Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife get 14 years jail in graft case
Since being ousted in 2022, Khan has been buried by court cases he claims have been triggered to prevent his return to office after a campaign of defiance against Pakistan's military kingmakers. The 71-year-old had accused the powerful military -- with whom he ruled in partnership for much of his...
Libya orders Brussels envoy detention on graft charges
Shortly after her dismissal by the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, Amel Jerary, whose detention was ordered by the country's prosecutor general over alleged corruption, was questioned about "administrative and financial abuses" allegedly used to "obtain illicit material advantages by illegally seizing public funds".Jordan lowest bribery risk Arab nation
North Korea, Turkmenistan, Equatorial Guinea, Syria and Venezuela present the highest commercial bribery risk, said the TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix 2022.Glencore to pay US$180m
Payment for settling graft claims against firm in DR Congo.Rise and fall of luxury-loving former Malaysia first lady
Rosmah Mansor, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and given a US$216 million fine for graft, has been widely mocked in the past over her reported taste for luxury.Microsoft addresses graft charges
An ex-employee said it paid bribes in the Middle East and Africa.Libya orders arrest of second minister for financial irregularities
Prosecutors had already questioned Culture Minister Mabrouka Touki before the order was issued to detain her on charges of ‘falsifying official documents in order to complicate the processes of review and oversight of public spending.’ Her detention comes after Education Minister Moussa al-Megarief was arrested in an inquiry into a...UAE forms new law to punish erring ministers and officials
Any minister or senior official found guilty of corruption could be relieved of their job.Graft, security issues feed the trade in Iraq’s past
The boom in looted objects from antiquity is a real problem in Iraq, where corruption is prevalent and archaeological sites are poorly protected









