The bipartisan U.S. House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Insurrection unanimously voted to hold Steve Bannon, the chief strategist to former President Donald Trump, in criminal contempt for defying a congressional subpoena. “Mr. Bannon will comply with …
Republican Representative, Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska has been indicted on one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators investigating illegal contributions to his 2016 campaign. The indictment was …
NGO Global Witness has disclosed the extent of human rights abuses and rampant deforestation in Papua New Guinea by palm oil suppliers whose main clients are big European brands such as Kellogs and Nestle. According to an investigation by Global …
Several world leaders have denied wrongdoing after being included in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents from offshore companies. The Pandora Papers investigation involved some 600 journalists of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) from a variety …
German prosecutors have ordered a raid against the federal finance and justice ministries in Berlin to probe possible obstruction of justice in office. Osnabrueck prosecutors said they suspected that the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the finance ministry allegedly failed …
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Datuk Seri Azam Baki promised to investigate bribery reports in exchange for vaccination certificates on Tuesday. The statement from MACC came in response to reports circulating on social and local media that some unvaccinated …
The Nakhon Sawan Provincial Court in central Thailand issued arrest warrants on Wednesday against a Nakon Sawan senior police officer and his six subordinates after a video of the police officers suffocating a man to death with a plastic bag …
Mozambique on Monday has opened the trial of 19 suspects, including Mozambique’s ex-president’s son, for the over $2 billion (£1.5 billion) “hidden debt” or “tuna bond” scandal. The court has charged Ndambi Guebuza, son of former President Armando Guebuza, and …
South Korean authorities have announced in a live TV briefing on Monday that billionaire Samsung vice-chairman Lee Jae-Yong will be released on parole this week after 18 months behind bars. Lee has served 18 months in prison after getting caught …
The United States Department of State has listed 55 former and current officials suspected of corruption or undermining democracy in three Central American countries. In a report released on July 1, the Department of State identified 14 individuals in El …