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Bribery and corruption

  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    1Malaysia Development Bhd
    Former Goldman banker sentenced to two years in prison for 1MDB role

    Tim Leissner helped divert billions in Malaysian funds to corrupt officials but pleaded guilty and aided prosecutors

    Tim Leissner arriving at court in Brooklyn, New York
  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    Financial services
    FCA bans third ex-Credit Suisse banker over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal

    Detelina Subeva’s decision to keep $200,000 in tainted funds revealed lack of ‘ethical compass’, says regulator

    Detelina Subeva leaving Westminster Magistrates Court in London, England in March 2019
  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    Europe Express
    Why ‘neutral’ Austria does not want to be left out of EU rearmament drive Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Dutch minister urges greater vigilance on corruption in military procurement

    Beate Meinl-Reisinger
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Turkish politics
    Turkey detains Istanbul officials in escalating crackdown

    Corruption charges follow arrest of President Erdoğan’s main political rival Ekrem İmamoğlu in March

    Protesters wave flags in support of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in Izmir, Turkey on May 19 2025
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Nato co-operates with sprawling corruption probe

    Former officials accused of taking bribes from defence companies to pass intelligence about procurement contracts

    Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte at a meeting in Antalya, Turkey, on May 15 2025
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    Law
    Broken Justice

    In this four-part series, the FT looks at how chronic underfunding in Europe’s justice system risks undermining the rule of law and scaring off investors 

  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    Malta
    Malta’s ‘golden passport’ scheme breaks law, EU’s top court rules

    Paid-for citizenship offer must be scrapped under European Court of Justice ruling

    People look at boats in a harbour at Valletta, Malta
  • Friday, 25 April, 2025
    Slovakia
    Slovak court revives corruption case against central bank chief

    Peter Kažimír cannot be shielded from prosecution under revised criminal code, judge rules

    Peter Kažimír, governor of Slovakia’s central bank
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Serious Fraud Office UK
    SFO charges Lloyd’s insurance broker over Ecuador bribery allegations

    United Insurance Brokers Limited charged with failure to prevent bribes being paid to officials

    Participants in the market at Lloyd’s
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Peru
    Peru’s former president sentenced to 15 years in jail for money laundering

    Ollanta Humala is the latest of the country’s leaders to be found guilty of corruption

    Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia speak to media in 2018
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    Thousands of Israeli military reservists call for deal with Hamas

    Prime minister’s decision to resume ferocious offensive in Gaza provokes growing backlash from troops

    Protesters hold up signs with photos of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and hostages being held in the Gaza Strip at a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel on March 29 2025
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Netanyahu gives testimony to Israel police over ‘Qatar Gate’ trial

    Prime minister’s mounting legal troubles bring him into increasing conflict with legal and investigatory bodies

    Benjamin Netanyahu waves
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    Huawei lobbyists detained in EU corruption scandal

    Representatives for Chinese tech giant accused of offering cash, football tickets and smartphones to parliament staff

    Huawei logo on a phone outside the European parliament
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Bollore SA
    Bolloré faces corruption complaint over former Africa logistics arm

    NGOs allege the French business benefited from graft in relation to major African port concessions

    French billionaire Vincent Bolloré speaks at a parliamentary hearing in France earlier this week
  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    Tulip Siddiq
    Tulip Siddiq used fake signature to transfer flat to sister, Bangladeshi prosecutor alleges

    Former UK City minister implicated in Dhaka corruption inquiry

    Tulip Siddiq
  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    Huawei Technologies
    Belgium targets Huawei in EU corruption probe

    Chinese company’s offices in Brussels raided as part of cash-for-influence investigation

    A man walks by the headquarters of Huawei in Brussels
  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    Bangladesh
    UN to rent Bangladesh property owned by former regime associate

    Sobhan family under scrutiny amid efforts to claw back billions of dollars allegedly lost under Sheikh Hasina’s rule

    An aerial view of the Gulshan area in Bangadesh showcasing high-rise buildings and dense urban development
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    Beny Steinmetz
    Beny Steinmetz freed in Greece as court blocks extradition

    Supreme Court halts move to send Israeli mining tycoon to Romania after conviction

    Beny Steinmetz
  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    UK watchdog bans ex-Credit Suisse bankers over tuna bond bribes

    FCA action linked to Mozambique corruption scandal comes six years after duo pleaded guilty

    Signage for Credit Suisse
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    Vatican
    Vatican ‘let down’ by financier in London property deal, High Court says

    Judge rejects dishonesty allegations but finds Raffaele Mincione’s representation of London building’s value was ‘not frank’

    A general view shows people walking at Via della Conciliazione and St Peter’s basilica
  • Saturday, 15 February, 2025
    Entain PLC
    Ex-Entain bosses sue over advice linked to bribery probe

    Former CEO and chair seek court order so they can see any information shared with prosecutors

    Entain logo
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Donald Trump’s boost to the bribery business

    Rolling back anti-graft laws would turn global dealmaking into a free-for-all

    The Mutanda copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The White House cites critical minerals as a strategic US investment that may be impeded by the FCPA
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    ESG investing
    Will Trump’s pause of anti-corruption law enforcement trigger a wave of bribery? Premium content

    Despite US president’s new executive order, companies still have incentives to retain safeguards against corruption

    Donald Trump speaking
  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    Casey Michel
    Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the anti-corruption cause

    Recent moves by the president will open America’s doors to bad actors

    María Hergueta illustration of Trump rolling out a large red carpet, followed by three people dressed in business attire
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    Michael Madigan
    Illinois politician Mike Madigan found guilty of bribery and wire fraud

    ‘Velvet Hammer’ convicted on 10 of 23 counts in landmark corruption trial

    Mike Madigan
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