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Ex-French President Sarkozy loses appeal against graft conviction

Paris court upholds sentence but spares Sarkozy prison time as the still influential leader fights other criminal cases.

Al Jazeera

Indonesian minister held in telecoms graft case

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have arrested a senior minister for his alleged role in a corruption case stemming from a telecommunications project that has cost the country more than $500 million in losses.

Bangkok Post

Indonesian IT minister arrested for alleged corruption in procurement

Indonesian authorities have arrested the information technology minister as part of an investigation into a million-dollar corruption scandal linked to the construction of mobile phone transmission towers in remote regions

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French court upholds Sarkozy's prison term in wiretap graft case

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on appeal in Paris to three years in prison on Wednesday, including one year in prison for corruption and influence peddling in the so-called “wiretapping affair”.

Radio France Internationale

Nicolas Sarkozy ordered to wear a tag after losing corruption appeal

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday lost his appeal against a corruption conviction — but will be able to serve his jail time at home wearing a tag.

Evening Standard

Factbox-France's Sarkozy faces more than one legal battle

French former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday, a decision his legal team said he would challenge.

Reuters

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy loses corruption appeal

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a conviction for corruption and influence peddling.

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Former French President Sarkozy loses appeal on corruption conviction; prison sentence upheld

A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a one-year prison sentence for former President Nicolas Sarkozy on a conviction for corruption and influence peddling

The Independent UK

Indonesia communications minister arrested for graft

Indonesian authorities on Wednesday arrested a senior cabinet minister on corruption charges in a case they said caused more than half a billion dollars in state losses.

Reuters

'Losing our best': activists killed in war seen as blow to Ukraine's future

Investigative journalist Oleksandr Tsakhniv spent much of his professional life trying to uncover corruption in Ukraine's eastern hinterlands where he lived and worked.

Reuters

French court upholds three-year sentence for ex-president Sarkozy in wiretapping case

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his case on Wednesday against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals. The court upheld a sentence of three years with two years suspended; he will wear an electronic bracelet for the remaining year instead of going…

France 24

Argentina's Kirchner says she won't run for president, slams IMF

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said on Tuesday she will not run for president in the elections scheduled for October, claiming that the country's judicial system would disqualify her after her high-profile corruption case.

Reuters

France's Sarkozy loses corruption appeal, to challenge at highest court

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday, prompting his legal team to promise a challenge at France's highest court.

Reuters

Italian court agrees to extradite EU lawmaker to Belgium

An Italian court on Tuesday agreed to extradite to Belgium an EU lawmaker under investigation in a cash-for-influence corruption scandal at the European Parliament, one of his lawyers said.

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Imran Khan granted bail in more cases relating to corruption charges

Former Pakistan prime minister says there are plans to rearrest him and reiterates call to followers to hold peaceful protests

Al Jazeera

Ukraine Supreme Court chief detained in $2.7m graft probe

Ukraine, while at war with Russia, reels from ‘biggest-ever case’ implicating the judiciary.

Reuters

Factbox-Wife of Pakistan's Khan, charged with graft, is known for spirituality

Bushra Khan, the wife of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is facing corruption charges in the same case that led to his arrest on May 9. On Monday, he accompanied her to a court that granted her protective bail.

The Independent UK

Lebanese Central Bank governor no-show in Paris corruption probe

Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor has failed to appear before French prosecutors in Paris, questioning him in the ongoing European money-laundering and illicit enrichment probe

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The Week

Inside Venezuela’s oil corruption scandal

Dozens of business figures and politicians have been arrested so far this year in a £17bn corruption scandal that has rocked Venezuela and its state-run oil company.

The Hindu

Will meet CEOs of world’s leading companies next week: PM Modi

PM Modi asserted on May 16, 2023 that changes brought in by his government in the recruitment system have ended the possibility of corruption and nepotism as he gave away appointment letters to over 71,000 people

Reuters

Ukraine authorities expose piles of cash in Supreme Court corruption probe

Ukrainian anti-graft authorities said on Monday they were investigating large-scale corruption in the country's Supreme Court system and shared a photograph of piles of dollars neatly lined up on a sofa.

The Independent UK

US seeks dismissal of corruption charges against Florida 2018 Democratic governor nominee Gillum

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss remaining corruption charges against Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor in 2018

The Hindu

Public accepted issues raised during 'Jan Sangharsh Yatra': Sachin Pilot

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday said the public has accepted the issues on which he started his “Jan Sangharsh Yatra” -- corruption and government recruitment exam paper leaks.

The Hindu

2023 Karnataka Assembly elections | Issue of corruption resonated with voters ahead of election day

Many commentators and observers of Karnataka politics have pointed out that corruption became a crucial issue for the voters in the Assembly election.

The Hindu

BJP will win more than 350 seats in 2024 elections : Javadekar

Inaugurating party’s Kollam Parliament constituency leadership meeting, he added that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is accused in SNC-Lavalin corruption case, would have to face imprisonment in the future

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