Spain’s prime minister has been cleared of accepting designer suits in return for handing out lucrative contracts. Francisco Camps… 26/01/2012
Mexico: high body count from drug violence likely in 2012 Drug gangs in Mexico continue to defy the army’s efforts to reduce violence. Mexico today is seeing death tolls higher than in the world’s conventional… 25/01/2012
Gilani contempt trial opens in Islamabad Pakistan’s legal system has fired its latest shot in the triangular struggle for power there between the courts, the army and government. The Supreme Court… 19/01/2012
Japan’s Olympus sues bosses over scandal Olympus is suing its current president and 18 other executives, past and present, for 37 million euros in compensation over a massive accounting scandal… 10/01/2012
China gets tough with football fixers The trial has begun in China of a former national football official and a club officer accused of taking bribes and match-fixing. A former director of the… 20/12/2011
Russia told to clean up its act by OECD Russia is being warned that the country’s future economic growth is likely to be hampered by a poor business environment, a lack of investment in innovation… 12/12/2011
Vinokourov hits back Kazkahstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov is taking legal action against Swiss magazine L’Illustré over a report he bribed his Russian opponent Aleksandr Kolobnev in… 07/12/2011
Former Barca boss in court Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta appeared in court this week as part of an investigation into alleged financial irregularities in his dealing with… 11/10/2011
Tymoshenko’s ordeal Ukraine’s Yulia Tymoshenko, convicted of abuse of office in resolving a gas dispute, has had her share of accusations of shady dealing on the path from… 11/10/2011
Spanish fishing practices slammed by twin probe Spain’s fishing industry is corrupt and continues to be subsidised by massive EU handouts, two new reports allege. The investigations, one from Greenpeace… 03/10/2011
Serie A under the spotlight Italian prosecutor Rosario Cantelmo has announced that over 150 matches in Italy, Spain and South America are being investigated for alleged match-fixing… 23/09/2011
Brooms to sweep away corruption in BrazilMembers of the NGO Rio de Paz (Peace Rio) placed brooms on the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro as a form of protest. The 594 brooms represent the number of… 20/09/2011
“March Against Corruption” in BrasiliaDemonstrators pretend to clean a sign outside a ministry during the “March Against Corruption” in Brasilia. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino 08/09/2011
Indian communists rally against corruptionActivists from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) shout slogans during a protest rally against corruption and in support of the Lokpal bill in New Delhi… 02/09/2011
Anti-corruption campaigner continues hunger strike – nocomment Anna Hazare, an Indian activist, entered the fifth day of a hunger strike, saying he was feeling physically weak but resolved in his demand that the… 21/08/2011
Turkish match fix probe: more arrests Turkish investigators have questioned more footballers and officials in relation to a major match-fixing probe. The deputy chairman of Besiktas JK, the… 12/07/2011
MEPs to get new anti-sleaze code Party leaders in the European Parliament have unanimously backed a new code of conduct for MEPs after a spate of alleged corruption scandals. Brussels is… 07/07/2011
Thailand’s Thaksin Shinawatra bides time in exile Reconciliation in Thailand is the priority for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, brother of the latest election winner. As his sister strives to move… 04/07/2011
Indian Guru on hunger strike over corruption – nocomment Baba Swami Ramdev has now gone on hunger-strike to highlight the issue of corruption in the country. 06/06/2011
Philips corruption trial ‘due’ in Poland Twenty three Poles, including two former employees of Philips Electronics, are reportedly to stand trial in Poland in July over alleged payments of millions… 18/05/2011
Daul defends Brussels against corruption claims The chairman of the European People’s Party, Joseph Daul, says there is no need for further controls in the European Parliament in the wake of the ‘cash for… 21/04/2011
EP corruption counter-attack Dishonest money-making on the side has been under scrutiny among the European Parliament’s group presidents, negotiating a review of a code of conduct for the… 07/04/2011
Berlusconi in the hot seat Chris Burns hosts The Network, where a matrix of newsmakers get to the heart of an issue. And watch out – everyone has to answer in 25 seconds or less, or… 31/03/2011
Algeria, craving a peaceful evolution Is Algeria primed for its own revolution? With a decade of civil war behind them, Algerians want nothing of the violence of the 1990s. But frustration with… 10/03/2011
Ben Ali’s corruption culture Many Tunisians would like to see the former occupants of the presidential palace return to stand trial on corruption charges. The Ben Ali family robbed… 25/02/2011
Former Israeli PM faces further corruption chargesFormer Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, who is already on trial over corruption allegations is now facing further charges. It is alleged that he accepted… 05/01/2012
Another Hazare anti-corruption hunger strike in IndiaIndia’s parliament is considering changing the anti-corruption bill, but that does not go far enough according to activist Anna Hazare, who begins a three-day… 27/12/2011
Anti-corruption blogger defiant after release from Russian jailRussian protest leader and blogger Alexei Navalny has been released from prison, after spending more than two weeks behind bars. The 35-year-old was… 21/12/2011
Chirac found guilty of corruptionFormer French President Jacques Chirac has received a two-year suspended jail term after being been found guilty of mis-using public funds. The case relates… 15/12/2011
Spanish Royal family member denies mishandling moneyThe son in law of King Juan Carlos of Spain will stop taking part any in official ceremonies. The Royal Palace has distanced itself from Inaki Urdangarin… 12/12/2011
Estonian politicians accused of selling residence permitsEstonia’s Citizenship and Migration Department is investigating accusations that some politicians have been selling residence permits to wealthy… 09/12/2011
US governor gets 14 years in jail for corruptionFormer Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for political corruption. He had tried to sell the Senate seat vacated by… 08/12/2011
Roberto Saviano: Politics and the MafiaRoberto Saviano knows about the Camorra all too well. The clan inspired his best-selling book ‘Gomorrah: Italy’s Other Mafia’, which was made into a… 07/12/2011
MEPs adopt ‘code of conduct’ on interestsMembers of the European Parliament will from now on have to declare financial and other interests after the assembly voted unanimously in favour of a… 01/12/2011
Anti-corruption campaign underway, as Egyptians go to the pollsBallot boxes have been sealed after the final day of voting in the first stage of Egypt’s parliamentary polls. Turnout has been “massive” and “unexpected”… 29/11/2011
Kuwait parliament stormed by protestersA growing political crisis in Kuwait yesterday erupted into the storming of parliament by anti-government protesters. Their aim was to call for the… 17/11/2011
Former Moscow Mayor in fraud investigationThe former Mayor of Moscow, Yury Luzkhov is being questioned over an alleged fraud involving the bank of Moscow. But his lawyer has stressed that he’s being… 15/11/2011
Fresh charges for former Croatian prime ministerFormer Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, whose trial on corruption charges opened last week, is to face a fresh indictment. The court is already trying… 07/11/2011
Kyrgyz PM poised to become presidentHe is seen as the flag-bearer of reforms in Kyrgyzstan. And now Almazbek Atambayev, prime minister of the strategically-important ex-Soviet republic, is… 31/10/2011
Ukraine revives old case against TymoshenkoFresh charges of embezzlement are being made by Ukraine’s state prosecutor against the now jailed former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko. The move comes… 25/10/2011
Top French cops held over drug allegationsFour top police officials in France have been arrested over drug trafficking and corruption allegations. One of them is Michel Neyret, second-in-command in… 30/09/2011
French police chief arrestedA senior French police chief was arrested on Thursday and could face charges of corruption, drug trafficking and money laundering. French radio claimed the… 30/09/2011
Brazilians call on Congress to clean up its actIn Brazil, thousands have demonstrated against what they claim is widespread corruption at the heart of government. Several ministers have recently been… 21/09/2011
Berlusconi in court for corruption case amid sex furoreItalian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has appeared in court in Milan for a corruption trial, one of several cases in which he is involved. It resumes as… 19/09/2011
Brazil’s big party overshadowed by corruptionDilma Roussef has presided over her first Independence Day Parade as President of Brazil. She and her family watched the traditional military display in the… 08/09/2011
Chirac to face corruption trial in absentiaFormer French president Jacques Chirac will be tried on corruption charges in his absence, because his memory is too frail. A court in Paris accepted a… 05/09/2011
Chirac trial to go ahead without the star defendantThe corruption trial against Jacques Chirac is to go ahead – although the former French president is too ill to attend. The judge has accepted a request by… 05/09/2011
French prosecutors accept Chirac’s sick noteFormer French President Jacques Chirac has missed the opening of his corruption trial in Paris due to ill health. Prosecutors say they are happy to accept… 05/09/2011
Empty dock as Chirac trial gets underwayThe corruption trial against Jacques Chirac has started, but the former French president’s doctors said he was too ill to come to court say his doctors. The… 05/09/2011
Witness ‘saw Sarkozy take cash’ for campaign, says judgeThere are fresh accusations alleging that Nicolas Sarkozy received cash from France’s richest woman for political campaigning before he became president –… 31/08/2011
Indian PM calls for an end to anti-corruption fastThe Indian prime minister has called on an anti-corruption activist to end his hunger-strike after millions of people united behind his campaign. Anna… 25/08/2011
Indian anti-corruption talks collapseTalks broke down on Thursday between Indian activist Anna Hazare and the Indian government over a new anti-corruption bill. Hazare is protesting against… 25/08/2011
India’s Hazare resolute but ready to talkHunger striker Anna Hazare says he is open to dialogue but his determination to change India remains intact. At least 50,000 people gathered in Delhi on… 21/08/2011
Indian anti-corruption crusade: PM open to dialogueAs he pursues his 15 day hunger strike, thousands have gathered in Delhi to support Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare. After starting the fast in… 20/08/2011
Hazare hails start of ‘new revolution’ in IndiaA lashing monsoon rain was not enough to put off the jubilant crowds in New Delhi as India’s anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare was freed from… 19/08/2011
Jubilant Indians greet freed corruption activistIndian anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has launched his public hunger strike after being released from jail in New Delhi. Earlier he had refused to… 19/08/2011
Indian anti-graft activist agrees protest dealAnti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has agreed to a police offer that will allow him to publicly fast in New Delhi for 15 days. Hazare was arrested on… 18/08/2011
Former Libyan minister tells euronews of corruptionLibya’s former energy minister has told euronews that Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif Al-Islam is the brains behind billions of euros worth of embezzlement from… 18/08/2011
Indian anti-corruption activist refuses to leave jailProtests have spread across India for a second day in support of an elderly anti-corruption campaigner who is on hunger strike. Anna Hazare, who styles… 17/08/2011
Ukraine PM Tymoshenko detained by courtUkraine’s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been remanded in custody. The move follows a state prosecutor’s motion accusing her of disturbing… 05/08/2011
Latvia votes in historic referendumLatvians are on Saturday voting in an historic referendum aimed at curtailing corruption in what is one of Europe’s poorest countries. The poll will decide if… 23/07/2011
Spider Truman weaves growing web of Italian discontentThe hallmarks it would seem of Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi are headlines and a flamboyant lifestyle. On the back of his government’s 70… 21/07/2011
Turkey roasted by football inquiryA corruption scandal at the top of Turkish league football is spreading. The chairman of Fenerbahce, Aziz Yildirim, has been remanded in custody pending… 11/07/2011
Turkish police raid football clubs in match-fixing scandalTurkish police have arrested around 60 people, including the president of top side Fenerbahce Aziz Yildirim as part of an ongoing investigation into… 04/07/2011
Guilty – man who tried to sell Obama’s seatThe man who tried to sell Barak Obama’s senate seat after he was elected President of the USA has been found guilty on 17 counts of corruption. Former… 28/06/2011
Anti-corruption protest taken to Madrid’s City HallHundreds of people have blockaded the streets around Madrid’s City Hall, as the new mayor was sworn in inside. The participants said it was a rallying call… 11/06/2011
Brazil’s chief minister quitsIn Brazil the man who laid the groundwork for Brazil’s current economic boom has resigned as chief of staff. Antonio Palocci has left his job following a… 08/06/2011
Guru on hunger strike over Indian corruptionBaba Swami Ramdev dresses like a guru but is worshipped like a film star. He is India’s most famous yoga master and has now gone on hunger-strike to… 04/06/2011
FIFA executives, angels or devils?“I can only answer for myself,” said FIFA President Sepp Blatter, trying to distance himself from the four members of the football governing body’s executive… 11/05/2011
Tension before Albanian vote after campaign violenceAlbanians vote in local elections on Sunday amidst high tension after a campaign marred by violence. National elections at the start of the year also… 07/05/2011
Israel foreign minister may face corruption chargesIsrael is reeling from yet another political scandal. This time, its foreign minister is in the firing line. Ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman is facing… 14/04/2011
Syria protests spread southAnti government protests have spread across Syria to the south of the country. Several hundred people took to the streets in the town of Jassem although… 21/03/2011
Bribes probe sears EU ParliamentThree European Parliament members are under investigation on corruption allegations. The Sunday Times says journalists posing as lobbyists offered 60 MEPs… 21/03/2011
European Parliament probes corruption claimsThe European Parliament has opened an investigation into accusations in a British newspaper that three senior MEPs took cash to change laws. The Sunday… 21/03/2011
Protests spread to LebanonLebanese protesters have called for an end to the country’s sectarian political system. Around 8,000 people demonstrated outside the electricity ministry… 07/03/2011
Iraqi protesters clash with policeIraq has been hit by mass protests for a second consecutive Friday. In Baghdad, thousands took to the streets, angry over a shortage of jobs, corruption… 04/03/2011
Moscow police swoop on Baturina empirePolice have raided offices at the Bank of Moscow, and Inteko, a property developer owned by the wife of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov. They are probing… 18/02/2011
Alcatel Lucent settles US bribery caseTelecoms equipment company, Alcatel Lucent, has agreed to pay a 103 million euros to settle a bribery case. US authorities claimed the French-based firm… 28/12/2010
Croatia aims to extradite ex PM from AustriaThe former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader is being held by police in Austria over corruption accusations back home. He was picked up on a main road in… 10/12/2010
Ex-Croatian PM held in Austria in corruption probeCroatian television is reporting that the former prime minister Ivo Sanader, wanted by the authorities over corruption allegations, has been arrested in… 10/12/2010
FIFA fines ballot sellersAfter deliberating since Monday, FIFA executive members have banned Amos Adamu from all soccer activity for three years and Reynald Temarii for one year. The… 18/11/2010
Three quarters of countries seen as corruptNearly three quarters of states, beginning with those at war such as Iraq or Afghanistan, are seen as seriously corrupt, according to Transparency… 26/10/2010
‘Scandals’ targeted in Brazil presidential run-inTrailing in the polls, Brazil’s opposition presidential candidate has attacked frontrunner Dilma Rousseff over corruption. Jose Serra used a TV debate to… 26/10/2010
FIFA begins probe into votes-for-sale claimsFootball’s world governing body FIFA is to investigate claims that two of its executive committee members had offered to sell their votes in the contest to… 18/10/2010
FIFA to investigate corruption claimThe governing body of world football is to investigate a newspaper report that two members of its executive committee offered to sell their votes in the… 17/10/2010
Abducted Mexican mayor found murderedThe bound and blindfolded body of the kidnapped mayor of Santiago in Mexico has been found dumped on a remote rural road. The country’s President Felipe… 19/08/2010
Apple manager charged over bribesA supply manager for Apple has appeared in court in California charged with taking bribes from six Asian companies that supply iPhone and iPod accessories… 17/08/2010
Crucial vote on Kenyan constitutionIt is Kenya’s first national vote since 1,300 people were killed in post-election violence in 2008. Political leaders are hoping a ballot today on a new… 04/08/2010
Romania’s rampant corruption slammed by EUThe European Union has slammed Romania for its failure to combat rampant corruption. In an annual progress report, the EU said the country’s politicians… 20/07/2010
Karzai seeks greater control over aidAfghanistan’s government should have a greater say in how the country’s multi-million-euro aid budget is spent, President Hamid Karzai told a foreign donors… 20/07/2010
Historic conference discusses Afghanistan’s futureThey are the key players in Afghanistan’s biggest international conference in decades. The country’s leader Hamid Karzai wants greater control of… 20/07/2010
Afghanistan gears up for massive aid conferenceSecurity is tight in Afghanistan, ahead of the biggest international aid conference in decades. Dozens of delegates are expected in Kabul, including … 19/07/2010
Bettencourt family row leads to an affair of stateThe politician at the centre of the Bettencourt scandal remains French Labour Minister Eric Woerth. Now it is claimed that he, as treasurer of Nicolas… 06/07/2010
Sarkozy under pressure as sleaze scandal growsBusiness as usual today? Not quite for Nicolas Sarkozy. The French President is now personally targeted by sleaze allegations that have battered his… 06/07/2010
