Daily financial-crime intelligence · Updated 28 Jul 2026, 23:01 UTC
Bribery & corruption
Peru's National Police Anticorruption Division (Diviac) arrested a specialist environmental prosecutor and three police officers in Madre de Dios as part of an operation against the criminal network Los Lecheros del Puerto.
Bribery & corruption
Judge Ismael Moreno of Spain's Audiencia Nacional incorporated the Belate tunnel adjudication file into the suspected public works corruption case, involving a contract worth €62.8 million.
Fraud & scams
A Semana magazine investigation, reported by El País, indicates that Juliana Guerrero, former high-level government adviser, and her sister Verónica allegedly participated in a network to manage public contracts in exchange for payments, including alleged initial 'fees' and commissions on contract values.
Bribery & corruption
An anti-corruption judge rejected the statute of limitations motion filed by former Bolivian President Luis Arce, requiring him to remain in preventive detention.
Money laundering
According to Infobea, a trial continues in Dominican Republic against former prosecutor general Jean Alain Rodríguez and others, charged with offences the prosecution describes as administrative corruption, bribery, embezzlement, fraud against the state and asset laundering, allegedly committed during his tenure (2016-2020).
Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) arrested 21 individuals, including government employees, on charges of bribery and abuse of office. Cases include: a businessman who allegedly offered 1.
Bribery & corruption
The UN Human Rights Committee issued a formal reminder to Peru demanding a report on compliance with due process guarantees in criminal proceedings against former president Pedro Castillo, related to the December 7, 2022 coup attempt and corruption cases.
Bribery & corruption
According to Cumhuriyet, within an investigation conducted by Istanbul's Chief Public Prosecutor, CHP-affiliated İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet was arrested on 23 July 2026 by Istanbul 7th Criminal Peace Court under charges of establishing an organization to commit crimes, rigging public tenders…
Money laundering
The Guardia Civil announced results of Operation 'Trajano 23 Sorela', placing eleven people in judicial custody as suspects and one under investigation for alleged money laundering, criminal organisation membership, bribery, misconduct in office, misappropriation of public funds, disclosure of secrets, misuse of privileged information and abuse of influence.
Fraud & scams
Panamanian authorities detained a former corregimiento representative and former treasurer of Munä district (Ngäbe Buglé region) over alleged crimes against public administration. According to the report, they are accused of improper handling of state resources earmarked for community projects.
Bribery & corruption
According to Sabq, Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced it has initiated 15 criminal cases. The largest case involves a businessman who allegedly offered 1.
Money laundering
According to Infobea, the High-Risk Court A sentenced Judith Celina Vargas Monroy to six years imprisonment for the crime of illicit association in the Odebrecht case.
Fraud & scams
Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced it had initiated criminal proceedings against individuals in 15 cases involving alleged bribery, abuse of office, fraud and embezzlement across several government bodies, and said legal procedures are continuing.
Bribery & corruption
Infobae reports that Audiencia Nacional judge Ismael Moreno has ordered BBVA, CaixaBank, Banco Santander, Caja Rural del Sur and Caja Rural de Navarra to provide complete financial records — including any suspicious-transaction reports filed with Spain's FIU, Sepblac — for former PSOE organisation…
Fraud & scams
Five defendants pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud in a $550,000 South Carolina Department of Corrections bribery scheme, according to prosecutors.
Bribery & corruption
Asharq Al-Awsat reports that Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced it had apprehended a number of government employees and residents in connection with criminal cases it says it has recently pursued.
Bribery & corruption
According to TRT Haber, in an investigation conducted by Ankara's public prosecutor's office into Çankaya Municipality, 25 suspects including suspended Mayor Hüseyin Can Güner were detained on charges of forming a criminal organisation, membership in a criminal organisation, bribery, corrupting a tender process.
Bribery & corruption
Farrukh Jamal, Director of the Protector Office in Peshawar, was arrested on July 22, 2026, on allegations of leading an organized corruption network collecting payments from citizens seeking overseas employment. According to FIA investigators, the alleged scheme generated around Rs 1.
Bribery & corruption
Asharq Al-Awsat reports conflicting accounts over whether an arrest warrant has been issued for former Iraqi Labour and Social Affairs Minister Ahmad al-Asadi in connection with corruption suspicions, a matter the paper says is straining the ruling Coordination Framework.
Money laundering
The US Department of Justice says Khalid Satary, 54, was arrested on 20 July 2026 in the Middle East and made his initial court appearance in the Eastern District of Virginia on 21 July 2026, after being a fugitive since 2022.
Bribery & corruption
Peru's judiciary imposed preventive detention measures against the president of the Superior Court of Justice of Apurímac and his spouse following a major anti-corruption operation.
Fraud & scams
A covert investigation by the National Fraud Investigation Unit and Tax Authority investigators uncovered an alleged bribery scheme within Israel's Tax Authority Central District office.
Fraud & scams
Istanbul's Chief Prosecutor's Office launched a coordinated operation against İzmit Municipality on 20 July 2026, targeting alleged corruption and procurement fraud.
Several current and former Israeli Tax Authority employees were arrested Monday on suspicion of accepting bribes and enabling fraudulent tax refund applications spanning several years through 2019, according to authorities.
Fraud & scams
Bahrain's Public Prosecution (Capital Governorate) said it received a report from the economic-crime unit of the General Directorate for Combating Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security about a network of 24 defendants of Asian nationalities allegedly involved in fraud, accused of…
Fraud & scams
Current and former tax authority employees face arrest on allegations involving a corruption scheme spanning over 20 years.
Fraud & scams
Infobae (EFE) reports that Jéssica Rodríguez, former partner of ex-transport minister José Luis Ábalos, invoked her right not to testify when questioned as an investigated party by Audiencia Nacional judge Ismael Moreno on 20 July 2026.
Fraud & scams
Israeli police and tax authorities revealed a major corruption investigation into tax office employees. Over a decade-long scheme, suspects allegedly received bribes totalling 10-15 million shekels while facilitating fraudulent tax refunds exceeding 80 million shekels.
Money laundering
In Operation Lobo, 14 individuals and companies face charges including bribery, racketeering, fraud against the state, and money laundering related to a corruption network that allegedly distributed approximately RD$108.
Fraud & scams
On 15 July 2026, the Paris administrative court rejected an appeal by the urban community of Le Havre and confirmed the whistleblower status of a former executive who reported suspected misappropriation of public funds, favoritism, illegal interest-taking and corruption allegations targeting Édouard Philippe, mayor of Le Havre.
Money laundering
Lawyer José Miguel Jurado Rovira surrendered voluntarily and was placed in preventive detention. The Attorney's Office charges him with corruption of public servants, money laundering, forgery of private documents and organised crime.
Bribery & corruption
Corruption investigations in two Israeli municipalities—Nahariya and Ashkelon—were examined using a new 'Local Democracy Index' tool designed to identify governance vulnerabilities through measurable indicators.
Bribery & corruption
Two former Venezuelan National Treasurers were convicted by US federal judges for accepting bribes worth millions.
Bribery & corruption
The Scoular Company, an Omaha-based agricultural supply firm, entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay over $10 million to resolve charges of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Bribery & corruption
The European Commission's draft 2024 Rule of Law Report identifies systemic corruption concerns in Spain, including prolonged high-level corruption proceedings (cases like Gürtel, Púnica, and Kitchen), limited capacity of conflict-of-interest oversight bodies, and risks in public procurement, according to the Commission.
Fraud & scams
Camille T. Jones, 47, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was sentenced to two years in prison followed by one year of supervised release for conspiring to commit bribery and honest services fraud. Jones, a former supervisory official with the U.S.
Money laundering
Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, 42, of Burnsville, Minnesota, was transferred to Minnesota on July 16, 2026, after surrendering in Somalia.
Bribery & corruption
Former FIFA officials convicted in the DOJ's landmark corruption probe into the football governing body are seeking to vacate their convictions after the agency abandoned a related prosecution. Legal representatives described this as an extremely rare form of post-conviction relief.
Money laundering
Wilfredo Aquino, 47, of Manhattan, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for facilitating a money laundering network's movement of millions of dollars through TD Bank accounts.
Money laundering
Kuwait's Court of Appeal issued its final ruling in one of the country's largest commercial raffle manipulation and money laundering cases, according to judicial sources.
Bribery & corruption
Ankara's Çankaya District Mayor Hüseyin Can Güner was arrested on charges including forming a criminal organization, membership in criminal organization, bribery, and bid rigging.
Bribery & corruption
The French Anti-Corruption Agency's Sanctions Commission issued its first-ever direct financial penalties on 9 July 2026, against SAS V. Investissements and its president for failing to implement mandatory anti-corruption compliance measures under the Sapin II law.
Reza Zarrab, a businessman who pleaded guilty in 2017 to conspiracy, bank fraud, and money laundering, was sentenced to time served after cooperating with U.S. prosecutors. Zarrab admitted to conspiring with a Turkish bank to facilitate Iran's evasion of U.S. sanctions by trading its oil for gold.
Bribery & corruption
In the ongoing trial before Federal Oral Court 7, former president Cristina Kirchner and 85 other defendants are accused of operating a corruption network involving bribes from business owners to government officials related to public works contracts.
Attorney Eran Sham-Shavit, who served as legal advisor to the Securities Authority's investigations unit during Case 4000 investigations, testified in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial.
Fraud & scams
The Punjab Auqaf department has issued recovery notices totaling millions of rupees against eight officials, including Tahir Maqsood, Sheikh Jameel Ahmad, Hafiz Javed Shaukat, Shafqat Abbas, Zawar Hussain, Amir Sattar, Zahid Iqbal, and Tariq Mahmood Najmi, for alleged embezzlement of donations and financial irregularities at religious shrines.
Money laundering
US Federal Judge Richard Berman ruled that Reza Zarrab's time served would count as his sentence, imposing no additional imprisonment.
Bribery & corruption
China's Communist Party expelled former Politburo member Ma Xingrui on corruption charges. The investigation found that 'Ma provided advantages to certain individuals in public office selection processes and arranged affairs improperly for others,' according to party authorities.
Bribery & corruption
Febrie Adriansyah, 58, who served as the prosecutor overseeing special crimes, resigned after police raids on 12 locations discovered 74 kilograms of gold bars and approximately $20 million in cash in multiple currencies.
Fraud & scams
An Argentine federal court convicted former Planning Minister Julio de Vido to five years in prison for fraud by fraudulent administration to the detriment of the national state and passive bribery.
Money laundering
Transparency International US released a report titled 'Crypto's Dirty Money Problem: What Congress Must Fix' warning that proposed US cryptocurrency legislation, including the CLARITY Act, contains regulatory gaps that could allegedly enable scammers, drug cartels, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, and corruption.
Bribery & corruption
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council announced the recovery of 375 kilograms of gold in connection with a corruption investigation involving Adnan Al Jumaili, former Deputy Minister of Oil for Refining Affairs, who was arrested in May 2026 on suspicion of corruption.
Bribery & corruption
Iraqi authorities recovered 375 kilograms of gold in anti-corruption operations related to the case of Adnan Al Jumaili, Iraq's deputy oil minister who is currently detained on suspicion of corruption-related offenses.
Money laundering
Panamanian authorities charged 16 people—government officials and private citizens—for their participation in a scheme that manipulated the state tax system to erase records of obligations paid by major taxpayers.
Bribery & corruption
Facundo Leal, former director of ARSAT, was questioned regarding alleged corruption involving irregular selection of contractors. Investigators allege that state officials and private companies colluded to direct storage and logistics service contracts valued at more than 1.
Bribery & corruption
An early morning police operation targeted Ankara's Çankaya Municipality, resulting in 29 detentions out of 36 authorized suspects. Çankaya Municipality Mayor Hüseyin Can Güner was among those detained.
Bribery & corruption
Five National Police officers of Peru were detained in simultaneous operations in Ica and Lima, facing investigation for passive bribery proper to the exercise of their duties.
Bribery & corruption
In an investigation coordinated by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, detention orders were issued for 36 suspects, including Çankaya Municipality Mayor Hüseyin Can Güner, on allegations of organizing a criminal enterprise, membership in criminal organization, bribery, and rigging public tenders.
Bribery & corruption
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Dubai-based Iranian banker Ali Ansari, along with 13 other individuals and entities, targeting Iran's financial networks supporting the regime's leadership.
Bribery & corruption
Diego Marín Buitrago, alias 'Papá Pitufo', considered Colombia's 'smuggling czar', was formally accused in November 2025 of aggravated criminal conspiracy and bribery for offering or giving bribes.
Money laundering
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) announced a new suspicion against a former executive director for physical protection at Energoatom, referred to as 'Tenor' in case materials, for allegedly laundering over UAH 30 million ($674,000) obtained through a corruption scheme called 'Shlagbaum,' according to NABU.
Spain's High Court placed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's former chief of staff and postmaster general under investigation on July 10, 2026, as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe, with authorities ordering police to seize and analyze his mobile phone data, according to reporting.
Bribery & corruption
French senator Francis Szpiner has been charged with passive corruption for allegedly conditioning the allocation of social housing to sexual favors when he was mayor of the 16th district of Paris between February and May 2023, according to the prosecutor's office.
Bribery & corruption
Francis Szpiner, Les Républicains senator and former mayor of Paris's 16th arrondissement, was placed under investigation on July 9, 2026 for passive corruption, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.
Bribery & corruption
The Federal Criminal Cassation Chamber annulled dismissals that benefited three lawyers accused of participating in a scheme to divert and use confidential information obtained from ANSES databases.
Bribery & corruption
Iraqi investigators uncovered approximately $11 million (14 billion Iraqi dinars) hidden inside a stormwater drainage pit as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into former Deputy Oil Minister for Refining Affairs Adnan al-Jumaili, who has been in custody for around a month.
Bribery & corruption
Ecuador's Public Ministry alleges that Chinese state company Sinohydro delivered bribes equivalent to 4% of the value of a hydroelectric contract.
Bribery & corruption
Spanish police, in coordination with Interpol, detained Karla Saud Calero at Madrid airport. Saud represented Progen, a company based in the United States, which obtained contracts during Ecuador's 2024 energy crisis for the acquisition of generators.
Bribery & corruption
The Judges and Prosecutors Board (HSK) initiated an investigation into Ankara prosecutor Ahmet Yıkılmaz following bribery allegations that emerged in a high-profile indictment.
Bribery & corruption
Colombian state company Ecopetrol suspended a major maintenance contract for its two largest refineries following allegations of corruption and contract favoritism, according to the article.
Bribery & corruption
The preliminary hearing against Juan Pablo Durán Escobar, former president of the Banco de Desarrollo de El Salvador (Bandesal), began on charges of arbitrary acts and improper bribery.
Following a raid by Lahav 433, police froze approximately 180 million shekels belonging to Menorah Insurance and five managers, including Ari Kalman (CEO of Menorah Holdings), the most senior figure involved. Kalman was previously convicted in the 1990s insurance cartel case.
Bribery & corruption
Panamanian authorities detained approximately 19 people in Operation Pandora, investigating alleged corruption within the General Tax Directorate (DGI).
Fraud & scams
Illinois State Rep. Carol Ammons and her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, were indicted on eight counts of wire fraud, one count of making a false statement to the FBI, and two counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Bribery & corruption
An indictment filed by Istanbul prosecutors alleges that former Ankara Deputy Chief Prosecutor Ahmet Yıkılmaz accepted $300,000 in exchange for lifting asset seizure orders in the 'Demir Yumruk' (Iron Fist) operation.
Money laundering
Yang Youlin, a former vice director of an economic zone in Nanjing, was sentenced to death by Changzhou Intermediate People's Court for accepting more than 2.2 billion yuan (approximately $324 million) in bribes between 1993 and 2023.
Fraud & scams
Former attorney general Jean Alain Rodríguez Sánchez faces charges for the alleged embezzlement of over 6 billion Dominican pesos between 2016-2020 through fraudulent processes and a corruption network within public administration, according to prosecutors.
Bribery & corruption
Police announced the freezing of approximately 183 million shekels—93 million from Menorah Insurance company accounts and 90 million from personal accounts of five executives including CEO Ari Kalman, Insurance Company CEO Michael Kalman, Chairman Yehuda Ben Assayag, Holdings Chairman Eran Grifel, and Deputy CEO Orit Kramer.
Bribery & corruption
A hearing in the corruption trial of the Cuadernos case took an unusual turn when authorities mistakenly summoned a 73-year-old homonym instead of the ex-AFIP accountant scheduled as a witness.
Bribery & corruption
Spanish state holding company SEPI faces a corruption investigation alleging that it designed a 'structured pattern' to manipulate corporate rescues and infrastructure concessions during the pandemic, according to anti-corruption prosecutors.
Money laundering
A court in Jiangsu province, China, sentenced Yang Youlin, a former municipal official, to death for accepting bribes exceeding 2.214 billion yuan (308.7 million dollars) between 1993 and 2023.
Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba pleaded guilty on Monday, July 6, 2026, to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, wire fraud and money laundering in a federal corruption case. Former City Council member Aaron Banks also pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges on the same day.
Bribery & corruption
DOJ adviser Trent McCotter argued that the charges against Gautam Adani should never have been brought and do not align with the DOJ's new foreign bribery priorities. The DOJ's motion to dismiss its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against Adani remains pending before the U.S.
The French Anti-Corruption Agency published on July 6, 2026 its activity report for the year 2025, marked by the adoption of the multi-year national plan to combat corruption 2025-2029 and the strengthening of the agency's work in combating corruption.
Money laundering
Peter Weinzierl, an Austrian banker and former CEO of Meinl Bank, pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in facilitating financial transactions tied to the Odebrecht bribery and money laundering scheme.
Money laundering
An Iraqi legal advisor revealed that estimates of funds stolen from Iraq since 2003 range from $60 billion to $300 billion, with some estimates exceeding $2 trillion, according to financial adviser Mazhar Mohammed Salih.
Fraud & scams
A Guatemalan appeals court annulled arrest orders against former anti-corruption prosecutors, including the former chief of CICIG (UN-backed anti-corruption commission) Iván Velásquez and former special prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval, according to the ruling.
Bribery & corruption
Multiple Spanish officials face corruption proceedings: José Luis Ábalos (former Transport Minister) convicted to 24 years for bribery in mask purchases; Álvaro García Ortiz (Attorney General) sentenced to 2 years disqualification; José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (former PM), Mercedes González (Civil…
The oil refineries case in Iraq reveals widespread corruption in the oil sector, with approximately half a billion dollars allegedly transferred out of the country, according to Iraqi judicial sources.
Government Legal Advisor Amit Isman initiated a project to establish a northern branch of the Economic Crimes Division in the Prosecutor's Office with 11 prosecutors specializing in complex economic cases, including money laundering and corruption offenses, targeting organized crime in Arab society.
Bribery & corruption
Colombia loses approximately 5.2% of GDP annually to tax evasion, according to experts, with corporate income tax evasion accounting for 3.4% of GDP and VAT evasion 1.1%.
Money laundering
A 28-year-old employee of the Zeeland-West Brabant police unit was arrested on Monday and remains in pretrial detention under restrictions, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service.
Bribery & corruption
Marisol Torres Taipe, former secretary of the Human Resources Office of the Cusco Regional Government, was convicted to three years and four months of effective imprisonment, five years of disqualification from public office, a fine of 3,293.75 soles and civil liability of 3,000 soles to the State.
Money laundering
Fourteen people, including two National Police officers, were detained on suspicion of money laundering linked to drug trafficking.
Money laundering
The Judicial Authority lifted the restricted appearance measures imposed on businessman Javier Miu Lei, co-investigated along with TV host Andrés Hurtado and suspended superior prosecutor Elizabeth Peralta for money laundering.
Bribery & corruption
Balçova Mayor Onur Yiğit was removed from office by the Turkish Interior Ministry on July 3, 2026, following his placement under house arrest by the Seferihisar Criminal Court of Peace on June 28, 2026, on bribery charges. The announcement was made by the Interior Ministry.
Bribery & corruption
Ahmet Can Ağbaba, nephew of CHP Malatya MP Veli Ağbaba, was arrested on July 4, 2026, on charges of influence peddling following a corruption investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
Fraud & scams
Argentina's Supreme Court upheld the asset forfeiture system in the Vialidad corruption case against former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and businessman Lázaro Báez. Prosecutor Luciani recalculated the seizure amount at approximately 898 billion pesos (updated from an original 84.
Bribery & corruption
Judge Cristina Lombana proposed that Colombian Senator Martha Peralta (Pacto Histórico party) remain free pending trial for alleged participation in an irregular contracting scheme involving the UNGRD (National Unit for Disaster Risk Management).
Bribery & corruption
Two earthquakes on June 24, 2026 killed over 2,000 people in Venezuela and prompted calls for independent audits of housing structures built under the Great Housing Mission program.
Bribery & corruption
Süleyman Demirel University Medical Faculty cancelled third-year theory exams on June 24, 2026, and rescheduled them for July 3, after exam questions were allegedly leaked in exchange for bribes.
Bribery & corruption
Panama's National Police faces internal scrutiny after reassigning six officers to administrative functions while investigations for alleged corruption proceed.
Money laundering
National Police arrested on July 2, 2026 14 persons, including two police officers, accused of being part of a money laundering network linked to drug trafficking led by Ignacio Torán.
Two Metro Detroit women were sentenced in federal court for their roles in a scheme to steal approximately 100 properties across Wayne County, primarily in Detroit, valued at roughly $6.4 million.
Bribery & corruption
Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) arrested 130 Saudi citizens and expatriate residents on suspicion of corruption-related offences following inspections and investigations carried out during June, according to Gulf News.
Money laundering
Gilda Lozoya faces accusations of operations with illicitly sourced funds. She is alleged to have served as a front person for a company to conceal corruption and launder money related to the 2014 Agronitrogenados transaction, which authorities contend involved overbilling and bribery schemes.
Bribery & corruption
José Alberto Tinco Luján, president of the Superior Court of Justice in Apurímac, Peru, was detained for allegedly leading a criminal organization that sold judicial decisions and charged bribes to hire judges and judicial personnel, according to authorities.
Bribery & corruption
Colombian Senator Iván Cepeda challenged vice president-elect José Manuel Restrepo Abondano on anti-corruption transition efforts, questioning whether he conducted similar oversight during the Duque administration's 'Populated Centers' scandal and the 'Ñeñe' associate case.
Money laundering
An investigation by France Info reveals the alarming increase in corruption linked to drug trafficking in France, affecting prison guards, police officers, court clerks, lawyers, notaries and port agents.
Moscow's Presnensky District Court convicted Irina Rapoport in absentia on charges of embezzlement and commercial bribery, sentencing her to 15 years imprisonment. The court additionally imposed a 300 million ruble fine and ordered confiscation of 85 million rubles in assets.
Fraud & scams
Mexico's Anti-Corruption and Good Government Secretariat issued on July 2, 2026 an alert about scammer networks impersonating federal public officials to extort primarily elderly persons.
Money laundering
Ten suspects including Mustafa Altındal, Head of Bolu Grocers and Peddlers Association, and Özgür Nihat Yıldız, Chairman of Boltur A.Ş. Board, were arrested on July 1, 2026, on charges of bribery, embezzlement, money laundering, and qualified fraud in a dawn operation.
Fraud & scams
Oscar Guillermo Juraidini Silva, Mexican accountant, was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department's OFAC on June 30, 2026, accused of designing and operating a corporate network that allowed the CJNG cartel to evade taxes on fuel imports.
Bribery & corruption
German authorities conducted nationwide raids on 1 July 2026 investigating alleged corruption linked to Euro 2024, with more than 150 officers from the criminal police conducting searches at the German Football Association headquarters in Frankfurt and city halls in several host cities.
Money laundering
Iraq's 'Dawn Operation' anti-corruption investigation uncovered evidence of money laundering, with authorities seizing approximately 200 billion Iraqi dinars and 100 kilograms of gold from government officials, including $11 million and 4 billion dinars discovered in hidden compartments.
Bribery & corruption
The Saudi anti-corruption and oversight authority (Integrity) announced that it conducted 1,585 inspection rounds during June 2026, investigated 385 suspects, and detained 130 citizens and residents on charges related to corruption.
Bribery & corruption
Guatemala's transparency score doubled from 2 to 4 points in the Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI 2026) during the administration of president Bernardo Arévalo, reversing a deterioration trend that extended since 2006, according to the report.
Fraud & scams
A Chilean court convicted two high-ranking officials for illegal surveillance targeting military whistleblowers and a journalist.
Bribery & corruption
Senator Enrique Gómez announced filing 167 formal information requests to central government entities as part of Colombia's presidential transition process.
Bribery & corruption
Former AFIP officials testified before Federal Oral Court 7 regarding companies that made substantial cash dollar withdrawals whose destinations could not be traced, allegedly coinciding with dates when bribes were paid to secure public works contracts during the Kirchner administration.
Fraud & scams
Jean Wilson, 54, of Richmond Hill, Georgia, a licensed nurse practitioner, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and ordered to pay $66 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud.
Bribery & corruption
The Third Penal Chamber of the Court of Appeals in Santo Domingo dismissed a review hearing for the coercive measures against prosecutor Aurelio Valdez Alcántara, maintaining his preventive detention.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara will meet with the prosecution team to decide how to respond to the judges' recommendation to consider dropping the bribery charge in Case 4000 (the Bezeq-Elovitch affair) against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Fraud & scams
Oman issued a royal decree on June 29, 2026, significantly strengthening anti-corruption legislation by establishing specific jail sentences for bribery offenses for the first time.
Bribery & corruption
Judge Javierca Gómez ordered on June 30, 2026, one year of preventive detention against Gustavo Adolfo G. V. (migration agent) and Joel Antonio C. R.
Bribery & corruption
A corruption investigation involves CHP Malatya Deputy Veli Ağbaba and suspicious financial transactions, according to a June 29, 2026 report. Associate Turgut Koç testified that Ağbaba summoned him to Ankara and asked if he had 500,000 TL available.
Money laundering
The Federal Appeals Court of San Martín confirmed that former senator Edgardo Kueider will face immediate detention upon returning to Argentina from Paraguay. Kueider was detained at Paraguay's border on December 4, 2024, carrying approximately $211,102 USD undeclared.
Bribery & corruption
The National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) opened a preliminary investigation targeting Malakoff Humanis group for active and passive corruption committed in an organized network, revealed by Mediapart.
Fraud & scams
Iraqi authorities seized more than 20 billion Iraqi dinars (approximately $15.5 million) and quantities of gold from the home of MP Aliya Nassif during anti-corruption raids in Baghdad's Green Zone.
Bribery & corruption
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council announced the seizure of over $14 million from deputy oil minister Ali al-Bahadli, who was arrested as part of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's anti-corruption initiative, according to Arab News.
Analysis piece discussing Netanyahu's ongoing corruption trial as representing 'the most severe judicial failure Israel has known in recent decades,' noting the trial has been ongoing for more than six years with no end in sight.
Bribery & corruption
Former State Airports Authority (DHMİ) department head Mehmet Cemil Acar faces bribery and corruption charges after authorities discovered 26 kilograms of gold bullion and approximately $2 million in cash during a home search.
Bribery & corruption
Manuel Adorni, chief of staff to Argentine President Javier Milei, resigned amid a corruption scandal involving unexplained wealth accumulation, property purchases, and luxury travel.
Fraud & scams
Iraqi security forces, including elite Counter-Terrorism Service units, arrested 47 officials including MPs and senior government figures in dawn raids across Baghdad's Green Zone.
Fraud & scams
Federal Oral Court 4 is hearing final statements from 30 defendants in the Skanska case, which investigates alleged bribery in gas pipeline expansion contracts. The verdict is expected within one to two weeks.
Fraud & scams
Iraqi authorities arrested 47 officials, mostly parliament members, in an anti-corruption campaign ordered by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi. The arrests followed confessions by Adnan al-Jumaili, a deputy oil minister arrested last month on corruption charges.
Money laundering
Federal Court 11 closed the investigation and sent 33 defendants to trial for alleged participation in a money laundering scheme benefiting the late former secretary of Néstor Kirchner, Daniel Muñoz.
Opinion article discussing the collapse of Israel's enforcement system and its impact on fighting financial crime and corruption.
Money laundering
Paulo José Rodrigues de Freitas, known as the 'King of the Tax Inspectors Mafia,' was arrested on June 26 in Mairiporã, São Paulo metropolitan region. The former tax auditor of São Paulo's municipal government was arrested by Military Police agents during an operation at a public event.
Bribery & corruption
Moroccan Court of Appeals in Casablanca convicted 29 defendants including former politicians, sports figures, business leaders for drug trafficking, gold trafficking, corruption, forgery, and exchange control violations.
Fraud & scams
Investigation uncovered fraud worth 6 billion Pakistani rupees involving tax and petroleum levy evasion by a private oil marketing company. Seven individuals including CEO and terminal CEO have been charged.
Money laundering
The Chilean Public Ministry is preparing a mission to Haiti's capital to seize documents, money, and stamps linked to corruption allegations at Chile's consulate.
Bribery & corruption
Ecuadorian police detained 13 people including Ángela Plúa, mayor of Jipijapa canton, in 'Operation Digitador' targeting an organized crime network that allegedly manipulated vehicle registration processes.
Bribery & corruption
Mexico City prosecutor Carla Rodríguez Saldaña from the Sexual Crimes Investigation Unit was removed from her position after authorities discovered that actor Vadhir Derbez's defense team possessed complete copies of confidential case files.
Bribery & corruption
Truck driver Nicolás Flores Orquezo from Puerto Madryn was sentenced to one year suspended prison for attempting to bribe a Chubut police officer during a vehicle inspection on August 28, 2025.
Bribery & corruption
Colombia's Supreme Court opened an investigation into former Chamber of Representatives president Henry Fernando Correal Herrera regarding alleged irregularities in Galeras, Sucre.
Bribery & corruption
Over a three-month period, İzmir prosecutors opened investigations against five municipal mayors including Seferihisar and Balçova mayors on bribery (rüşvet) and corruption (yolsuzluk) charges.
Bribery & corruption
Follow-up report on Yossi Asraf case. Covert investigation by Lahav 433 transitioned to open investigation, with searches conducted at Givat Ze'ev council and residential properties.
Money laundering
Transparency International released new research on June 24, 2026, examining financial intelligence units (FIUs) across 20 countries.
Money laundering
Carlos Ramón González, former director of the Presidential Administrative Department (Dapre), faces charges related to an alleged corruption scheme at the National Disaster Risk Management Unit (Ungrd).
Money laundering
Law enforcement associations, anti-corruption advocates, and major banking groups warned that the proposed Clarity Act could create regulatory exemptions for certain decentralized and automated cryptocurrency services that criminals rely on to obfuscate fund flows.
Money laundering
A 45-year-old police officer in Rouen was placed under judicial examination on June 11, 2026 with charges of corruption, misuse of data systems, professional secrecy violations, and money laundering.
Money laundering
Paraguay's Public Ministry charged former Argentine senator Edgardo Kueider, his secretary Iara Guinsel, and two Paraguayan intermediaries with alleged money laundering. The accusation centers on the purchase of six apartments and six parking spaces in Asunción valued at $480,000.
Fraud & scams
Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez, surrendered her passport to courts on June 24, 2026, complying with precautionary measures ordered by Judge Juan Carlos Peinado.
Fraud & scams
An Ecuador court increased on June 23, 2026, from four to eight years a sentence for embezzlement of public funds against Raúl Carrión, former Sports Minister under President Rafael Correa (2007-2017).
Bribery & corruption
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council announced the confiscation of over $85 million (totaling more than 98 billion dinars and $11 million) in a corruption case involving Adnan al-Jumaili, former deputy minister of oil for liquidation affairs. Al-Jumaili was arrested in Salah al-Din province.
Bribery & corruption
A former administrative and financial director of oil company SMP reported suspected corruption, and was subsequently fired. The Orleans Court of Appeal convicted the company of moral harassment, having used aggressive tactics to eliminate the whistleblower who sent emails deemed problematic.
Fraud & scams
The National Fraud Investigation Unit (Lahav 433) detained a local authority head for questioning on suspicion of public corruption. Following a covert investigation, authorities moved to an open inquiry, conducting searches at the official's residence and municipal offices.
Fraud & scams
An Iraqi corruption court judge ordered continued investigations into a deputy oil minister and associates alleged to have embezzled millions of dollars from the oil refining sector.
Fraud & scams
The Supreme Court has convicted José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison for crimes of criminal organization, bribery (cohecho), influence trafficking, and embezzlement in the Koldo case.
Money laundering
Two Algerian nationals arrested in Paris region on June 16, 2026 for operating an alleged €34 million money laundering scheme through shell companies in Poland and other European countries.
Fraud & scams
Kuwait's Interior Ministry announced the arrest of four individuals convicted in cases of embezzlement of public funds. The ministry published their photos (with faces blurred) after apprehending them following their attempts to evade authorities.
Money laundering
Argentine federal authorities raided residences of model Jesica Cirio and her former partner Elías Piccirillo following release of videos showing Cirio displaying thousands of dollars in cash.
Money laundering
Trial opened June 22, 2026 at Marseille criminal court for 18 defendants accused of possession, production, and sale of counterfeit goods in organized gang, money laundering, and corruption.
Bribery & corruption
On June 12, 2026, the U.S. Southern Command executed a lethal strike against Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias 'Niño Guerrero,' the founder and leader of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization, in coordination with Venezuela's interim government.
Bribery & corruption
Peruvian Army Captain Gary Chiroque Barreno, intelligence chief at Comando Unificado Pataz, was arrested on June 18 after demanding monthly protection payments from businessman Eduardo Varas Briceño. Police caught him receiving 4,000 soles in a sting operation.
Fraud & scams
Begoña Gómez (spouse of Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez), businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés Cónsul, and government advisor María Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez will stand trial for influence trafficking, business corruption, misappropriation, and embezzlement of public funds related to creation and management of competitive social transformation chair at Madrid's Complutense University.
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A police officer stationed in Martinique was formally charged with corruption and money laundering in connection with a large criminal network that allegedly laundered approximately €1 billion over the past decade.
Fraud & scams
Menashe Davidovitz, 31, charged with conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, conspiracy to commit bribery, and conspiracy to sell false seals and official insignia.
Bribery & corruption
An ongoing investigation examines corruption allegations within France's Ministry of Interior, targeting eight distinct entities including the service achats (purchasing service), multiple suppliers, consulting firms, and regional divisions.
Fraud & scams
A criminal investigation at Zonguldak Women's and Children's Hospital resulted in the detention of 20 individuals on June 16, including Dr. Ferhat T., an obstetrics specialist alleged to have solicited bribes from women seeking abortion services.
Fraud & scams
Alleged corruption investigation at Senasa (Dominican Republic's National Health Insurance) involves three main criminal structures. Authorities identified administrative and medical entities suspected of embezzling public funds through fraudulent schemes affecting cancer patients and the state.
On January 29, 2026, Paris's correctional court convicted 5 individuals (Jean-Charles Naouri, Franck-Philippe Georgin, Nicolas Boudot, Jacques Dumas, Nicolas Miguet) and 5 legal entities for private corruption, organized market manipulation, and insider trading violations.
Bribery & corruption
A bribery investigation targeting Seferihisar Municipality resulted in eight detentions including Deputy Mayor Gökhan Pehlivan and Nermin Günay (wife of Güzelbahçe Mayor Mustafa Günay).
Money laundering
U.S. Department of Justice investigating how Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei built global investment portfolio with exposure to Wall Street banks. Investigation part of broader examination into allegations connected to money laundering and corruption. (Full details behind paywall)
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Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo stated during an appellate hearing that Odebrecht bribes totaled $45 million ($42M USD + €3M), contradicting previous judicial figures of $35M. Toledo claimed funds are held at LGT Bank in Zurich under account holder Urs Fidel Frick.
Bribery & corruption
A London jury has acquitted Diezani Alison-Madueke of allegations that she accepted bribes in exchange for lucrative oil and gas contracts.
Bribery & corruption
Former Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Benazir Ahmed was arrested in Dubai by UAE authorities on June 12, 2026, with Interpol assistance following a red notice issued by Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission. The ACC investigation centers on Ahmed acquiring 613.
Money laundering
French authorities conducted new raids on the Franco-British petroleum company Perenco on June 16, 2026, as part of an expanding corruption investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF).
Fraud & scams
A Yemeni human rights network released a report accusing leaders of the dissolved Transitional Council, including Eidros al-Zubaidi, of systematizing financial corruption through illegal levies, allegedly embezzling approximately 43 billion Yemeni rials.
Bribery & corruption
Mexican Senator Enrique Inzunza (Morena party, Sinaloa) was accused by the U.S. Department of Justice on June 17, 2026, of allegedly conspiring with Sinaloa Cartel leaders to import massive quantities of narcotics to the U.S. in exchange for political support and bribes, and weapons possession.
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A 49-year-old police officer stationed in Martinique was formally charged on June 15, 2026, for criminal association, passive and active corruption, aggravated money laundering, violation of professional secrecy, receiving goods from a crime, and misuse of personal data.
Money laundering
A 49-year-old police officer stationed at Fort-de-France commissariat was formally charged in June 2026 with criminal conspiracy, active and passive corruption, aggravated money laundering, violation of professional secrecy, receiving stolen goods, and misuse of personal data.
Bribery & corruption
Speech by Therese Chambers, Joint Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA, delivered at the International Bar Association Anti-Corruption Conference. By June 1, 2026, the FCA already had 6 convictions and levied nearly £17m in financial penalties.
Bribery & corruption
Chile's Anti-Corruption Unit is investigating potential bribery and corruption involving public officials in connection with the trafficking of over 200 Haitian children who entered the country between January and April 2025.
Money laundering
A 36-year-old police officer from Courbevoie police station was charged in June 2026 with organized money laundering, criminal association, and corruption.
Money laundering
The First Collegiate Court of the National District issued a historic sentence on June 16, 2026, in the Coral and Coral 5G operations, convicting 29 individuals including high-ranking military officials for corruption and money laundering in the Dominican Republic's military and police sectors.
Fraud & scams
Kuwait's Court of Cassation issued final rulings on June 15, 2026, in the embezzlement case against Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled, former Minister of Interior and Defense, involving secret expenditures from the Ministries of Defense and Interior.
Fraud & scams
Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, appeared at a preliminary hearing on June 15, 2026, facing allegations of traffic of influence, corruption in business dealings, embezzlement of public funds, and improper appropriation.
A soccer player who competed in Israel's top league during the 2026 season was arrested on suspicion of illegal gambling, match-fixing, money laundering violations, and tax evasion offenses committed with others.
Money laundering
Dominican prosecutors filed charges against a network that diverted public funds designated for cancer treatments at Regional Oncological Institute of Cibao.
Bribery & corruption
41 individuals referred to court on corruption charges involving alleged irregularities in public procurement at Ege University. Investigation alleges officials acted in organized manner to benefit specific firms while causing approximately 3.1 billion Turkish lira in public damages.
Money laundering
Internal Affairs of Spain's Guardia Civil has accused Lieutenant Colonel Miguel Ángel E. T.
Bribery & corruption
Federal Judge Lino Mirabelli summoned five former ARSAT executives (Facundo Leal, Gerardo Boschin, Pablo Gastón Pagani, Juan Navarro, and Juan Álvarez) for questioning in a corruption investigation.
Money laundering
A 45-year-old patrol officer from Rouen's main police station was formally charged on June 11, 2026 with corruption, data system misuse, professional confidentiality violations, and organized money laundering.
Money laundering
Ray Martinez, former Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Police Department, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and Jenifer O'Neal, former Director of the Virgin Islands Office of Management and Budget, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for their roles in a procurement fraud, bribery, and money laundering scheme.
Bribery & corruption
David Duggin, 55, of Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, a former Senior Systems Engineer and on-site contractor at a U.S. government Intelligence Community agency, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit offenses against the United States by accepting $510,000 in kickbacks.
Bribery & corruption
The mayor of Silivri, an Istanbul municipality from Turkey's main opposition CHP party, along with 18 others were arrested on corruption and organized crime charges.
Bribery & corruption
Spain's Podemos party secretary general Ione Belarra was ordered by Madrid court to pay €9,000 in damages to retired judge Manuel García-Castellón after calling him 'corrupt' on social media and claiming he engaged in judicial misconduct. The court found her accusations crossed into defamation.
Money laundering
Turkish authorities detained Silivri Mayor Bora Balcıoğlu and 16 other suspects on June 12, 2026, in a corruption investigation.
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A police officer stationed in Martinique was placed under investigation (mis en examen) on June 11, 2026, and placed in provisional detention following an investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Division (DNAC).
Bribery & corruption
Former federal judge Walter Bento (63) allegedly led illicit organization demanding bribes in exchange for judicial favors across criminal cases. Network moved approximately $1.7 million USD in bribes plus real estate.
Bribery & corruption
Federal Prosecutor Ramiro González initiated investigation against Facundo Leal, former head of ORSNA and ARSAT, for unlawful enrichment and corruption during tenure at state company ARSAT.
Bribery & corruption
Turkish authorities conducted a bribery investigation at Antalya Social Security Institution (SGK), arresting Mehmet Tanrıöver (SGK Regional Director) as the primary suspect and three additional suspects.
Money laundering
President Kais Said established a National Criminal Reconciliation Commission (CNCP) to recover public assets allegedly stolen through corruption.
Bribery & corruption
Two Colombian nationals—Nerlin Pineda Paredes (alias 'Familia') and Alver Pineda Mosquera (alias 'Promesa')—were arrested in Quito on June 9, 2026, as part of Operation Gran Fénix 29.
Money laundering
Retired General Adolfo Mattos Vinces was apprehended after evading a confirmed five-year prison sentence for bribery.
Bribery & corruption
The Colombian Attorney General's Office requested a one-year extension of the detention measure against Carlos Ramón González, former director of the Presidential Administrative Department and close associate of President Gustavo Petro.
Fraud & scams
South Korean prosecutors raided Kunsan Air Base and the residence of a suspect employee over allegations of procurement fraud.
Money laundering
Audiencia Nacional Judge Ismael Moreno summoned subteniente José Luis Rodríguez García for questioning on July 8 as investigated party in Koldo mask corruption scheme. Rodríguez served as security chief at Transportation Ministry under José Luis Ábalos.
Money laundering
Leonardo Ayala, 26, a former retail banker at TD Bank N.A. in Florida, was sentenced to two years in prison for accepting bribes and facilitating money laundering.
Fraud & scams
The National Fraud Investigation Unit (YAHAV) completed its inquiry into Social Equality Minister May Golan and associates. Authorities determined sufficient evidentiary foundation exists to pursue charges, with the case transferred to the Tax and Economics Prosecutor's Office.
Bribery & corruption
Federal judge Gastón Salmain accused of accepting $200,000 bribe in exchange for signing ruling that allowed financier to access $10 million at official exchange rates during currency controls.
Fraud & scams
Israeli police completed their investigation into Minister for Social Equality Mai Golan and transferred the case to the State Prosecutor's Office, concluding there is sufficient evidence for indictment on charges of bribery, fraud, breach of trust, obtaining property by deception, forgery with intent to obtain property, and obstruction of justice.
Bribery & corruption
Financial informant Leonardo Fariña testified in Argentina's Cuadernos corruption investigation that businessman Lázaro Báez maintained close friendship with former president Néstor Kirchner, characterizing Báez as a 'trusted depositary' conducting commercial operations together.
Bribery & corruption
Polish-born activist Mónika Silva Koniuszek, president of the Fundación La Integridad, was found dead in her Montañita home. She had actively investigated and publicly denounced suspected corruption cases, including irregular land transfers involving government officials and their families.
Bribery & corruption
President Laura Fernández announced a comprehensive anti-corruption package including voluntary polygraph tests for key officials and reforms to migration and weapons laws. The initiative focuses on addressing criminal infiltration and restoring public trust through transparency measures.
Fraud & scams
A federal jury convicted four former leaders of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers in connection with a 15-year scheme involving no-show jobs, lavish travel, improper vacation payouts and an unauthorized $7 million loan to a union-affiliated bank.
Money laundering
Russia added Alexander Browder, a 17-year-old British student and son of Kremlin critic Sir Bill Browder, to its sanctions list on June 3, 2026, after he published a Henry Jackson Society report exposing the A7A5 cryptocurrency network.
Bribery & corruption
The Public Ministry and the Anticorruption Directorate of the National Police (Dircocor) detained nine officers at the Vitarte Police Station in Lima on charges of passive bribery.
Bribery & corruption
Transparency International Pakistan released a report stating that Pakistan's infrastructure sector faces high risks of corruption and governance failures despite a strong regulatory framework. The report gave Pakistan an overall score of 6.34 out of 10, classifying it as 'high ICRAT risk.'
Bribery & corruption
Venezuelan attorney Jeset García denounced procedural violations in the corruption trial against former minister Tareck El Aissami and others, alleging defendants were detained without judicial orders and denied proper legal representation.
Money laundering
French financial prosecutors brought preliminary charges against HSBC's Swiss subsidiary for conspiracy to commit offences including misuse of public money, breach of trust, and bribery of a public official. The bank was required to post €80 million in bail.
Money laundering
HSBC Holdings Plc's Swiss unit was charged in Paris in June 2026 as part of an investigation into suspicions it helped former Lebanese central bank Governor Riad Salameh embezzle funds.
Fraud & scams
Francisco Cosenza, a former Honduran official, received a probationary sentence after pleading guilty to accepting approximately $200,000 in bribes in exchange for police uniform contracts.
Bribery & corruption
Former Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Muhittin Böcek, imprisoned in Antalya High Security Prison under corruption investigation, submitted additional testimony June 3, 2026 alleging his son delivered 1 million Euros at party headquarters and he personally transported 950,000 Euros cash as bribe in Manisa.
Money laundering
Imprisoned prosecutor Henry Amenábar accepted plea cooperation and revealed allegations of a bribery scheme tied to Peru's Lava Jato anti-corruption task force.
Fraud & scams
French authorities formally charged HSBC Private Bank Suisse in early June 2026 in connection with alleged embezzlement of more than $300 million from Lebanon's central bank, Banque du Liban (BDL), between 2002 and 2015.
Bribery & corruption
Indonesia's KPK arrested Deputy Immigration Minister Silmy Karim and 16 others in a major corruption case involving alleged extortion of foreign nationals seeking residency permits. Investigators allege the suspects collected at least Rp 145.
Bribery & corruption
Dominican Attorney General Yeni Berenice Reynoso reiterated institutional commitment to prosecuting corruption, stating the Public Ministry will not cease efforts under any circumstance.
Fraud & scams
Dominican Supreme Court's Second Criminal Chamber upheld three-month preventive detention for prosecutor Aurelio Valdez Alcántara, accused of demanding and receiving $10,000 in bribes from a witness in the Senasa fraud case. He has been held at Najayo prison since March 2026.
Bribery & corruption
Bolivian judge extended preventive detention for five months for former president Luis Arce (2020-2025), accused of breach of duty and anti-economic conduct when he was Minister of Economy during Evo Morales' government (2006-2019).
Bribery & corruption
A Mexico City judge indicted Tania 'N' for crimes against health and bribery. She was detained on May 26, 2026 in Iztacalco with more than 150 doses of narcotics. During the intervention, she offered 30,000 pesos to police officers to avoid her detention, adding the bribery charge.
Bribery & corruption
Diego Spagnuolo, former director of Argentina's National Disability Agency (ANDIS), is resisting court-ordered voice recording for comparison with audio recordings that exposed alleged corruption. Federal Judge Ariel Lijo ordered the voice sample at prosecutor's request.
Fraud & scams
The Federal Chamber of Comodoro Rivadavia confirmed the prosecution of two former officials from the Kirchnerist government who improperly collected the Potenciar Trabajo social plan while serving in public office, constituting a corruption offense related to embezzlement of funds designated for social assistance.
Money laundering
Detention of Esmeraldas mayor Vicko Alfredo Villacís Tenorio and 7 public officials for allegedly laundering approximately USD $15-17 million in assets. Operation 'Blindaje' executed 18 raids in 4 provinces.
Bribery & corruption
Federal police discovered sophisticated surveillance equipment during raid on Facundo Leal's apartment, including 19 hidden cameras/microphones in everyday objects, satellite phone, and signal detection devices.
Money laundering
Fourteen suspects arrested in major corruption investigation in northern Israel municipality (Nahariya), including deputy mayor Dima Efshtein, on suspicion of public corruption, bribery, fraud, bid rigging, embezzlement, money laundering, and tax offenses.
Fraud & scams
Transparency Venezuela documented 719 assets across 21 countries traced to corruption investigations from Venezuela (2009-2026), totaling over $3.9 billion.
Fraud & scams
The National Accountability Bureau returned over Rs6 billion in recovered assets to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government stemming from a large-scale corruption investigation in Upper Kohistan.
Money laundering
Security and justice ministers from all Mercosur member states and associated countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia) signed the 'Asunción Commitment 2026 against Corruption and Organized Crime' at the 55th Meeting of Interior Ministers and 63rd Meeting of Justice Ministers (May 26-29) in Asunción.
Nahariya deputy mayor Dima Epstein was arrested along with 13 other suspects by Lahav 433 unit on suspicion of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
Bribery & corruption
The European Union approved a new directive strengthening criminal penalties for corruption across all member states.
Bribery & corruption
Saudi Arabia's Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) announced the implementation of 2,365 inspection rounds and conducted 480 investigations with suspects in financial and administrative corruption cases during May 2026, resulting in the suspension of 160 individuals.
Saudi Nazaha executed 14,989 inspection tours at holy sites and service agencies during Hajj season 1447H, in addition to regular operations. Total of 480 suspects investigated and 160 detained for bribery and abuse of official authority across multiple government sectors.
Money laundering
Belgian prosecutors are investigating Wise Europe over alleged anti-money laundering control failures after Wise accounts featured in hundreds of cross-border criminal investigation requests from 30+ countries, involving transactions totaling half a billion euros linked to suspected fraud, corruption, and drug trafficking.
Fraud & scams
Luis Oliva, former director of Panama's National Authority for Government Innovation (2019-2024), was detained for embezzlement, corruption of public officials and illicit association. The General Comptroller identified a suspected asset increase exceeding $937,000.
Bribery & corruption
On May 20, 2026, two persons were placed under investigation: an automotive sector business executive and a gendarme officer.
Money laundering
Mediapart and the European Investigative Collaborations network revealed that British payments platform Wise is being prosecuted in Belgium for money laundering involving over €500 million, connected to hundreds of criminal cases in France and across Europe.
Fraud & scams
Facundo Leal, former president of ARSAT and ORSNA who served under both Alberto Fernández and Javier Milei administrations, was arrested on May 28, 2026 with over $2.5 million in undeclared cash, drugs (ketamine, MDMA, cocaine), and a mysterious single-person company.
Money laundering
İzmir Prosecutor's Office issued detention warrants for 62 individuals on June 1, 2026 including Buca Mayor Görkem Duman, former Mayor Erhan Kılıç, 3 deputy mayors, former CHP Buca chair, municipal bureaucrats, 16 businesspeople. 42 of 54 suspects brought before judge were arrested.
Bribery & corruption
Federal Oral Court 4 set for June 22 the final statements of 30 accused individuals in the Skanska case, considered one of the first corruption cases of the Kirchnerist government since 2006.
Bribery & corruption
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi revealed that he turned down a $200 million bribe to cover up corruption in the Oil Ministry and announced formation of the Supreme Sovereign Council for Integrity, Oversight, and Recovery of Public Funds.
Bribery & corruption
Transparency International France reports that corruption offenses in France increased by more than 35%, with corruption involving elected officials rising by 88% between 2016-2020 and 2021-2025.
Money laundering
Belgian prosecutors opened investigation into Wise Europe over allegations accounts were used to launder proceeds from fraud, corruption and drug trafficking.
Bribery & corruption
The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) reported that a total of 160 government employees were arrested in connection with corruption charges during the month of May 2026.
Fraud & scams
Spain's National Court opened trial against 41 former PP politicians, public officials, business executives accused of contract fraud during Esperanza Aguirre's Madrid government. Part of broader 'Púnica' corruption case.
Bribery & corruption
Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) arrested 160 citizens and expatriate residents on suspicion of bribery, abuse of office and corruption-related offences. An additional 480 individuals were questioned.
Bribery & corruption
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi disclosed receiving a bribery proposal of $200 million to cover up corruption within the Oil Ministry. According to the Prime Minister, a senior Oil Ministry official allegedly offered this sum through an intermediary.
Bribery & corruption
The Public Ministry conducted urgent proceedings at EsSalud headquarters investigating alleged corruption related to a proposed Emergency Decree. The investigation focuses on a potential direct contracting scheme valued at S/ 1.8 billion that would have avoided standard public bidding procedures.
Money laundering
Operation Chameleón concluded its preliminary stage in late May 2026, investigating a corruption and money laundering network within the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (Intrant), involving former director Hugo Beras and businessman José Ángel Gómez Canaán. The SeNaSa 2.
Bribery & corruption
Portuguese police detained and released Emilio Vázquez Blanco, former PSOE organizational secretary in A Coruña and ex-Galician parliamentarian. Appeared before judge Friday, freed without precautionary measures except prohibition against communicating with other suspects.
Bribery & corruption
Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), represented by president Mazin Al-Kahmous, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Syria's Central Commission for Control and Inspection, chaired by Amer Al-Ali, to strengthen joint efforts against corruption and cross-border financial crimes.
Fraud & scams
Cheungkin Lam (Kelvin Lam), former TD Bank employee, pleaded guilty to defrauding TD Bank customers and bribing employee at another financial institution to falsify bank records, facilitating more than $3.4 million of fraud.
Money laundering
A 26-year-old man was captured in northern Cauca with more than 74 million pesos in cash during security operations for the presidential election. He was detained for alleged money laundering. Preliminary hypothesis points to financing of criminal structures or electoral corruption practices.
Money laundering
Francia Sofía Medina was found guilty of multiple offenses related to corruption and money laundering in Honduras. The case became one of the most significant proceedings regarding alleged acts of corruption within the Honduran judicial system, due to the magnitude of money allegedly stolen.
Bribery & corruption
Madrid Provincial Prosecutor's Office requested investigation into Leire Díez (ex-PSOE activist) and businessman Javier Pérez Dolcet for alleged attempted bribery of anti-corruption prosecutor José Grinda.
Money laundering
Third cooperating witness Gabriel Mizzau, public accountant, admitted to simultaneously working for former Judge Marcelo Bailaque and drug trafficker Esteban Lindor Alvarado. Confessed to money laundering 2014-2018 through two shell companies belonging to Alvarado organization.
Money laundering
Judge Marcelo Aguinsky charged Luis Fernando Vuteff, Argentine financier, with money laundering of illicit sources conducted habitually and imposed an embargo of $5.1 million USD. Vuteff was convicted in the US (December 2024) to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to launder $1.
Money laundering
Greg Lindberg, 56, Tampa, Florida, sentenced to 12 years for orchestrating multibillion-dollar insurance fraud and bribery scheme (2016-2019).
Money laundering
Moscow's Nikulinsky Court approved the Prosecutor General's claim to seize assets valued at 5.5 billion rubles from Ruslan Tsalikov, former First Deputy Minister of Defense, and his relatives.
Bribery & corruption
Article alleges that Emmanuel Grégoire, new Socialist Party mayor of Paris, is involved in multiple controversies including an ongoing matter involving alleged favoritism and overcharging by a company for renovating 128,000 social housing units (February 2026), and claims he and Anne Hidalgo used maneuvers to postpone a trial related to a 2019 Rue de Trévise explosion.
Money laundering
Described as 'largest financial crime operation in Republic history,' MASAK analyses revealed approximately 100 billion Turkish lira and $2 billion (91 billion TL) in criminal proceeds laundered through financial system.
Fraud & scams
Former Bolivian president Evo Morales faces multiple corruption investigations spanning his nearly 14-year tenure. The allegations center on abuse of political influence and mismanagement of state resources.
Fraud & scams
Colombia's 2026 presidential elections could increase risks of bribery and corruption in public contracting and campaign financing, according to NYCE.
Money laundering
Alex Saab was deported from Caracas to the United States on May 16, 2026, following the capture of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores on January 3, 2026.
Bribery & corruption
Peru's Public Ministry opened preliminary investigation into former Provías Nacional (National Transport Infrastructure agency) executives regarding alleged irregularities in awarding road maintenance contract in Cusco valued over 264 million soles.
Money laundering
Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor conducted operation related to Turkey's main opposition CHP's 38th Ordinary Congress, detaining 13 people on charges of violating Political Parties Law, accepting bribes, and money laundering.
Bribery & corruption
On May 21, 2026, two magistrates from the Parquet national financier (National Financial Prosecutor's Office) entered the Élysée Palace to search offices related to the organization of Pantheon ceremonies.
Fraud & scams
Ecuadorian courts ordered preventive detention for former Energy Minister Antonio Goncalves in investigation into alleged misappropriation of public funds. Involves electricity generation contracts signed during President Daniel Noboa's administration amid energy crisis.
Bribery & corruption
A search was conducted on 21 May 2026 at the Élysée in the context of a judicial investigation opened in October 2025 concerning the awarding of contracts for organizing pantheonization ceremonies.
Aimee Bock, founder of Feeding Our Future, was sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison after being convicted of wire fraud and bribery. More than $250 million in federal funds was stolen in the scheme, with only about $50 million recovered.
Fraud & scams
Leonard Pick, 62, of Palm Beach Shores, Florida, and Brian Kent, 59, of Tampa, Florida, were charged with orchestrating a bribery and major fraud conspiracy that corrupted the competitive procurement process for a Department of War technology innovation lab in the Pacific.
Bribery & corruption
The Public Ministry requested 30 years imprisonment for former television presenter Andrés Hurtado for allegedly intervening to recover 100 kilos of seized gold for a family company in exchange for a commission of one million dollars.
Fraud & scams
Former Hadera mayor Tzvi Gendelman case concluded with plea arrangement dramatically reducing charges. Initial investigation suggested serious misconduct including bribery and fraud.
Bribery & corruption
Dominican Public Prosecutor's Office (PEPCA) requested preventive detention for migration inspector Albert Isaac Pérez Ferreras who allegedly demanded $200 USD from Spanish nationals at Las Américas International Airport on May 17.
Bribery & corruption
On May 19, 2026, in Medellín, a police subintendant was arrested accused of accepting a 500 million pesos bribe to allow the escape of a prisoner wanted by Peru. A judge issued an arrest warrant on May 16 for crimes including aggravated bribery.
Bribery & corruption
On May 19, 2026, former Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was charged in the Plus Ultra case for alleged criminal organization, influence peddling and falsification of documents related to the 53 million euro bailout of the airline during the pandemic.
The president of the Paris judicial court validated a judicial interest convention (CJIP) concluded between the National Financial Prosecutor's Office and BALT USA, a French medical equipment manufacturer.
Bribery & corruption
Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office initiated 60-day preliminary investigation against former Lima mayor Rafael López Aliaga for alleged collusion and incompatible negotiation in 'irregular' and 'illegal' S/4 billion municipal bond issuance that committed up to 61% of municipality's historical income.
Money laundering
Alex Nain Saab Moran, 55, Venezuela's former Minister of Industry and National Production, charged with conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
Fraud & scams
Trump administration moved to dismiss criminal fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in case where he was accused of bribing Indian officials for as much as $265m to secure contracts and lying to U.S. investors for solar energy project.
Money laundering
Antalya Manavgat Municipality Mayor Niyazi Nefi Kara sentenced to 46 years 10 months 15 days in prison and 2.5 million lira administrative fine for organizing crime syndicate, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, and money laundering.
Bribery & corruption
Le Monde published on 18 May 2026 an investigation revealing historical scandals involving the family of Maria Carolina de Bourbon-Siciles, companion of Jordan Bardella (president of the National Rally).
Bribery & corruption
Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office investigation revealed bribery allegations involving Gaziosmanpaşa Mayor Hakan Bahçetepe (now detained and removed from office).
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani agreed to pay a $6 million penalty, while his nephew Sagar Adani agreed to pay $12 million, totaling $18 million to settle civil fraud allegations with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Money laundering
A law enforcement operation coordinated by the Adana Chief Prosecutor's Office targeted an illegal gambling, money laundering, bribery, and fraud network spanning 21 provinces.
Money laundering
Qatar's Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced a Qatari employee of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and four individuals of Arab nationalities to four years imprisonment for bribery, abuse of power, and money laundering, while acquitting one defendant, according to The Peninsula Qatar.
Fraud & scams
Federal jury in Southern District of Florida convicted Brett Blackman, 42, of Kansas, founder/owner of HealthSplash for operating DMERx platform that generated false doctors' orders and prescriptions to defraud Medicare and federal healthcare programs of $1B+ for unnecessary durable medical equipment.
Money laundering
The Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) examined accounts belonging to detained television commentator Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı as part of an illegal gambling operation investigation.
Money laundering
Qatar's Primary Criminal Court convicted a government employee (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) and four Arab nationals on bribery and money laundering charges.
Money laundering
Qatar Criminal Court convicted a Qatari female government employee and four Arab nationals of bribery, mediation in bribery, abuse of authority, and money laundering (one defendant acquitted).
Bribery & corruption
Former State Airports Authority Operations Department Head Mehmet Cemil Acar appeared before Ankara 69th Criminal Court facing bribery and corruption charges. His legal team requested his release while prosecutors requested a new expert report and continuation of detention.
Bribery & corruption
The former president of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina, state nuclear energy company, was charged with corruption. The accused had been selected as president of Nucleoeléctrica by president Javier Milei, and previously served as his chief of staff until July 2025.
Fraud & scams
Crime and Policing Act 2026 received Royal Assent April 29, takes effect June 29, 2026. Expands corporate criminal liability beyond economic crimes to ALL criminal offences committed by 'senior managers' acting within actual/apparent scope of authority.
Money laundering
Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Muhittin Böcek appeared before a judge regarding allegations in a bribery and corruption investigation.
Fraud & scams
On 7 May 2026, the European Public Prosecutor confirmed the opening of a judicial investigation targeting Jordan Bardella and the National Rally for alleged fraud related to media training financed by European funds. The Anticorruption association (AC!!)
Money laundering
Following OCCRP's Dubai Unlocked investigation (70+ media outlets, published May 2026), FATF pledged experts will examine findings and consider them in assessing UAE's AML efforts.
Money laundering
The Paris criminal court convicted former UDI Senator Aymeri de Montesquiou on May 7, 2026 for aggravated tax fraud and money laundering.
Fraud & scams
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) opened an investigation for suspected fraud of EU funds involving France's Rassemblement National party.
Fraud & scams
Paris judge granted Nicolas Sarkozy conditional release on May 5, 2026 (effective May 7) in Bygmalion affair involving illegal financing of 2012 presidential campaign, for which he was sentenced to 1 year imprisonment including 6 months firm.
EPPO detained two more suspects (high-ranking public officials) in an investigation into procurement fraud and corruption linked to tram infrastructure modernization funded by the EU (€448.3 million designated between 2007-2027).
Fraud & scams
Reyad Salahaldeen, 57, of Buford, Georgia sentenced to 151 months; Mohamad Mustafa, 28, of Duluth, Georgia sentenced to 36 months for scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, private insurers by submitting $522M+ in fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary genetic tests obtained through illegal kickbacks/bribes.
Bribery & corruption
An adjunct police officer from Angoulême police station was placed under investigation and remanded in custody on 30 April 2026 for 'diversion of the purpose of personal data processing' and passive corruption.
Fraud & scams
President Claudia Sheinbaum requested National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) director Arturo Reyes Sandoval publicly clarify investigations into alleged embezzlement and financial mismanagement at institution.
Fraud & scams
Saudi Arabia's Nazaha detained 97 government employees after conducting 3,041 inspection rounds in April 2026, investigating 259 individuals.
Bribery & corruption
The Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority conducted 3,041 inspection rounds during April 2026, leading to investigations into 259 suspects and the detention of 97 individuals on corruption charges related to bribery and abuse of authority across multiple government ministries including…
Fraud & scams
UK Serious Fraud Office secured £10M penalty plus £4.8M investigation costs from Ultra Electronics Holdings Ltd via Deferred Prosecution Agreement for failure to prevent bribery under section 7 of Bribery Act 2010.
On May 1, 2026, the UK Serious Fraud Office announced that a UK court had approved a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Ultra Electronics Holdings Limited, resolving an eight-year investigation into alleged overseas bribery.
Bribery & corruption
Former Bolivia Central Bank president Edwin Rojas and three ex-managers arrested for allegedly irregular bond purchases. La Paz prosecutor reports $124 million economic loss to state.
Bribery & corruption
EU Directive 2026/1021 of 29 April 2026 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 11 May 2026. This directive redefines the European criminal framework against corruption and requires France to overhaul its legal arsenal by 2028.
Money laundering
Israeli police arrested 5 suspects and detained 5 additional individuals including a sitting northern regional council head on suspicion of bribery.
A head of a municipal council in northern Israel was arrested on suspicion of bribery offenses. Along with him, four more suspects were arrested and five other suspects were detained for questioning, including municipal employees in northern authorities and contractors.
Bribery & corruption
Reims University Hospital filed a complaint against X following the revelation of a corruption affair involving one of its physicians, a neuroradiologist suspected of testing products proposed by American company Balt in exchange for remuneration over 10 years.
Fraud & scams
Minister Miki Zohar under investigation by Lahav 433 for personal corruption offenses including bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
Bribery & corruption
In April 2026, judicial journalist Stéphane Sellami (Paris-Match, former BFMTV) and a retired police commander were placed under investigation in Paris for corruption, theft of files and violation of professional confidentiality.
Money laundering
Indictment filed against seven officers in classified IDF and police units on allegations of systematic theft, bribery, and money laundering totaling tens of millions of shekels.
Bribery & corruption
Presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez of Juntos por el Perú faces constitutional complaint for two corruption offenses during his tenure as Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism: incompatible dealings and improper use of office.
Money laundering
The State Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment in the Central District Court (Lod) against seven military and police officers from classified units, along with several civilians and one East Jerusalem resident.
Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar (Likud) was interrogated at Lahav 433 for approximately 12 hours on suspicion of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in the Histadrut affair. According to police sources, insurance agent Ezra Gabai allegedly provided bribes to Zohar within his Likud role.
Money laundering
Keiko Fujimori faces a preparatory investigation for money laundering during her 2011 campaign.
Fraud & scams
An amendment was voted on 1 April 2026 proposing the elimination of CJIP provisions for integrity-corruption and tax fraud cases, as well as environmental CJIPs, which sparked significant debate on the future of this mechanism in French law.
Money laundering
Israeli police and tax authorities arrested a Tax Authority employee and insurance agent suspected of orchestrating a scheme to unlawfully withdraw pension funds while evading taxes.
Money laundering
Police investigators and Israel Tax Authority arrested a Tax Authority employee and an insurance agent on suspicion of bribery, forgery, fraud and tax offenses related to illegal pension fund withdrawals.
Bribery & corruption
Corruption scandal in Brazil involves Banco Master with revelations of substantial payments to high-ranking officials, political leaders, and judicial members, intensifying six months before the presidential elections.
Bribery & corruption
Almost 800 Hungarian government email addresses and associated passwords found circulating online, affecting 12 out of 13 ministries. Ministry for National Economy suffered 99 breaches, Ministry of Finance (merged 2025) suffered 145 breaches.
Fraud & scams
The General Administration for Anti-Corruption, Economic and Cyber Security in Bahrain urged citizens to report financial fraud via a government application. Electronic fraud cases numbered approximately 2,667 from 2023 to date, with 151 corruption cases referred to the Public Prosecution.
Fraud & scams
The preliminary investigation targeting French IT services giant Atos (63,000 employees), initially opened two years ago for private corruption, was recently expanded to potential misappropriation of corporate assets, as confirmed by the National Financial Prosecutor (PNF) on 23 March.
Bribery & corruption
Saudi Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) conducted 1,395 oversight rounds in March 2026, investigating 360 suspects and detaining 71 individuals from Interior, Health, and Sports ministries on charges of bribery and abuse of official authority.
Fraud & scams
Prosecutor Aurelio Valdez Alcántara was detained on March 27, 2026 when he allegedly received USD $10,000 from a person under investigation, in a judicially authorized operation.
Bribery & corruption
The mayor of Miguel Iglesias Municipal District (Cajamarca), Santos Delgado Díaz, was detained along with municipal manager Ronald Mendoza Domínguez and secretary Mirella Mendoza Bustamante, accused of soliciting a S/200,000 bribe from a businessman responsible for a local public works project.
Bribery & corruption
On March 19, 2026, the Paris judicial court validated a CJIP for Colas Rail Asia (subsidiary of Colas Rail, Bouygues group) carrying a fine of nearly EUR 30 million for corruption in the context of two railway contracts of EUR 150 million each won in Malaysia in the 2010s.
Money laundering
Belgian prosecutors are investigating whether Huawei orchestrated a covert influence campaign within the European Parliament, examining allegations that from 2021 Huawei representatives offered bribes to MEPs and their assistants.
Fraud & scams
Guatemala Health Ministry unveiled internal audit revealing systematic corruption in pharmaceutical registration. A pharmaceutical chemist and technical director led a fraud network with family assistance.
Fraud & scams
Five individuals pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing $14.6 million in Federal Child Nutrition Program funds during COVID-19. The group operated fraudulent food program sites in Minneapolis, filing false meal claims and receiving kickbacks.
The Paris judicial tribunal validated a CJIP on March 19, 2026 for Colas Rail Asia, a Bouygues subsidiary.
Money laundering
Polish authorities detained five court officials in a widening investigation into a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme at the Kraków Court of Appeal.
Bribery & corruption
Vincent Bolloré, along with executives Gilles Alix and Jean-Philippe Dorent, will be tried from December 7-17, 2026 in Paris for corruption of a foreign public official in Togo.
Bribery & corruption
Former Antalya Metropolitan Mayor Muhittin Böcek, detained in Antalya High Security Prison as part of corruption investigation, submitted supplementary statement to prosecutors (June 3, 2026) stating 'My son delivered 1 million Euros at the central office, and I took 950 thousand Euros in cash by bag to Manisa as a bribe.'
Bribery & corruption
American justice authorities indicted two former executives from a subsidiary of French group Balt for bribing a Reims University Hospital employee, according to prosecutors.
World Bank imposed debarment with conditional release on Aktif Elektroteknik San ve Tic A.S. for minimum of one year and three months following findings of corrupt and fraudulent practices in Iraq.
Bribery & corruption
In March 2026, Hong Kong's SFC and ICAC conducted a joint operation codenamed 'Fuse' on March 10-11 targeting insider dealing involving corruption. The operation searched 14 locations across Hong Kong, including two brokerages and a hedge fund, resulting in the arrest of eight people.
Bribery & corruption
An appeal hearing for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Libya corruption case ran from March 16 to June 2, 2026, where Transparency International France challenged the dismissal of corruption charges.
Fraud & scams
Daniel Vorcaro, 42-year-old businessman and principal shareholder of Banco Master, was arrested for allegedly orchestrating fraudulent credit titles through the bank and maintaining a network of regulatory collaborators to evade oversight.
The anti-corruption association Anticor became a civil party in the judicial investigation opened by the National Financial Prosecutor concerning alleged corruption, influence peddling, illegal taking of interests, and abuse of authority related to the 2014 sale of Alstom's energy branch to General Electric, according to Anticor.
On February 18, 2026, the Paris court approved a judicial public interest agreement (CJIP) between the PNF and PÉRIPHÉRIQUES ET MATÉRIELS DE CONTRÔLE SAS following an investigation into corruption of a foreign public official and money laundering.
Money laundering
In March 2026, a former Eramet executive and three accomplices were convicted under a CRPC (guilty plea procedure) for fraud, corruption, forgery and money laundering.
Fraud & scams
The European Public Prosecutor's Office is handling more than 500 fraud investigations related to the EU's pandemic recovery fund, with estimated damages totaling €5 billion.
Money laundering
Between January 2015 and December 2025, Peru's financial intelligence system confirmed that illegal mining became the country's primary source of money laundering. USD $11,969.
Money laundering
Indictments filed at Nof HaGalil District Court in what law enforcement defined as one of most complex, extensive organized crime investigations in Israel, involving major crime organizations in Arab society and Nazareth municipality.
Money laundering
René Arzate-García, also known as 'La Rana,' 42, alleged Tijuana plaza boss for Sinaloa Cartel, charged with narcoterrorism and material support of terrorism related to trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana into United States. U.S.
Money laundering
Pennsylvania federal jury convicted Charles Hunter Hobson, former Corsa Coal VP, of FCPA violations, money laundering, and wire fraud conspiracy after five hours of deliberation.
Money laundering
French authorities detained nine individuals in connection with an alleged decade-long fraud operation at the Louvre Museum resulting in estimated losses exceeding €10 million ($11.8 million).
FATF added Kuwait and Papua New Guinea to jurisdictions under increased monitoring (grey list) at February 11-13, 2026 plenary. Both made high-level political commitments to strengthen AML/CFT regimes.
Bribery & corruption
An indictment was filed against a reservist and a civilian accused of serious security offenses, bribery, and obstruction of justice for allegedly using classified IDF information to place bets on the Polymarket platform.
On February 11, 2026, the president of the Paris judicial court Stéphane Noël validated the CJIP concluded between the financial prosecutor and Paprec Group.
Bribery & corruption
Transparency International released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2025, showing the global CPI average dropped for the first time in more than a decade to just 42 out of 100. 122 out of 182 countries score under 50, signaling widespread public sector corruption.
Fraud & scams
Expected indictment against Acre Mayor Amihai Ben Shlush for election bribery offenses. Investigators from National Fraud Investigation Unit believe sufficient evidentiary basis exists for indictment against Ben Shlush, deputy Itamar Sonino, and several vote contractors.
Fraud & scams
The Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) referred supervisory officials and another employee at the Public Authority for Disability Affairs to the Public Prosecution on suspicion of committing the crimes of embezzlement and facilitating the embezzlement of public funds, in conjunction with suspected forgery of official documents.
Bribery & corruption
State Prosecutor's Office filed indictments against 12 individuals for smuggling prohibited goods worth millions of shekels into Gaza Strip.
Twelve individuals, including reserve soldiers and civilians, face indictment for smuggling contraband valued at millions of shekels into Gaza. Prosecutors allege they transported forbidden goods during military operations or fabricated operational justifications.
Money laundering
Two tax inspectors are being prosecuted by the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office for passive corruption, money laundering, and complicity in organized fraud. The officials allegedly accepted covert payments in exchange for providing advice to taxpayers during tax audits, according to prosecutors.
Fraud & scams
Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) made sweeping arrests of public sector employees involved in fraud cases totaling more than SR10 million ($2.6 million).
Fraud & scams
National Fraud Investigation Unit detained a mayor of a major southern city along with other municipal officials on suspicion of serious corruption offenses involving alleged misappropriation of millions through a community fund. While the municipality officially approved using 17.
Bribery & corruption
Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption agency announced arrests of government and private sector officials in 11 cases involving bribes or theft totaling about 17 million riyals ($4.4 million). Notable cases include: a Public Investment Fund affiliate's project manager arrested for accepting a 2.
The Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) opened 11 criminal cases during the month and arrested their perpetrators. The authority conducted inspections and opened investigations into cases of financial and administrative corruption in several government sectors.
Money laundering
The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution opened investigations into hundreds of agricultural holdings granted between 2017-2020 on suspicion of corruption and abuse of office.
On January 29, 2026, Paris Criminal Court sentenced 5 individuals and 5 legal entities for private corruption, organized market manipulation, and insider trading from 2018. Former CEO Jean-Charles Naouri received 4 years imprisonment (1 year under electronic monitoring) and €1 million fine.
Money laundering
On January 29, 2026, the Paris Tribunal Correctionnel convicted former Casino Group CEO Jean-Charles Naouri to four years in prison (one year firm under electronic monitoring) for active corruption and dissemination of false or misleading information.
Money laundering
On February 18, 2026, a federal jury in Pennsylvania found Charles Hunter Hobson — a former U.S.-based coal company executive — guilty of violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other federal criminal laws.
Fraud & scams
Bahadir Hatipoglu, 50, Lithuanian resident and Turkish national, owner of companies receiving NATO and U.S. military construction contracts, and Ralf Grywnow, 70, Polish resident and former NATO procurement official, indicted for alleged years-long bribery conspiracy.
The corruption trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, began at Southwark Crown Court in London. The trial follows charges brought in 2023 after a National Crime Agency investigation into allegations of corruption and money laundering.
Bribery & corruption
The FCA's decision to ban Darren Antony Reynolds from working in financial services and fine him £2,037,892 was upheld by the Upper Tribunal. Mr Reynolds was dishonest when he gave pension transfer advice and investment recommendations to his customers, causing them significant harm.
Fraud & scams
Serious Fraud Office announced investigation into past management of Home REIT, listed UK social housing company, with suspected offending valued at £300 million. Six individuals aged 40-80 arrested on suspicion of fraud and bribery offences.
Bribery & corruption
Ronal Fisher sentenced to 9 months community service and suspended imprisonment in bribery and obstruction case after decade-long proceedings.
Bribery & corruption
Former State Airports Authority (DHMİ) Department Head Mehmet Cemil Acar was tried on charges of bribery and corruption, with his detention continuing due to flight risk. The case represents ongoing prosecutions of corruption in Turkish government infrastructure agencies.
Ronald Fischer, a former criminal defense attorney and television host, was convicted of attempting to broker a bribe, obstructing court proceedings, and obstructing an investigation. The case spanned approximately ten years.
Fraud & scams
Cheungkin Lam, a former TD Bank employee, pleaded guilty to defrauding customers and bribing an employee at another financial institution to falsify bank records, facilitating more than $3.4 million in fraud losses.
Money laundering
On December 18, 2025, authorities conducted searches at the residences of Rachida Dati in Paris, as well as at the Paris 7th arrondissement city hall and the Culture Ministry.
Money laundering
Comunicaciones Celulares S.A., doing business as TIGO Guatemala, entered into a two-year deferred prosecution agreement and paid $118 million ($60 million fine and $58.2 million in forfeiture) to resolve charges of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA.
Bribery & corruption
UK convening Illicit Finance Summit originally scheduled June 23-24, 2026, rescheduled to December 2026 to enable broader participation and stronger commitments. Summit brings together financial hubs/jurisdictions to accelerate fight against corruption, dirty money.
Bribery & corruption
The County Court in Zagreb rendered a verdict on 7 July 2026 against ten individuals, following an indictment by the European Public Prosecutor's Office in Zagreb over alleged corruption and misuse of EU funds involving the Ministry of Culture and the Faculty of Geodesy.
Fraud & scams
Belgian police detained former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on December 2, 2025, as part of an anti-fraud investigation.
Bribery & corruption
Saudi Anti-Corruption Authority conducted 6,981 oversight rounds in November 2025, investigating 371 individuals and detaining 113 suspects from Defense, Interior, Municipalities, Education, and Health ministries on bribery and abuse of authority charges.
Money laundering
Operation 'Hand Pressing Hand' - two-year covert investigation into alleged bribery, fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering. Police describe as 'one of largest public corruption cases.'
Money laundering
Kuwait's Public Prosecution referred 73 suspects to court in a corruption case involving bribery, money laundering, forgery of official documents, and manipulation of promotional commercial draws. Investigations included 110 commercial draws with cash and in-kind prizes worth approximately 1.
Fraud & scams
The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority disclosed details of 17 criminal cases it handled, noting the arrest of government employees (civilian and military), citizens and 3 residents. Cases included: an employee at the Ministry of Industry who received 1.
Bribery & corruption
United Kingdom convening Illicit Finance Summit in London June 23-24, 2026 (subsequently rescheduled to December 2026), bringing together financial hubs and jurisdictions to 'accelerate the fight against corruption and dirty money.'
Bribery & corruption
Former Culture Minister Rachida Dati will face trial from September 16-28, 2026, on corruption charges. She is accused of receiving €900,000 between 2010-2012 from RNBV (Renault-Nissan subsidiary) for consulting work allegedly never performed, while serving as European Parliament member.
Four police officers from Unit Lahav 433 were detained on suspicion of operating an organized money laundering framework connected to the Musli crime family's operations. The allegations include bribery, fraud, breach of trust, and privacy law violations.
Bribery & corruption
Kuwait's General Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) referred a number of officials to the Public Prosecution on charges of submitting false financial disclosure statements, pursuant to Law No. 2 of 2016 establishing the authority. The case involves financial disclosure violations.
Fraud & scams
The General Authority for Anti-Corruption (Nazaha) announced the referral of officials and others in the General Authority for Sports, a sports federation and a sports club to the Public Prosecution on suspicion of committing crimes of facilitating embezzlement of public funds and causing damage to…
Bribery & corruption
The General Authority for Anti-Corruption (Nazaha) announced the referral of the chairman of the board of directors of a cooperative society to the Public Prosecution on suspicion of committing a conflict of interest crime
Money laundering
IMF Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment reported Pakistan failed to effectively prevent money laundering schemes, identifying significant deficiencies in beneficial ownership system with no evidence of data sharing between institutions.
Fraud & scams
Indictments filed against two Israel Tax Authority employees (Nazareth assessment office) for accepting bribes, fraud, breach of trust.
Police completed a four-year investigation into Petah Tikva Mayor Rami Greenberg, recommending indictment on bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges.
Bribery & corruption
Kuwait's Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of 19 individuals involved in a corruption network that included cooperative society board members and officials from private commercial companies.
Bribery & corruption
The General Authority for Anti-Corruption (Nazaha) announced the referral of board members of a cooperative society to the Public Prosecution on suspicion of committing violations under the Cooperative Societies Law which constitute corruption crimes
Fraud & scams
The Attorney General and State Prosecutor ordered police to investigate Minister of Social Equality May Golan on suspicion of bribery, fraud, breach of trust, and filing false statements.
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) published on July 6, 2026 its 2025 activity report. This year was marked by the adoption of the multi-year national plan to fight corruption 2025-2029 and the strengthening of the AFA's work on anti-corruption.
Bribery & corruption
Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) uncovered 18 major corruption cases involving doctors, police officers and officials for bribery, fake reports and misuse of resources.
Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption authority (Nazaha) opened 18 new corruption cases involving port employees who received 400,000 riyals for processing truck import procedures improperly, a police station chief who received funds for pursuing legal cases, a Ministry of Commerce employee who received…
Fraud & scams
The General Authority for Anti-Corruption (Nazaha) announced the referral of supervisors and others in Kuwait Municipality to the Public Prosecution on suspicion of committing crimes of unintentional damage to public funds, facilitating embezzlement and forgery
The Tel Aviv District Court ruled that Mickey Genor's confessions while serving as a state witness in the submarines case are admissible.
According to Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau investigation, M/s Bahria Town Pvt Ltd. allegedly utilized an illicit Hawala/Hundi network within Pakistan to launder crime proceeds out of the country.
Money laundering
MK David Bitan (Likud) and the prosecution agreed to criminal mediation in his bribery case, led by Judge Beni Shagya starting late April/early May 2025.
Money laundering
Transparency International published 'Connecting the Dots' on June 24, 2026, examining how corrupt money rarely moves in plain sight and is often hidden behind complex transactions, shell companies and intermediaries, then moved quickly across borders.
Fraud & scams
Acre Mayor Ben Shlush and deputy arrested on suspicion of election bribery (March 2025). Channel 12 'HaMavaker' investigation allegedly showed campaign headquarters paid thousands of residents cash bribes for votes.
Money laundering
The president of the Paris judicial court approved a public interest judicial agreement (CJIP) between the National Financial Prosecutor's Office and Paprec.
Fraud & scams
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Attorney Amit Aisman approved opening a criminal investigation against Minister Mai Golan following a media investigation that raised serious suspicions of bribery, fraud, breach of trust, and filing a false affidavit.
Money laundering
Indictments filed against contractors and government officials for alleged corruption spanning 2018-2021 involving 'networked system of bribery payments' across Ministry of Housing, Israeli Railways, and Tirat Carmel municipality.
Money laundering
Oman Fisheries Company marketing and sales manager convicted for money laundering and accepting bribes totaling $6,194 from foreign companies, sentenced to ten years in prison and fined RO50,000.
Bribery & corruption
Eduardo Salhuana Cavides, current President of Peru's Congress, faces three investigations for corruption crimes related to his management as general manager of the Madre de Dios Regional Government (2015-2016).
Money laundering
Qatar Criminal Court sentenced former Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al-Emadi to 20 years imprisonment and $16.7 billion fine for money laundering exceeding $5.6 billion. Charges include bribery, embezzlement of public funds, abuse of authority, and damage to public resources.
Money laundering
The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced its activities during November 2023, conducting 2024 oversight visits and investigations with 341 suspects, and arresting 146 individuals including government employees from the ministries of Interior, Defense, Justice, Health, Education, Municipal Affairs, Environment, Water and Agriculture.
Money laundering
On February 18, 2026, a federal jury in Pennsylvania found Charles Hunter Hobson — a former U.S.-based coal company executive — guilty of violating the FCPA and other federal criminal laws for alleged bribes paid through a third party to secure lucrative contracts with a state-run company overseas.
Money laundering
The Saudi Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced the implementation of 2,583 inspection rounds during Shawwal (May 2023) and commenced investigations with 211 suspects among government employees from the ministries of Interior, Defense, National Guard, Health, Justice, Education, Municipal Affairs, and the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority.
Bribery & corruption
Saudi Nazaha arrested two Jeddah court employees: Ayman Abdulrazzaq Muhammad Salwati (rank 6) and Ali Muhammad Ahmad Al-Duqai (director of court president's office, rank 9) for receiving 500,000 riyal bribe (Salwati 250,000, Al-Duqai 125,000).
Qatar's Attorney General issued a decision to refer former Finance Minister Ali Sherif Al-Emadi and others to the criminal court on corruption charges including bribery, embezzlement of public funds, abuse of office, misuse of authority, and damage to public funds, and money laundering.
Bribery & corruption
Head of Iran's General Inspection Organization confirmed financial abuse at Mobarakeh Steel, stating the amount may exceed 92 trillion tomans (~$2 billion USD) previously mentioned.
Money laundering
Kuwait's Appeals Court convicted 7 judges out of 8 referred by the Public Prosecution with charges of bribery and money laundering, sentencing them to 7 years imprisonment with hard labor.
Fraud & scams
Saudi courts convicted five judges (sentences ranging from 1 to 7.5 years), a former Shura Council member (7.5 years plus 500,000 riyal fine), and a former ambassador (5 years) on charges including bribery, abuse of authority, and embezzlement of public funds.
Bribery & corruption
The Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) suspended 234 individuals in one month and investigated 634 individuals across multiple ministries including defense, interior, health, justice and education, with the Public Prosecution conducting more than 4,286 inspection rounds on charges of bribery, forgery and abuse of authority.
Money laundering
Saudi Anti-Corruption Authority detained 233 suspects from six ministries (Defense, Interior, National Guard, Health, Justice, Municipal Affairs) in December 2021, conducting 5,518 inspection rounds and investigating 641 individuals for bribery, money laundering, embezzlement, and forgery.
Bribery & corruption
Former Iranian Roads and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhundi stated Iran spent between $300-400 billion on circumventing sanctions, leading to formation of 'major corruption' networks. Highlights systemic cost of sanctions evasion infrastructure in Iran.
Bribery & corruption
The Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority uncovered an organized smuggling network that transferred 11.59 billion riyals of unknown origin outside the Kingdom.
Fraud & scams
Saudi Anti-Corruption Authority exposed seven major cases including: 69 officials accepting millions in bribes from medical waste company; appeals court judge accepting luxury vehicle for improper rulings; traffic officer extracting 20,000 riyals through false documentation; bank employee receiving 129,800 riyals for fraudulent loan processing.
Fraud & scams
World Bank updated its listing of debarred firms and individuals on May 5, 2026. As of March 31, 2026, the World Bank Debarment list includes 1,386 firms and individuals barred by World Bank Group from receiving Bank-financed contracts due to fraud, corruption or collusion.
An indictment was unsealed charging Emmanuel Clase de la Cruz and Luis Leandro Ortiz Ribera with wire fraud conspiracy, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and money laundering conspiracy for rigging MLB betting schemes.
Bribery & corruption
Cyprus' Independent Authority Against Corruption recommended criminal charges against former President Nicos Anastasiades after a two-year investigation involving over 200 hearings.
Money laundering
Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero appeared at Spain's Audiencia Nacional facing four criminal charges: influence peddling, money laundering, tax fraud, and smuggling.
Terri Lynn Outer, former dental assistant contractor at FCI Otisville federal prison, charged with bribery and conspiracy to provide contraband.
Ultra Electronics Holdings Ltd has been ordered to pay a £10 million penalty and £4.8 million in SFO investigation costs within 30 days, following approval of a deferred prosecution agreement with the Serious Fraud Office after acknowledging failure to prevent bribery under the Bribery Act 2010.
Charles 'Chuck' Jones (former FirstEnergy CEO) and Michael Dowling (former SVP external affairs) reindicted by Summit County grand jury on 22 combined felony counts including engaging in pattern of corrupt activity, bribery, conspiracy, tampering with evidence, telecommunications fraud, and obstructing justice.
Frank Carone (former chief of staff to NYC Mayor Eric Adams), Anthony Carone, Crystal Chen, and Yan Po Zhu charged in 13-count indictment for bribery scheme exploiting migrant crisis funding. Carone allegedly received $120,000 in bribes to steer $6.8 million contract to unsuitable hotel.
Money laundering
Albania's Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) investigation targets individual involved in land sales for luxury resort in protected Vjosa-Narta lagoon.
An AKP-affiliated mayor in Keskin was convicted of bribery and removed from office, claiming he was scapegoated due to internal party conflicts. He maintains his innocence, arguing that his report of a 65-million-lira embezzlement case made him a target for revenge by political rivals.
Bribery & corruption
Eight of Ukraine's leading news outlets defied a court-ordered injunction, jointly publishing a blocked investigative report into the family of a prominent law enforcement official on July 17, 2026, according to OCCRP. The original report, produced by OCCRP's Ukrainian partner Slidstvo.
The African Development Bank announced the debarment of Martin Obiero Achieng for 24 months with conditional release, taking effect from January 28, 2026.
Money laundering
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau charged former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko with money laundering and organized crime, one day after he was detained attempting to leave the country.
Money laundering
Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities searched the office of Andriy Yermak, former head of the presidential office, issuing a formal notice of suspicion in connection with an $11 million money laundering scheme.
Money laundering
Qatar's Criminal Court of First Instance convicted a Qatari female employee of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and four Arab nationals on charges of bribery, abuse of official authority, and money laundering, while acquitting one defendant.
Fraud & scams
Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities announced multiple high-profile investigations as EU accession negotiations opened June 15, 2026.
Bribery & corruption
Iraq abruptly canceled a $764 million contract to overhaul Baghdad International Airport amid mounting corruption allegations involving the bidding process and contract terms.
Eli Feldstein corruption allegations center on whether Qatar paid him to advance its interests while serving as Netanyahu spokesman. Feldstein allegedly received approximately 40,000 shekels per month ($7,500 plus VAT) from a Qatari lobbyist Potlick parallel to his government work.
Bribery & corruption
The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority conducted its responsibilities during January 2026 through 1,543 inspection tours and investigated 383 suspects including employees from ministries (Interior, Defense, Education, Municipalities and Housing, Health) and apprehended 127 citizens and residents for involvement in charges of bribery and abuse of official authority.
Fraud & scams
Iraqi authorities seized approximately $107 million connected to massive embezzlement operation within Oil Ministry. Recovery included funds buried underground requiring heavy machinery to excavate.
Bribery & corruption
Indonesian authorities formally transferred the criminal case of Febrie Adriansyah, former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, to the Attorney General's Office for prosecution, according to OCCRP.
Bribery & corruption
Fleurette Properties, a Netherlands-based shell company beneficially owned by U.S.-sanctioned Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, accepted a penal order and paid a €25.8 million ($30 million) fine, settling an eight-year Dutch investigation.
Money laundering
German prosecutors from the Main Public Prosecutor's Office for Economic Crime in Frankfurt am Main conducted searches at Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt and Berlin offices as part of a money laundering investigation concerning transactions spanning 2013-2018.
Bribery & corruption
Ekrem İmamoğlu, former Istanbul mayor and opposition leader, appeared in court facing 142 charges alongside 402+ co-defendants, primarily officials and associates of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
Bribery & corruption
Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption arrested 42 individuals in connection with an alleged scheme where a consultancy firm collaborated with triad-linked intermediaries to manipulate public construction tenders through bribery.
Bribery & corruption
Ko Wen-je, 66-year-old former Taipei Mayor and 2024 presidential candidate who founded Taiwan's opposition Taiwan People's Party, was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment for accepting approximately T$17.
Kuwaiti authorities arrested a corruption network comprising 5 members of boards of directors of cooperative societies, 6 commercial companies, 14 brokers and employees, after they received bribes from commercial companies to pass their products and grant them priority within the societies in violation of regulatory rules.
Former NBA players Malik Beasley and Edward Davis, along with four others including a current NBA player agent, were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, bribery in sporting contests, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy.
Elye Wahi, a 23-year-old striker for Ivory Coast competing in the 2026 World Cup, was detained by French police on May 29 on suspicion of organized fraud, organized sports corruption, money laundering, and handling proceeds of crime.
The Anti-Corruption Commission announced the opening of 117 financial and administrative corruption cases during Ramadan, with the arrest of over 30 individuals including employees from the Ministry of Tourism, the Zakat and Income Authority, the Public Prosecution and a security officer.
The Qatari Public Prosecution announced the conviction by the Primary Felony Court of a Qatari employee and 4 individuals of Arab nationalities in a corruption case.
Jahquel Robertson, 31, of Albany, and 12 others charged with bank fraud scheme involving over $1 million in stolen checks. Robertson allegedly received checks stolen from mail by bribing corrupt USPS employee.
Indictment filed against Noam Sasson, Deputy Mayor of Be'er Ya'akov, and six other defendants including businesspeople, contractors and companies in wide-scale governmental corruption case involving public tenders worth millions of shekels.
Money laundering
Iraqi authorities seized over $10 million hidden in a rainwater drainage pit during an ongoing corruption investigation into former Deputy Minister of Oil Adnan al-Jumaili. The total value of assets seized during the probe reached 127 billion Iraqi dinars (approximately $96.
Fraud & scams
Hungary's Integrity Authority alleges three unnamed companies received €10 billion in government contracts over four years during the Orbán era, with suspected overpricing risks of €3.5 billion.
Bribery & corruption
Spain's Supreme Court sentenced former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos to 24 years and 3 months in prison for leading a criminal organization that systematically accepted bribes in exchange for awarding public contracts for face masks and medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
World Bank debarred Roger Bokandenga, a DRC national, for 21 months for corrupt practices in the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development and Growth Project.
Omer Dehan, a forward for Maccabi Haifa on loan to Hapoel Ra'anana during the past season, publicly confirmed his identity as the player under investigation for illegal betting and match manipulation.
An IDF lieutenant who served as deputy company commander at the Kerem Shalom crossing is charged with bribery (accepting millions of shekels), smuggling goods under aggravated circumstances, and aiding the enemy.
Sources in the Southern Command report that oversight at border crossings is weak and Gaza is flooded with smuggling from Israel.
Federal grand jury returned six-count indictment against Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk Tamara Sawyer, alleging she embezzled, stole, and knowingly converted $44,607.35 in public funds to her own use between August 29, 2024 and June 22, 2025.
On 9 July 2026, the sanctions commission of the French Anti-Corruption Agency issued decision no. 25-01, sanctioning for the first time directly a company and its director without proceeding through the injunction phase. 'Société V.' was fined 350,000 euros and its president M. S.
Bribery & corruption
Oman issued Royal Decree No. 66/2026 expanding the scope of private sector bribery offenses and imposing tougher penalties, moving provisions from the Labour Law into a dedicated Penal Code chapter.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin met approximately one year ago with wives of two senior police officers facing criminal allegations. Meeting included Tziona, wife of Deputy Commissioner Avishay Mualem (former IDF Intelligence Division commander) suspected of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
Opinion analysis of Netanyahu's trial Case 2000, examining allegations regarding his communications with Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes. The case centers on bribery charges, with Netanyahu accused of offering regulatory benefits to Mozes in exchange for favorable media coverage.
The US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced that James Carroll Erny Jr., 55, of Glen Arm, Maryland, was sentenced on 23 July 2026 to 13 months in prison followed by eight months of home confinement for bribery.
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The Changzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province sentenced Yang Youlin, 69, to death after finding him guilty of accepting over 2.21 billion yuan ($325 million) in bribes across three decades, according to OCCRP.