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Switzerland

"This is good for Fifa" world football's governing body reacts to arrest of senior executives

Fifa has responded to the arrest of six of its senior executives at the request of US authorities on corruption charges. The organisation’s head of

Switzerland

'Rampant corruption:' US orders arrest of senior FIFA executives

FIFA is reeling after Swiss police arrested seven senior executives, including two vice presidents, at the luxury Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich in a

Switzerland

Swiss police arrest several senior Fifa executives in a morning raid at a five-star hotel in Zurich

Swiss police have arrested a number of Fifa executives following a morning raid on a five-star hotel in Zurich. The arrests were made at the request

Italy

Italian police arrest 39 alleged Mafia members in Sicily

Police in Sicily have arrested 39 individuals and seized assets worth some €10m as part of crackdown on three Palermo Mafia gangs on suspicion of

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Sport

More than 50 arrested in football match-fixing probe

Italian police have arrested more than 50 people as part of a widespread match-fixing inquiry led by anti-Mafia prosecutors in the southern town of

Turkey

Turkish graft prosecuters dismissed

Four Turkish prosecutors and one judge, who had been involved in the country’s biggest-ever corruption investigation have themselves been dismissed

France

Setback for Sarkozy presidential bid after phonetaps ruled legal

The former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suffered a potential setback to his mission to seek election again in 2017. His team are to appeal

Austria

Austria: Court refuses to extradite Ukrainian billionaire Firtash to US

An Austrian court has refused to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the US on corruption charges. A judge in Vienna said American

USA

US drug agency chief to step down amid 'sex parties' scandal

The director of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Michele Leonhart, will step down next month, amid allegations that DEA agents attended sex

Hungary

Thousands protest government corruption across Hungary

Thousands of people have gathered in 50 cities across Hungary to protest what many say is an erosion of democratic freedoms and government

Spain

Ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato's bank accounts frozen in Spain

After the insults, after hours of questioning, more humiliation for Spain’s Rodrigo Rato. The former economy minister’s bank accounts have all been

World News

Lobbying a 'key corruption risk facing Europe', claims report

Europe News

Romania seeks to tackle graft

Romania is trying to crack down on corruption. The country finished in last place amongst all EU countries in Transparency International’s Corruption

China

China: Former energy sector leader pleads guilty to corruption

Jiang Jiemen, the former head of China’s top energy group (CNPC), has pleaded guilty in the first day of a corruption trial against him. Jiang, who

China

China: Ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang charged with corruption

Once one of China’s most powerful men, former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and intentional

Israel

Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert faces jail again over fresh fraud claims

The former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has been found guilty of fraud and breach of trust by a court in Jerusalem. He is said to have accepted

Israel

Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert guilty over illegal payments from US businessman

Romania

Ex-finance minister in Romania placed under house arrest

[Watch] A former finance minister in Romania has been placed under house arrest as part of a probe into claims of corruption. MPs voted to allow the

Senegal

Karim Wade son of former president of Senegal jailed

Karim Wade, a former senior minister in the Senegal government has been sentenced to six years in prison for corruption. He is the son of the former

Brazil

Brazilian prosecutors push for tougher measures against corruption

Brazilian prosecutors are calling for tougher prison sentences and more legal powers to crackdown on corruption. They are hoping to ride a wave of