Corruption

Bangladesh’s ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her children face corruption charges over disputed land deals as trials proceed amid tight security. Testimony began Monday in three separate corruption …

Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security has launched a criminal case against several Kara-Balta City Hall officials over alleged corruption in public tenders worth 1 billion soms (approx. $11.43 million). …

A man named Adolfas Kaminskas is little known not only in Russia, but also in his native Lithuania. His modest business, Motoideja, selling mopeds and spare parts, had not been …

Singaporean billionaire Ong Beng Seng pleaded guilty Monday to abetting obstruction of justice in a corruption case involving former Transport Minister S. Iswaran. Prosecutors said Ong instructed the Singapore Grand …

The KGB had hundreds of safehouses in Moscow, where the agency hid witnesses and held secret meetings. They were called “cuckoos” (“kukushka”) and registered to fake names or government enterprises. …

Judge Viktor Maslov of Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has filed a complaint with the High Council of Justice, alleging attempts to pressure and interfere with his work. Maslov says police …

Despite European sanctions on high-end wine, the Kremlin continues to buy hundreds of bottles worth tens of thousands of dollars each. Alexei Repik, a friend of Putin’s daughter Ekaterina Tikhonova, …

An investigation by The Insider has uncovered the source of the immense wealth of Russia’s richest minister, Denis Manturov. The findings reveal that he has been in blatant disregard of …

Swiss prosecutors have uncovered a previously undisclosed offshore company that was used by Sergei Roldugin, a cellist known as “Putin’s purse,” to funnel at least $300 million. The company was …