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Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu pleads not guilty as corruption trial resumes

Netanyahu appeared in front of a three-judge panel at the Jerusalem District Court to officially deny the allegations against him

Israeli PM Netanyahu's corruption trial resumes weeks before election

Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in a Jerusalem courtroom Monday to respond formally to corruption charges just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend his 12-year rule

Tencent fires 100 employees, blacklists 37 firms in anti-graft campaign

Tencent, China's biggest social media and video games company, said in a social media post that it had reported 40 employees to authorities since it started an anti-graft campaign in fourth quarter

Former chief of China's top state lender Xiaomin executed for corruption

Lai Xiaomin, former chief of China's top state-owned asset management company, was executed on Friday after a court sentenced him to death for corruption involving USD 276 million and bigamy. The Second Municipal Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin, which sentenced him to death, earlier in its ruling said that between 2008 and 2018, Lai, former board chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co, took undue advantage of his various posts in the former China Banking Regulatory Commission and Huarong, among others, to assist certain organisations and individuals with financing, project contracting, business operations and job promotion or transfer. In return, he accepted money and gifts worth over 1.78 billion yuan (about USD 276 million), according to the verdict. From the end of 2009 to January 2018, Lai took advantage of his positions to embezzle and extort public funds of more than 25.13 million yuan, in collusion with others. He was also found guilty of bigamy, said the ...

Pandemic deepens graft, democracy breaches, says Transparency International

"Countries with higher levels of corruption tend to be the worst perpetrators of democratic and rule-of-law breaches while managing the Covid-19 crisis," according to the report

Relief to Karnataka CM Yediyurappa, SC stays arrest in corruption case

The case relates alleged forgery over withdrawal of approval for a parcel of land in the state

Bribery scam: Court extends custody of CBI DSP, inspector by 3 days

A Delhi court has extended by three days the custodial interrogation of two CBI officials -- a deputy superintendent of police and an inspector

Enforcement Directorate court directs AP CM Jagan to appear on Jan 11

ED cases here has directed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to appear before it on January 11 in connection with an ongoing case involving certain private companies

China condemns former high-flying finance executive to death

A slew of officials have been caught up in President Xi's dragnet

AAP seeks CBI probe in MCD 'corruption', to protest at residence of Shah, LG

The Aam Aadmi Party is demanding a CBI inquiry into an alleged misappropriation of Rs 2,500 crore in the BJP-led North Delhi and South Delhi municipal corporations

Ex-chairman of Huachen, parent of BMW's China partner, under investigation

Qi Yumin, formerly vice mayor of the port city of Dalian, was Huachen's chairman between 2005 and 2019.

UN agency faces corruption, fraud allegations at climate projects: Report

"Issues identified by the audit could seriously compromise the achievement of the objectives of the audited entity," the report said

74% in Asia believe corruption major issue, young more likely to pay bribes

Global Corruption Barometer - Asia, surveyed nearly 20,000 respondents in 17 countries for their opinion

Tejashwi faces corruption charges, must not become leader of Oppn: JDU

The JD(U)'s demand came two days after party leader Mewa Lal Chaudhary resigned

Four years on

Even with hindsight, hard to say demonetisation was a success

4 years on, PM Narendra Modi says demonetisation demolished corruption

On November 8, 2016, Modi announced the decision to ban all currency notes of denomination of 500 and 1,000 from midnight

Corruption hurts social balance, fighting it is a shared responsibility: PM

Calls for synergy among central and state probe agencies, says corruption, money laundering, terror fundings are all inter-related

'Dynastic corruption' growing challenge for the country: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that "dynastic corruption" is a major challenge for the country and lamented that it has become a part of political tradition in many states

India investigated zero foreign bribery cases between 2016 and 2019: Report

India figures in list of countries with worst track record in dealing with foreign bribery, according to Transparency International

India scores zero on bribery of foreign officials: Transparency Int'l

Country fails to open account in four years till 2017 on five metrics, bribery of foreign public officials not criminalised at all despite India being bound by UNCAC rules