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Saudi authorities are negotiating settlements with princes and businessmen held over allegations of corruption, offering deals for the detainees to pay for their freedom. The Saudi government is looking to appropriate as much as 70% of …
Former Russian Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev considers criminal prosecution against him a provocation. "Of course, that was a provocation," he told reporters in Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky …
Turkish police detained 97 people suspected of bribery, Turkish newspaper Miliyet writes. 55 of the detainees work as road inspectors. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with members of the Council of Legislators in the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg. Putin has endorsed the initiative to continue the fight against corruption, but emphasized …
Israeli detectives have interviewed Benjamin Netanyahu for a third time as part of a series of investigations into his conduct in office, The Guardian reports. Amid reports in the Israeli media that police are …
The General Consul of the Republic of Moldova to Istanbul, Veaceslav Filip, was arrested on Wednesday evening by the Anti-corruption Prosecutor’s office in a passive corruption case. The operation happened on the Chișinău …
Strengthening of trade cooperation, the fight against terrorism and corruption, as well as strengthening of energy security - these are the main goals that Russia hopes to accomplish at the APEC summit, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri …
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili tendered his resignation from the post of governor of Ukraine's southern Odessa region on Monday, saying he would continue to fight corruption. "I have decided to …
A new corruption controversy is erupting in Armenia. This time it is focused on the Finance Minister Gagik Khachatryan and his sons
Governments must step up their fight against corruption or face damaging economic and social consequences that risks tipping more countries into crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde has …
"The Minister knows perfectly what human losses the troops have suffered because of unpunished corruption crimes"
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan told reporters on Sunday that, if necessary, he is ready to sacrifice his property for the needs of the army and the state. "If need be, I am ready to do so, but …
Corruption has become a common practice among public officials, and punishments for bribery are rare
Transparency International has published the annual index of corruption in different countries. Russia improved its position in 2015, scoring 29 points (27 in 2014), and ranked 119th place (136th in 2014). Denmark took the top spot with …
A former head of the department of audit of government contracts of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, Dmitry Nedobor, and two employees of this department have been arrested by the Savelovsky court of Moscow on charges of …
Maintaining a high level of 'shadows' in the economy is a reason for low levels of tax revenues
The US authorities are investigating an alleged bribery scheme involving payments to officials at the United Nations to gain support for real-estate development in Macau. According to the Wall Street Journal, the investigation may be …
The event that occurred at one of the largest infrastructure projects in Western Europe fits into the post-Soviet corruption schemes
All-Russian anti-corruption public organization Clean Hands has published a report according to which the annual average amount of bribes in Russia grew by 200% - from 218 to 613 thousand rubles. The author of the …
The anti-corruption struggle is headed by people who provoke a lot of questions in Armenian society
