The Latest Breaking News from Corruption

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei reappointed the country's attorney general to a new term on Monday, prompting U.S. sanctions, just months after the prosecutor was accused by the U.S. government of dismantling anti-corruption efforts.

The prime minister has again defended his model for a federal anti-corruption commission, saying it is designed to be consistent with the justice system.

Guatemala’s president has appointed the controversial attorney general to a second term in a move disappointing to many Guatemalans and foreign governments critical of her backsliding on corruption investigations

Nigeria's economic crimes agency said on Monday night it had arrested the country's accountant general over charges of diverting public funds and money laundering to the tune of 80 billion naira ($193 million).

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the country's parliament, accusing deputies of corruption among other issues, he said on Monday.

He says Congress has already lost its credibility because of rampant corruption and nepotism during its regime

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) led by Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Subodh Jaiswal has set a new benchmark to tackle corruption. As part of its zero-tolerance policy towards corruption, last week, the CBI arrested four sub-inspectors posted at its Delhi office in an extortion case and dismissed them from…

MUMBAI: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday sought the support of the north Indian community to “overthrow” the Shiv Sena from the BMC in order to rid the city of corruption. Elections to several civic bodies in the state, including Mumbai where the Shiv Sena has ruled for more than…

‘It will also bring back the popular system of corruption and nepotism and affect the quality of higher education’

CHENNAI

Politicians who operate in ways that bring them personal benefit could end up on a slippery slope.