The Latest Breaking News from Corruption

How Greedy Medics Used the Homeless, the Dead and Anxious Teen Athletes to Fuel Sickening Health Care Fraud

Federal authorities have charged 455 individuals in a nationwide crackdown on healthcare fraud, exposing schemes that siphoned billions from taxpayer-funded programmes. The operation highlights the scale of corruption in the healthcare system.

International Business Times UK · Jun 24

Ministry sidelines DLA chief on nationwide exam-rigging case

The Interior Ministry has abruptly transferred Department of Local Administration (DLA) Director-General Teeruth Supawiboonpol amid a sweeping corruption scandal tied to local recruitment examinations valued at more than 4.5 billion baht.

Bangkok Post · Jun 23

Not Suicide? Ecuador Activist 'Followed and Observed' Before Death After Investigating President's Family Business

New forensic evidence suggests that anti-corruption activist Monika Silva Koniuszek's death was not a suicide, prompting calls for a murder investigation amid claims of threats and surveillance

International Business Times UK · Jun 23

Spanish PM’s former right-hand man jailed for 24 years for corruption

José Luis Ábalos found to have taken bribes on Covid-era public contracts in damaging blow to Pedro Sánchez

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22

Best proverb of the day: 'Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has...' Life lessons from Chinese proverb on human nature, free will, suffering, corruption, enlightenment, righteousness, unchecked emotions, greed and ignorance

Best proverb of the day highlights a Chinese saying that explains how people often avoid the path of honesty while choosing actions that create suffering. The proverb talks about human nature, free will, greed, ignorance, corruption, righteousness and enlightenment. Its message remains useful because it reminds people that daily choices…

The Economic Times · Jun 22

Spain’s former transport minister jailed for 24 years in corruption case

This trial is one of several graft cases involving the entourage of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

The Independent UK · Jun 22

Anatomy of a fall: Keir Starmer, from election landslide to precipitous descent

Dutiful rather than dynamic, Keir Starmer was elected to be a safe pair of hands after years of chaos under Britain’s Conservatives. His term ended less than two years later amid corruption allegations, policy U-turns, and after links were revealed between his choice for US ambassador and Jeffrey Epstein, a…

France 24 · Jun 22

Spain's Supreme Court jails former socialist minister for 24 years in COVID corruption case

A major blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced former socialist minister and close Sánchez ally José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison in a corruption case linked to COVID-19 mask contracts.

Euronews · Jun 22

NSW:'Loyalty, perhaps favouritism': probe into uni nepotism

A state's corruption watchdog is examining nepotism allegations at a university, including that jobs were handed to mates despite glaring conflicts of interest.

AAP · Jun 22

'Loyalty, perhaps favouritism': probe into uni nepotism

A state's corruption watchdog is examining nepotism allegations at a university, including that jobs were handed to mates despite glaring conflicts of interest.

AAP · Jun 22