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    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      Inside BusinessMichael Pooler
      Betting scandal deals blow to Brazilian football’s development

      The growing influence of sports gambling has spurred calls for a better legal framework for the industry

    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      European Union
      EU criticised over limited funds for new ethics body

      Annual budget of €600,000 is less than half the €1.5mn cash seized in the ‘Qatargate’ scandal

    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      Unaoil
      Unaoil founder negotiated bribes, US prosecutors say

      DoJ alleges for first time that Ata Ahsani was involved with his sons in global corruption scandal

    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour to ban former ministers from lobbying for 5 years

      Party officials says move by Starmer is part of broader attempt to ‘clean up Westminster’

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Belgium releases all but one ‘Qatargate’ suspect

      Former European parliament vice-president Eva Kaili freed from house arrest in corruption case

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Nicolas Sarkozy
      Nicolas Sarkozy loses appeal against bribery scheme conviction

      Former French president sentenced to one-year prison term but will continue legal fight

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Lebanon
      France issues arrest warrant for Lebanon central bank chief

      Riad Salameh failed to appear before Paris investigators over corruption and money-laundering

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine detains Supreme Court chief justice on suspicion of bribery

      Kyiv tries to demonstrate anti-corruption credentials as part of its Nato and EU membership bids

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Martin Sandbu
      Ukraine’s friends should wake up to its progress in fighting corruption

      Western governments would be making a big mistake if they dragged their feet on reconstruction aid and EU entry for Kyiv

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Belgium defends handling of ‘Qatargate’ corruption probe

      Unprecedented investigation at the European parliament has run into procedural problems

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
      Former Eskom chief refuses to name high-level politicians linked to corruption

      André de Ruyter says he wants to avoid compromising any probe into graft at South African energy group

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      European Commission
      Plan for EU ethics body falls short of parliament’s demands, critics warn

      Commission to set common standards but leave existing institutions in charge of policing behaviour, insiders say

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      1Malaysia Development Bhd
      Switzerland indicts ex-PetroSaudi executives over 1MDB fraud

      Federal prosecutors allege former associates of Taek Jho Low played key role in scandal

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Europe Express
      Last major ‘Qatargate’ suspect MEP to be released from jail Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: what Italy did next on migration

    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      News in-depthSerious Fraud Office UK
      Collapse of fraud case triggers demand for overhaul of UK disclosure rules

      Failure of high-profile SFO investigations ignites debate over how criminal evidence is shared

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      European People’s Party
      Police raid headquarters of Europe’s largest political group

      German regional party official suspected of corruption in 2019 election campaign

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Beny Steinmetz
      Mining tycoon Steinmetz blames Soros after losing bribery appeal

      Swiss court upholds conviction of Israeli billionaire over Guinea iron ore deposit case

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Mikhail Fridman
      UK scales back probe into Mikhail Fridman four months after raid in London

      National Crime Agency drops two of three lines of inquiry against sanctions-hit Russian billionaire after his arrest in December

    • Saturday, 1 April, 2023
      Susan Hawley
      It is high time ministers took the Serious Fraud Office seriously

      The agency needs resources and strong leadership — not restructuring

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      UK crime
      Britain risks becoming ‘haven for fraudsters’, MPs warn

      Home Office slammed as ‘sluggish and outmanoeuvred’ on launch of new economic crime plan

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Austria
      Austria ‘grand corruption’ probe widens across media

      Ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz suspected of seeking positive political coverage

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      White collar crime
      Small UK companies set to be excluded from anti-fraud legislation

      MPs and anti-corruption campaigners criticise plans to limit scope of new ‘failure to prevent’ offence

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      1Malaysia Development Bhd
      Former Goldman banker Roger Ng sentenced to 10 years for 1MDB fraud

      Malaysian citizen had been convicted in US last year for his role in international financial scandal

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      London-based lawyer hired firm linked to ‘Qatargate’ suspects

      Hakan Camuz says he paid Milan-based consultancy for ‘ethical lobbying services’ in Brussels

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Italy launches money-laundering probe into ‘Qatargate’ associates

      Two men under investigation in Milan for allegedly helping Pier Antonio Panzeri hide illicit payments

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