HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has arrested a former chairman of state-owned Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) for alleged abuse of power, police said on Friday, as the Southeast Asian nation cracks down on graft. A spate of high-profile arrests has shed lig... More »
Nobel medicine laureate Shinya Yamanaka of Japan speaks during a news conference at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Bertil Enevag Ericson/Scanpix Sweden TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan chastised a Kyoto University stem cell research te... More »
FILE PHOTO – Turkish demonstrators rally against the coup attempt in Turkey at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has warned its citizens against travel to the United States, saying Turks face t... More »
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Vandals in Santiago attacked three churches before dawn on Friday, throwing homemade bombs that caused minor damage and leaving notes threatening Pope Francis just three days ahead of the pontiff’s visit to Chile next week, police said. Th... More »
A street vendor sells roasted chestnuts in front of a branch of Halkbank in central Istanbul, Turkey, January 10, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Any fine levied against Halkbank (HALKB.IS) by the United States will be paid by the bank itself an... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Smartphones, PCs and servers across the world have rec... More »
FILE PHOTO: PetroVietnam’s former chairman Phung Dinh Thuc walks out of a court for lunch, in Hanoi, Vietnam January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo HANOI/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Vietnam is gripped by its highest profile corruption trial in memory, but some s... More »
Keiko, Sachi and Hiro Fujimori, daughters and son of former President Alberto Fujimori arrive to visit their father after Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski pardoned him who was serving a 25-year prison sentence, at Centenario hospital in Lima, Peru, Dec... More »
FILE PHOTO – Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori waves as he enters the courtroom before his trial at the Special Police Headquarters in Lima April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski pardon... More »
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia attend a meeting to uphold his bid for presidential candidate, in Moscow, Russia December 24, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday cleared... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s corruption watchdog on Monday urged its state-owned enterprises (SOE) to guard against the risk of corruption in their overseas entities, saying it was a key task of every company’s Communist Party cell. The Central Commission for ... More »
Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski makes final remarks to lawmakers of the opposition-ruled Congress, in Lima, Peru December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski could end up the surprise winner of an attem... More »
FILE PHOTO: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit reacts upon arrival at Khartoum airport, Sudan November 1,2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan denied on Friday that a businessman sanctioned by the United State... More »
Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski listens as his lawyer Alberto Borea (not pictured) addresses lawmakers of the opposition-ruled Congress, in Lima, Peru December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has ... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates with Vice President Mike Pence and Congressional Republicans after the U.S. Congress passed sweeping tax overhaul legislation on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2017. REUTER... More »
ANC members hold placards at the 54th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa December 17, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Voting for the new leader of Sout... More »
Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, gestures as he addresses members of the media, after Pakistan’s Supreme Court dismissed a petition to disqualify him from parliament for not declaring assets, outside Jinnah Internatio... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Russian economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev was found guilty of soliciting a $2 million bribe from Rosneft (ROSN.MM) chief executive Igor Sechin and sentenced to eight years in jail on Friday. The high-profile court case shone a rare li... More »
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an event with supporters in Caracas, Venezuela December 1, 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday gained more powers over the OPEC member... More »
Former Brazil’s Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot attends an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil, November 28, 2017. Picture taken November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) – Three senior Brazilian law enforcement officials, including... More »
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday he hoped a gold trader cooperating with U.S. prosecutors in the trial of a Turkish banker will "turn back from his mistake", saying the Iran sanctions-related case targeted Turkey and its economy. More »
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Monday that the United States wanted to use the trial in New York of a Turkish gold trader to impose sanctions on Ankara. In an interview with broadcaster Kanal24, Bozdag also said that t... More »
FILE PHOTO: Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo speaks at a rally of the ruling ZANU PF party in Harare, Zimbabwe November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former Zimbabwean finance minister Ignatius Chombo was admitted to ho... More »
FILE PHOTO: The speaker of Indonesia’s parliament, Setya Novanto, leaves an ethics panel hearing in Jakarta, Indonesia in this December 7, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Garry Lotulung JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament speaker, Setya Novanto, has been taken... More »
FILE PHOTO: Norman Seabrook, the head of New York City’s prison guard union, exits the Manhattan District court house in New York, U.S., July 22, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered a mistrial in the cor... More »
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked Justice Department prosecutors to decide if a special counsel should be appointed to investigate certain Republican concerns, including alleged wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation and the sale of a uranium company... More »
Kosovo accused Serbia of undermining a European Union-sponsored dialogue between the two countries by refusing to withdraw an international arrest warrant for Kosovo's prime minister. More »
European Union lawmakers called on Friday for stricter EU supervision of Malta's application of the bloc's rules on money laundering and basic rights, stepping up pressure after the assassination of an investigative journalist on the island. More »
Saudi Arabia's future king has tightened his grip on power through an anti-corruption purge by arresting royals, ministers and investors including billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal who is one of the kingdom's most prominent businessmen. More »
Bribery, embezzlement, money laundering and abuse of power are among the accusations leveled against dozens of Saudi princes, officials and businessmen detained in an anti-corruption probe, a Saudi official told Reuters on Monday. More »
Special Counsel Robert Mueller pushed back on Sunday against Paul Manafort's efforts to avoid house arrest, arguing that President Donald Trump's former campaign manager needed to further detail the finances behind his proposed $12 million bail agreement. More »
China aims to pass a national supervision law and set up a new commission next year to oversee an expansion of President Xi Jinping's campaign to fight corruption in the ruling Communist Party and government, the party said on Sunday. More »
A federal grand jury in Washington on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. More »
The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, and other politicians could lose their seats if proposals to "cut the cost of politics" go ahead, a report suggested on Tuesday. More »
The son-in-law of ousted Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif was arrested at Islamabad airport on Monday by Pakistan's anti-corruption body on his return from London, officials said, a rare instance of a powerful Pakistani politician being detained. More »
Guatemala's attorney general and a U.N. anti-graft body accused the mayor of Guatemala City, Alvaro Arzu, of corruption on Thursday, adding him to a long list of influential politicians under investigation for suspected wrongdoing. More »
The man who helped expose Russia's massive doping regime says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is still in denial over the performance-enhancing drug use and would rather sweep it under the carpet than take meaningful action. More »
Pakistan's ruling party on Tuesday re-elected ousted premier Nawaz Sharif as its leader, saying he was "back with full force", a day after using its parliamentary majority to amend a law to allow him to re-take the job. More »
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price promised on Thursday to repay the nearly $52,000 cost of his seats on private charter flights, as expensive air travel by Trump administration officials drew sharp scrutiny from Congress. More »
Airbus (AIR.PA) denied any wrongdoing in a submission on Monday to Austrian prosecutors investigating allegations of fraud and willful deception over a $2 billion fighter deal and threatened the country's defense minister with legal action. More »
South Africa's tax agency said on Monday it will launch legal proceedings against KPMG for reputational damage caused when the auditor released details of a confidential report it had compiled for the tax office. More »
KPMG on Monday said it is weighing its options after South Africa's tax service announced plans to sue because of public statements the auditor made about a confidential report. More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump later this month during a visit to New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 19. More »
Three days ahead of a vote expected to make Paris the host of the Olympics for the first time in 100 years, officials leading the city's 2024 bid on Sunday celebrated the opportunity to try to restore the Games' credibility amid a growing graft scandal. More »
Critics of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen have grown used to following upstart news service Fresh News to find out what the government’s next target might be. More »
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that neither censorship nor pressure was behind the arrest of prominent Russian film and theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, who has a history of criticizing authority. More »
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee has filed an appeal against the five-year jail term he was given for bribery and other charges through his lawyer, according to the Seoul Central District Court's website on Monday. More »
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang appeared in public for the first time in more than a month on Monday, ending an absence from the political scene that triggered online speculation about his health and position. More »
Thailand's defense minister on Monday said he did not know the whereabouts of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, days after she failed to show up for a verdict in her trial for negligence at which she faced up to 10 years in prison. More »
Federal prosecutors on Friday opposed a last-ditch effort by New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez to allow periodic delays in his federal corruption trial in Newark, New Jersey, next month so that he can travel to Washington to cast critical Senate votes. More »
South Korea's new antitrust chief said he has been in talks with the autos-to-steel conglomerate Hyundai Motor Group about overhauling its complex ownership structure, which critics say gives too much power to its controlling family at the expense of sharehold... More »
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma wants the African National Congress to identify and punish party members who voted against him in a no-confidence motion in parliament last week. More »
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee fought back tears and denied wrongdoing on Monday as prosecutors sought a 12-year jail term on charges that include bribing the former president to help cement control of the South Korean tech giant. More »
South Korean police on Monday raided a management office for residences of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee and his family over alleged misappropriation of company funds used to pay for interior renovations, they said. More »
Two Chinese officials have been sacked for involvement in "superstitious activities", including casting spells to aid promotions and attending geomancy courses under the guise of business trips, state media said on Friday. More »
Pakistan’s former Petroleum Minister and Prime Minister designate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi leaves after submitting his nomination papers to become the new Premier at the Parliament House in Islamabad, Pakistan July 31, 2017. Former petroleum minister Shahid Khaqan... More »
China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the ceremony to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the China’s People’s Liberation Army at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China August 1, 2017. China loves peace but will never compromise on defend... More »
Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 1, 2017. um More »
Lawyers chant slogans against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during Panama leaks hearing outside Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan July 17, 2017. Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday began hearings that will decide the fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is... More »
Former Namibian sprinter and IAAF Council member Frankie Fredericks has been provisionally suspended from athletics pending an investigation into a potential ethics violation, the sport’s governing body said on Monday. More »
Navalny campaign manager, Nikolai Lyaskin (R), speaks with a police officer in front of a Moscow presidential campaign office for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, where police conduct an investigation of the case, Moscow, Russia July 6, 2017. REUTERS/... More »
FILE PHOTO: Brazilian President Michel Temer looks on during a credentials presentation ceremony for several new top diplomats at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Picture Brazil’s government has sharply increased... More »
FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s billionaire businessman Joesley Batista leaves the Federal Police headquarters after giving testimony, in Brasilia, Brazil June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File photo Bernal More »
China has removed the deputy head of its state asset regulator over serious disciplinary violations, but stopped short of expelling him from the ruling Communist Party, the government’s anti-graft watchdog said on Monday. More »
Angel Rondon (R), Odebrecht’s commercial representative in the Dominican Republic, looks on to the judge’s ruling, following the hearing before Supreme Court Judge Francisco Ortega, for bribes paid by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to obtain public w... More »
70th Cannes Film Festival – Photocall for the film ‘Lerd’ (A Man of Integrity) in competition for the category ‘Un Certain Regard’ – Cannes, France. 19/05/2017. Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe A movie by an Iranian who was arrested for ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency and former Walt Disney Company president arrives for the the annual Allen and Co. media conference Sun Valley, Idaho July 7, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo A former Los Angeles art dealer wh... More »
FIFA’s former chief ethics investigator, Cornel Borbely speaks to media during a press conference ahead of the 67th FIFA Congress in Manama Bahrain, May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed Ousted FIFA Ethics investigator Cornel Borbely said on Wednesday his com... More »
CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez (front C) delivers a speech at the 67th Ordinary CONMEBOL Congress in Santiago, Chile April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado The head of South America’s soccer federation swore that the corruption cases that have rocked it... More »
Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang and his wife Selina arrive the High Court in Hong Kong, China February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip A Hong Kong court on Monday granted bail to former leader Donald Tsang, who was jailed in February for 20 months fo... More »
Chief Executive Eric Olsen of LafargeHolcim, the world’s largest cement maker addresses a news conference to present the company’s 2016 results in Zurich March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann LafargeHolcim (LHN.S) Chief Executive Eric Olsen will leave the compa... More »
China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday Interpol had issued a “red notice” for Guo Wengui, a controversial property tycoon who has made claims of high-level corruption within the ruling Communist Party. More »
The Communist Party in China’s smog-hit Hebei province said it will “learn lessons” after one of its highest-ranking officials was placed under investigation for serious disciplinary violations, which usually serves as a code for corruption. More »
Brazil’s president Michel Temer gestures during a meeting of the Pension Reform Commission at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Brazil’s President Michel Temer denied on Thursday that he hosted a meeting in 2010 ... More »
FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Picture Supplied by Action Images Chung Mong-joon is taking his fight against a lengthy ban from soccer to the Court of Ar... More »
Ecuadorean presidential candidate Lenin Moreno (C) gives a speech alongside Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (2nd R) and his wife Rocio Gonzalez (L) during a national election day in a hotel, in Quito, April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Leftist government c... More »
Businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukyan votes during a parliamentary election at a poling station in Yerevan, Armenia, April 2, 2017. Varo Rafayelyan/PAN Photo/Handout via REUTERS President Serzh Sarksyan’s ruling Republican Party led in elections in... More »
Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche ! (Onwards !) and a candidate for the 2017 presidential election, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Dijon, France, March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Robert Pratta A month before the first round of Fran... More »
Kwon Oh-Hyun, co-chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics Co., speaks during the company’s annual general meeting at the Seocho office building in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/SeongJoon Cho/Pool Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (00593... More »
Shareholders walk past the logo of Samsung Electronics before their general meeting at a company’s building in Seoul, South Korea, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), one of several South Korean companies caug... More »
South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye leaves a prosecutor’s office in Seoul, South Korea, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left prosecutors’ offices early on Wednesday after being questioned in an investigatio... More »
Members of the Public Health Surveillance Agency collect sausages to analyse in their laboratory, at a supermarket in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Brazil’s federal police and agriculture ministry said late Tuesday that sanitary and corruption... More »
Canada suspended meat imports from two Brazilian plants under investigation in a meatpacking scandal, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Tuesday, becoming the latest buyer to distance itself from the world’s top beef and poultry exporter. More »
Uruguay does not have enough beef export capacity to fill gaps left in the international market by Brazil’s absence caused by an investigation into corruption and the alleged sale of rotten products, a top government official said on Tuesday. More »
Choi Soon-sil, a long-time friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye who is at the center of the South Korean political scandal involving Park, arrives for her first court hearing in Seoul, South Korea, December 19, 2016. Korea Pool/via REUTERS Denmark wi... More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee arrives at the office of the independent counsel team in Seoul, South Korea, February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Files A South Korean court said on Friday it has reassigned Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee’s bribery trial to an... More »
An undated picture released March 16, 2017 of a 706-carat diamond discovered by pastor Emmanuel Momoh in eastern Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone State House/Handout via Reuters A Christian pastor has found one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds – weighing 706 ca... More »
South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye greets her supporters as she arrives at her private home in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon min Park More »
South Korean prosecutors started investigating domestic conglomerates Lotte Group and SK Group as part of a wider probe into a graft scandal that led to Park Geun-hye’s removal from the presidency, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. More »
South Korea will hold a presidential election on May 9 to replace impeached leader Park Geun-hye, who was dismissed last Friday over a corruption scandal, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. More »
South Korea’s former president Park Geun-hye’s pet dogs are seen in this handout picture provided by the Presidential Blue House and released by News1 on December 24, 2015. The Presidential Blue House/News1 via REUTERS A South Korean animal rights group has fi... More »
South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye sitting inside a vehicle waves to her supporters upon her arrival to her private house in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2017. Seo Myeong-gon/Yonhap via REUTERS min Park More »
The Trump administration’s firing of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara sent shockwaves through New York, but veterans of the high-profile office expect a longstanding mission of cracking down on political corruption and Wall Street wrongdoing to remain int... More »
Protesters supporting South Korean President Park Geun-hye clash with riot policemen near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea. Kyodo/via REUTERS South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft sc... More »
People react after hearing that President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment was accepted in front of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park More »
FILE PHOTO: Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko attends a news conference after a meeting of the management board of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia local organising committee in Moscow, Russia, July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Russian deputy ... More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee arrives at the office of the independent counsel team in Seoul, South Korea, February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji The head of South Korea’s Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, denies all charges against him, his lawyer said on Thursday... More »
Special prosecutor Park Young-soo announces the results of their investigation over an influence-peddling scandal involving South Korean President Park Geun-hye, in Seoul, South Korea, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park More »
A lawyer for South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye said on Monday that the special prosecutor’s bribery charge against Park was “an absurd fiction, far from truth”. More »
The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen in front of its building in Seoul, South Korea, February 28, 2017. Picture taken February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] reiterated on Monday that it did not pay bribes or... More »
