News about Corruption

Despite FIFA charges Warner still beloved in Trinidad He is a key figure caught up in the middle of football's biggest corruption scandal. But indicted former FIFA vice president Jack Warner is still a wildly popular.

07 June 2015

FIFA claims innocence in $10 million transfer FIFA admitted that it had processed a $10 million payment from South Africa to a disgraced football official but denied that the world body's secretary general Jerome Valcke was involved.

02 June 2015

Blatter could be quizzed as Swiss justice question top FIFA officials Several members of FIFA's executive committee have already been questioned by the Swiss justice, and president Sepp Blatter could also be quizzed "in the future if needed".

01 June 2015

UN puts tie-ups with FIFA under scrutiny The United Nations is taking a close look at its partnerships with FIFA following allegations of widespread corruption at football's world governing body.

29 May 2015

US sidesteps Putin accusation of meddling in FIFA election US diplomats avoided a clash of words with Moscow on the corruption scandal shaking FIFA after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Washington of trying to block the re-election of football boss Sepp Blatter.

29 May 2015

FIFA scandal: McDonald's, other World Cup sponsors concerned Key World Cup sponsors including McDonald's, Adidas and Budweiser expressed strong concerns after global football body FIFA was enveloped by a new corruption scandal.

28 May 2015

FIFA office raided in probe linked to 2018, 2022 World Cups Swiss police on Wednesday raided the headquarters of FIFA, seizing documents in a probe linked to fraud in the awarding of the 2018 and 2020 World Cups.

27 May 2015

Anti-corruption Agency of Kazakhstan to cooperate with foreign experts Anti-corruption Agency of Kazakhstan is considering cooperation with foreign experts in order to fulfill the 5 institutional reforms proposed by Nazarbayev.

02 May 2015

Brazil's Petrobras reveals graft cost $2.1 bn Petrobras lost $2.1 billion to the largest corruption scheme in Brazilian history.

23 April 2015

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

Moody's downgrades ratings for scandal-hit Petrobras International ratings agency Moody's said it had downgraded all ratings for scandal-plagued Brazilian oil giant Petrobras.

25 February 2015

Brazil's Rousseff backs austerity and ending corruption Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff stressed the need for lower spending to balance the books and urged an end to corruption.

28 January 2015

Kazakhstan launches 10-year anti-corruption strategy Kazakhstan is launching a new anti-corruption strategy that focuses on preventive measures and public participation.

31 December 2014

Turkey delays decision on ministers accused of corruption A Turkish parliamentary commission unexpectedly delayed until January a decision on whether four former Turkish cabinet ministers will stand trial on accusations of corruptionю

23 December 2014

Brazil's Petrobras graft scandal embroils 28 more politicians The main accuser in the corruption scandal that has embroiled Brazil oil giant Petrobras gave a list of 28 politicians who had taken kickbacks.

20 December 2014

Hong Kong tycoon, former official guilty of corruption Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and the government's former deputy leader Rafael Hui were found guilty of corruption.

19 December 2014

Avon beauty firm pays $138 mn to settle China bribe probe US authorities on Wednesday fined the international cosmetics seller Avon Products $135 million to settle a corruption probe in China

18 December 2014

Study says countries lost $1 trillion to corruption in 2012 A global anti-corruption group said that nearly $1 trillion was illicitly drained from developing countries in 2012, representing a record level of corruption.

16 December 2014

Iraq PM says graft probe found 50,000 'ghost soldiers' Iraqi Prime Minister announced that an investigation had uncovered the existence of 50,000 "ghost soldiers", and promised a widening crackdown on corruption.

01 December 2014

Former Kazakh PM under house arrest on corruption charges Former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and ex-Defense Minister Serik Akhmetov has been put under house arrest on corruption related charges.

20 November 2014

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