bribes

EU-Qatar: bribery probe

EU-Qatar: bribery probe

The European Parliament is reeling from a burgeoning investigation into alleged corruption involving lawmakers, the Gulf state of Qatar and a suitcase full of cash

Dagestan employees of Rostransnadzor suspected of bribery

Dagestan employees of Rostransnadzor suspected of bribery

Dagestani investigators suspected 13 employees of the regional Rostransnadzor were systematically receiving bribes. Thus, they ensured the unhindered passage of trucks without weight control, the press service of the Investigative Committee of …

Chief Treasurer of Derbent  caught on bribe

Chief Treasurer of Derbent caught on bribe

Yesterday, in Derbent, Dagestan, the chief treasurer of department No. 2 of the republican department of the Federal Treasury was detained when receiving a bribe in the amount of ₽ 200,000, the FSB department for Dagestan reported today. …

Yerevan University professor caught taking bribe

Yerevan University professor caught taking bribe

Armenia's National Security Service said that a lecturer at Yerevan State University was apprehended after taking a bribe. Accordingly, from 2017 to 2019, the lecturer took bribes ranging between $1,000 and $ 8,000 from a …

Police officer detained over bribe-taking in Yerevan

Police officer detained over bribe-taking in Yerevan

A police officer was detained in Yerevan over bribe-taking, the press service of the National Security Service of Armenia reported. An Armenian citizen reported that the policeman demanded a bribe in the amount of about $700 …

Samvel Mayrapetyan formally accused

Samvel Mayrapetyan formally accused

Armenian businessman Samvel Mayrapetyan, detained by the Special Investigative Service on October 7, was formally accused of complicity in bribery today, spokeswoman for the Special Investigation Service Marina …

Deputy Chief of Police of Georgian Supsa caught on bribes

Deputy Chief of Police of Georgian Supsa caught on bribes

The deputy head of the police department of Supsa in Lanchkhut district (Guria region) was detained in Georgia for a bribe, the website of the Georgian Interior Ministry reported. According to the investigation, the accused …

Russia's corruption rate declines, but bribe amounts increase

Russia's corruption rate declines, but bribe amounts increase

Last year, the number of corruption offences in Russia declined by 10% compared to 2016, the country's National Anti-Corruption Committee reports. It is specified that more than 2 million crimes were reported in the country in …

Netanyahu's confidants arrested in corruption probe

Netanyahu's confidants arrested in corruption probe

Israeli police arrested members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's inner circle in a widening graft probe, media reported. The arrests come less than a week after police said they had enough evidence to …

Russia's Ulyukayev found guilty of bribery

Russia's Ulyukayev found guilty of bribery

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky court found former Russian Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev guilty of taking a bribe. "The court found that Ulyukayev is guilty of taking a large-scale bribe," Judge …

Ulyukayev's house arrest extended by six months

Ulyukayev's house arrest extended by six months

Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky district court  ruled to extend Russia's former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev's house arrest by another six months, until  January 27, 2018, the court's press secretary Emilia …

Economic Minister Ulyukayev charged with bribe-taking

Economic Minister Ulyukayev charged with bribe-taking

Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev, who was detained over night, was formally charged with bribery by investigators, Russia's Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko …