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Mounting pressure sees Romanian PM Victor Ponta resign

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta has resigned. A tax fraud scandal saw him lose the Social Democrat Party leadership in October 2015 and he

Romania

Romania: PM Victor Ponta resigns

Romania's prime minister resigns following mass protests over last week's nightclub fire and claims of corruption.

Spain

Catalan ex-premier investigated for money laundering and tax fraud

Former Catalan premier Jordi Pujol and three of his children have had their homes raided by the Spanish National police. They are under investigation

Vanuatu

Drop the charges Vanuatu's president is away on business

While the president’s away the speaker will play. The speaker of the Vanuatu parliament has pardoned himself and 13 other MPs of corruption charges

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Sport

Fifa suspends Blatter, Platini and Valcke

Fifa president Sepp Blatter, secretary general Jerome Valcke and vice-president and Uefa chief Michel Platini have all been suspended for 90 days by

World News

Blatter and Platini banned for 90 days by FIFA ethics committee

The house of football is crumbling. That was the reaction of one analyst to the news FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA chief Michel Platini have

USA

Former head of the UN General Assembly charged with corruption

U.S. prosecutors accuse John Ashe, former president of the United Nations General Assembly, of taking more than $1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen to support their interests through UN-sp

Switzerland

Platini's role into Fifa investigation 'between witness and accused person'

Russia

Russian regional governor in Komi charged over corruption probe

World News

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke is suspended

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke, has been suspended. In a statement, soccer’s world governing body said it had “been made aware of a series of

Switzerland

U.S. anticipates further criminal charges in soccer corruption probe

Romania

Bucharest mayor arrested in corruption probe

Romanian prosecutors said on Sunday (Sept. 6) they had opened a criminal investigation against the mayor of the capital Bucharest on suspicion of

Guatemala

Disenchanted Guatemalans vote for new leader amid graft scandal

Guatemalans are due to vote for a new president, new lawmakers and mayors on Sunday. But the elections were overshadowed all week by a corruption scandal that has forced the president to resign and fu

Guatemala

Guatemala President Perez behind bars amid corruption probe

Guatemala’s former leader Otto Perez is to remain in jail over his alleged role in a bribery scandal that has plunged the country into political

Sport

AFC accused of compromising FIFA presidential elections

The race to replace Sepp Blatter as President of world football’s governing body FIFA is hotting up. Presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon of South

Guatemala

Guatemela's president resigns amid corruption scandal

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has resigned, his spokesman said on Thursday, in the face of a corruption scandal that has thrown the country

Guatemala

Guatemala's Supreme Court approves bid to impeach president

Guatemala’s Supreme Court has approved a request by the country’s attorney general to impeach President Otto Perez Molina over alleged corruption

Guatemala

Guatemala president denies wrongdoing in corruption scandal

A former vice-president of Guatemala, Roxana Baldetti has appeared in court for the first time since her arrest last week on charges of corruption

Sport

Bolivian Football headquarters raided in corruption probe

Brazil

"Dilma out!" Tens of thousands call for impeachment of Brazilian president

Brazil’s third major demonstration of the year drew tens of thousands to Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach to call for the impeachment of President