site.news_by_theme Corruption

Hundreds of employees at China's top statistics bureau are being investigated after selling data.

• 28 апреля 2016, 17:40

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is warning that the Petrobras corruption probe is paralyzing the Brazilian economy.

• 28 марта 2016, 13:27

Sepp Blatter said that he was the target of "an inquisition" by FIFA's ethics committee, which has suspended him for 90 days and called for further sanctions over corruption charges.

• 26 ноября 2015, 15:13

A FIFA appeal committee rejected a bid by president Sepp Blatter and UEFA chief Michel Platini to overturn their 90-day bans while Swiss police pursue a criminal inquiry.

• 19 ноября 2015, 12:14

An American businessman Joseph Chetrit is accused of helping Ablyazov and Khrapunov launder $40 million.

• 18 ноября 2015, 16:35

Vladimir Putin ordered an inquiry into allegations of "state-supported" drug abuse in athletics that have left Russia facing a possible Olympics ban, but insisted any punishment should be individual and not collective.

• 12 ноября 2015, 14:44

Pope Francis pledged to forge ahead with reforms within the Church, while decrying "deplorable" leaks over uncontrolled spending by the Vatican.

• 09 ноября 2015, 10:11

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned that the arrest of a millionaire associate of one of the country's most powerful oligarchs was only "the start" of a fight against the corruption plaguing the ex-Soviet country.

• 02 ноября 2015, 15:09

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter blamed England, the United States and Michel Platini for the corruption scandal engulfing the organisation.

• 29 октября 2015, 11:47

Malaysia increasingly resembles a "police state" as the government uses repressive laws to silence critics including those demanding the prime minister answer corruption allegations.

• 27 октября 2015, 15:26

A senior FIFA official called into question Michel Platini's bid for football's top job, saying the failure to disclose a multi-million dollar payment could be seen as a "falsification of accounts".

• 21 октября 2015, 16:31

Michel Platini, president of European football body UEFA and suspended amid a huge corruption scandal rocking the game, admitted there was no written contract for remuneration he received from world body FIFA.

• 19 октября 2015, 15:23

UEFA said it supports suspended president Michel Platini's right to defend himself against corruption allegations following an emergency meeting in Nyon, Switzerland.

• 16 октября 2015, 13:15

Michel Platini will get a strong indication of the level of support from the organisation he heads when UEFA holds its crisis meeting in Nyon.

• 15 октября 2015, 10:59

FIFA president Sepp Blatter appealed against the 90 day ban that forced him out of office, a report said as world football's sleaze-tainted governing body headed into months of turmoil over how to find a new leader.

• 09 октября 2015, 17:12

UEFA refused to name a new leader after FIFA banned its president Michel Platini from all football activity for 90 days.

• 09 октября 2015, 14:34

President Dilma Rousseff's campaign will be investigated for alleged use of funds skimmed from the vast Petrobras corruption scheme, in a twist that could potentially end her term early.

• 07 октября 2015, 15:52

FIFA presidential hopeful Chung Mong-Joon on Tuesday accused Sepp Blatter of trying to smear him via the body's ethics committee, in a bid to force the South Korean to drop his candidacy.

• 06 октября 2015, 15:20

The FBI is able to track the money leaving Kazakhstan as a part of its anti-corruption efforts.

• 05 октября 2015, 18:48

UEFA chief Michel Platini is "still determined" to run for the FIFA presidency as successor to Sepp Blatter in next February's elections, despite "doubts" about his integrity.

• 30 сентября 2015, 18:30