News about bribe

Attempt to legalize building landed lawyer and Almaty residents in prison Tengrinews.kz - A lawyer and two Almaty residents have been convicted of fraud and inciting bribery, according to the Anti-Corruption Agency.
25 February 2025 12:27
Kazakhstanis were offered a new way to report bribes Tengrinews.kz - The Anti-Corruption Agency has introduced a new way for Kazakhstanis to report bribery.
24 February 2025 18:53
Kazakhstan to introduce criminal liability for promising a bribe Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstanis will be punished for offering or promising a bribe. Such a measure is contained in a new bill on combating corruption.
15 January 2025 12:42
New article will be added to the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan Tengrinews.kz - The Criminal Code of Kazakhstan is being amended with a new article that will introduce responsibility for the illegal provision
15 January 2025 11:23
'100-million bribe' in Bishimbayev case: court delivered a verdict Tengrinews.kz - A woman was convicted in Astana for offering to reduce the sentence of Kuandyk Bishimbayev for 100 million tenge.
28 October 2024 22:25
Kazakhstan jails international expo organiser for corruption Kazakhstan sentenced a former minister to 14 years in prison for embezzling millions while heading Kazakhstan's preparations for EXPO-2017.
13 June 2016 16:17
China sets death penalty threshold in graft cases Corruption cases involving three million yuan ($463,000) or more may incur the death penalty in future.
18 April 2016 14:35
Kazakhstan crushes on bribery in high-profile case Ex-deputy Governor, advisor to the Governor and several businessmen were found guilty in a corruption scandal that rocked Kazakhstan.
18 April 2015 17:02
Third of surveyed Kazakhstanis do not believe in combating corruption A third of the surveyed Kazakhstanis do no believe in the effectiveness of combating corruption in Kazakhstan.
17 September 2014 20:12
Kazakhstan toughens punishment for corruption The new Kazakhstan Criminal Code that will enter into force next year introduces a tougher punishment for bribes.
29 August 2014 18:32
Argentine vice president appeals corruption charges Argentina's Vice President Amado Boudou filed an appeal against charges of corruption allegedly carried out during his time as finance minister from 2009 to 2011.
11 July 2014 12:10
Corruption in Kazakhstan is a major obstacle to FDI: MP Bribe is the only way to obtain a public service in Kazakhstan, MP Tursunbek Omurzakov said quoting Transparency International.
05 June 2014 12:13
Iran hangs man convicted of $2.6 bn bank scam An Iranian businessman convicted of masterminding a $2.6 billion banking scam, the biggest fraud case in the country's history, was hanged on Saturday, state media reported.
24 May 2014 14:46
India wins Italy appeal over helicopter deal India on Friday partially won an appeal against an Italian court order rejecting its request to recover bank guarantees over a scrapped helicopter deal at the centre of a bribery scandal.
24 May 2014 11:25
Guatemala ex-leader gets six years in New York Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo was sentenced in New York to five years and 10 months in prison Thursday for a $2.5 million bribery scandal.
23 May 2014 12:56
Israel ex-PM Olmert gets 6 years jail for bribery A Tel Aviv court on Tuesday sentenced Israeli ex-premier Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for accepting bribes linked to a major property development in Jerusalem, media reports said.
13 May 2014 14:28
F1 boss Ecclestone's bribery trial starts in Germany Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone went on trial in Germany Thursday accused of bribery in a case which threatens a jail term for the Briton who has controlled the motor sport for four decades.
24 April 2014 14:39
Formula One boss faces bribery charges in German trial Formula One magnate Bernie Ecclestone faces bribery charges when his trial begins in Munich on Thursday in a case which threatens to end his reign.
22 April 2014 13:00
Fourth officer charged in US Navy bribery scandal A fourth US Navy officer has been charged with leaking information to a foreign defense contractor in exchange for cash and other gifts in a widening bribery scandal, officials said Thursday.
18 April 2014 13:10
'Letters to father' deepen Uzbek first daughter mystery The appearance of rambling letters said to have been written by Uzbekistan's once all-powerful first daughter Gulnara Karimova has heightened the mystery over her astonishing fall from grace in the ex-Soviet state.
02 April 2014 10:45
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