The Latest Breaking News from Corruption

New York mayor Eric Adams to meet Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Visit comes amid speculation that Democratic mayor hopes to seek pardon from president-elect on corruption charges

The Guardian - US · Jan 17, 2025

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in prison in corruption case

Former leader and wife found guilty of illegally obtaining lucrative plots of land in deal with property tycoon

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

Elizabeth Warren urges Trump to beef up ethics rules as Musk takes key role

Exclusive: Democrat writes to transition co-chairs calling for steps to avert scandals involving administration officials

The Guardian - US · Jan 17, 2025

Imran Khan: Ex-Pakistan PM sentenced to 14 years in prison in land corruption case

Verdict delivered by anti-graft court in prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Imran Khan has been jailed since August 2023

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025

Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan, wife sentenced to jail in corruption case

Khan and Bushra Bibi’s convictions risk derailing Khan’s PTI and government talks aimed at settling a long-running feud.

Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2025

South Korea’s Yoon refuses questioning as authorities seek longer detention

Anticorruption agency says it will ask court to extend impeached president’s detention by up to 20 days.

Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2025

Bangladeshi and British politics collided to bring down Tulip Siddiq

After allegations of corruption, the former government minister’s family legacy now lies in tatters in both countries, says author Salil Tripathi

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025

CBI books six former Prasar Bharati officials, I&B ex-deputy secretary in graft case

After a Lokpal order, the CBI has filed a corruption case against six former officials of Prasar Bharati and a former deputy secretary with the information and broadcasting ministry.

Newslaundry · Jan 16, 2025

Lawyers of detained South Korean president say he will reject questioning by investigators

Lawyers representing South Korea’s impeached president say he will refuse further questioning after being detained by anti-corruption officials over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, maintaining that the investigation is illegal

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2025

Tulip Siddiq resigns: there’s no evidence she broke any rules, but here’s why she had to go anyway

Tulip Siddiq has resigned as anti-corruption minister after getting embroiled in a corruption scandal. A number of questions had been raised about her following an investigation by Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission into the country’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was deposed last year and just happens to be Siddiq’s aunt.

The Conversation · Jan 15, 2025