Operation Car Wash, which started in Brazil, revealed a bribery scheme that spanned at least 12 countries. Brazil’s Supreme Court has reversed much of its impact.
Tag: Bribery and Kickbacks
Formula for Power in Modi’s India: Cash, Detentions and Luxe Resorts
With a tactic known as “resort politics,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has been accused of using brute force to take over Indian state governments.
Investigators Assess if Netanyahu’s Aides Forged Oct. 7 Phone Records
Aides to Benjamin Netanyahu are under investigation over accusations of leaks, record-doctoring and intimidation. The Israeli prime minister’s office denies the claims.
Israeli Court Rejects Netanyahu’s Bid to Delay Corruption Trial Testimony
The court ruled that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must take the stand on Dec. 2 in a trial that has stretched out for more than four years.
Netanyahu Seeks to Delay Testifying at His Corruption Trial
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, is on trial for bribery and fraud. Now he wants to delay giving testimony.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Andriy Kostin, Resigns Amid Draft Evasion Scandal
The prosecutor general stepped down after accusations that hundreds of officials obtained fake disability certificates. There have been no public allegations that he was involved in the scheme.
The Scandal of the Indonesian Leader’s Son and the Private Jet
It was a major blow to the Everyman image cultivated by President Joko Widodo, who stepped down on Sunday.
Mexico’s Ex-Security Chief Sentenced to 38 Years for Cartel Bribery
The stiff penalty was the potentially final step in the stunning downfall of the former official, Genaro García Luna, who has gone from the heights of power to imprisonment.
U.N. Official Took $3 Million in Secret Gifts From Businessman
The official secretly took $3 million in gifts from a businessman to whom he steered the organization’s funds, a court ruled. The U.N. got a song about the ocean.
S. Iswaran, Ex-Singapore Minister, Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison
The sentence for S. Iswaran, a former transportation minister who pleaded guilty last week, was longer than what prosecutors had sought.