The National Court ordered on May 22 to open oral trial against 41 former PP politicians, officials and businessmen in section 8 of the Púnica case. The scheme rigged contracts in public housing and Madrid Metro between 2003-2011, diverting €98.4 million.
On May 28, federal agents detained Facundo Leal (51 years old), former president of ARSAT and ORSNA, finding $2,591,354 USD in cash, 2,486,200 Argentine pesos and 128g of ketamine, 164g of crystalline MDMA, 72 MDMA pills and 14g of cocaine.
Accountant Gabriel Mizzau declared himself repentant, confessing to having provided accounting advice between 2014-2018 to companies of the Alvarado clan (Logística Santino SRL and Sagrado Corazón de María SRL) to launder drug trafficking money, manipulating financial statements.
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.
Andriy Yermak, former head of Ukrainian President Zelensky's office and his closest associate, was charged by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on May 11, 2026, with corruption involving an alleged illegal luxury residential complex funded through schemes connected to state energy company Energoatom.
Qatar's Criminal Court sentenced a Qatari Ministry of Commerce employee and four Arab nationals to 4 years imprisonment for bribery, abuse of official authority, and money laundering involving 201,140 Qatari riyals in bribes for illegal commercial licenses.
Manavgat Mayor Niyazi Nefi Kara was convicted on May 15, 2026, of forming and managing a criminal organization, bribery, embezzlement (irtikap), misappropriation (zimmet), and money laundering. He received a total sentence of 46 years, 10 months, and 15 days imprisonment plus 2.
In May 2026, during the appeal trial of the 2007 presidential campaign Libyan financing case, the general prosecutor sought seven years imprisonment, €300,000 fine and five years ineligibility against Nicolas Sarkozy.
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office is investigating 75 formal complaints of electoral irregularities.
Judge Daniel Urrutia of the 7th Court of Guarantees in Santiago ordered preventive detention against former congressman Joaquín Lavín (former UDI, Independent Democratic Union conservative party) for formal charges of forgery and malicious use of private mercantile instrument, fraud against the Treasury and influence peddling.
Investigation by Armando.info reveals that during Nicolás Maduro's government, for every 2 dollars generated by PDVSA crude sales, one was diverted to private networks linked to power.
Diego Bergonzi, an Italian national based in Houston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe a Pemex official in connection with a $540 million contract. Bergonzi is required to forfeit $1 million.
Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority conducted 1,395 oversight tours in March 2026, investigated 360 suspects from Ministries of Interior, Health, and Sports, and arrested 71 suspects for bribery and abuse of official influence.
Appeal hearing for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy running from March 16 to June 2, 2026, addressing dismissed corruption, embezzlement of public funds, and illegal campaign financing charges.
World Bank announced 15-month debarment of Ecuador-based Consultoria Técnica Cia. Ltda. CONTEC, a civil engineering consultancy, for fraudulent practices under the Guayaquil Wastewater Management Project.
On 29 January 2026, the Paris criminal court convicted five individuals (Jean-Charles Naouri, Franck-Philippe Georgin, Nicolas Boudot, Jacques Dumas and Nicolas Miguet) and five legal entities (Casino Group and three companies linked to Miguet) for private corruption, market manipulation in an organized group and insider trading.
Li Gang, former head of a powerful Party oversight team within China's Organization Department responsible for policing Party discipline, was arrested for allegedly accepting bribes worth more than 102 million yuan ($14.44 million).
Ukraine sanctioned businessman Timur Mindich, a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, amid a corruption probe into alleged kickbacks and money laundering at state-owned nuclear energy firm Energoatom.