France in crackdown on Corsica mafia
France’s Justice Minister, Gérald Darmanin, has announced a crackdown on mafia networks operating in Corsica, marking a major shift in the French state policy.
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Belgian anti-corruption chief questioned in raid
Belgian investigators from the General Inspectorate of the Police (AIG), accompanied by a judge, have searched the Central Office for the Suppression of Corruption…
Polish city mayor charged over alleged payment of €50,000 bribe for MBA degree
The mayor of Wrocław, Jacek Sutryk, has been detained and charged with getting a public company allegedly to pay a €50,000 bribe for the MBA degree he was awarded…
Top Spanish anti-corruption officer arrested for alleged corruption
Police officers in Spain have arrested a top police official for alleged corruption and other charges.
Polish TV stations raided by anti-corruption agency
The offices of Polish commercial TV network Polsat and the headquarters of state-owned station TVP have been raided by officers from the Central Anti-corruption…
Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency sacks official over leak case
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said on Tuesday it had dismissed its first deputy over a suspected leak case inside the body that spearheads…
Ukraine’s Deputy Energy Minister ‘arrested on bribery charges’
Ukraine's Deputy Energy Minister has been arrested on charges of corruption and bribery by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) and the anti-corruption bureau (NABU),…
Anti-corruption NGO calls for EP ban on MEPs’ side hustles
Anti-corruption NGO Transparency International EU has urged the European Parliament to ban side hustles by MEPs.
New EU Ethics Body unlikely to combat bribery, critics argue
Amid allegations of bribery involving MEPs, the European Parliament has voted to join the inter-institutional European Union Ethics Body.
Ukrainian agriculture minister arrested on corruption charges
Mykola Solskyi, the agriculture minister in the Ukrainian Government, has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in an alleged illegal land-acquisition transaction…
EP’s crackdown on dirty money in football ‘doomed to fail’
The European Parliament is set to vote to add the football industry to its money-laundering directive, an attempt to stop corrupt oligarchs and criminals from laundering…
French Communist Party probed over embezzlement of public funds
It is suspected that a training organisation set up an illicit finance network for the French Communist Party.
Another Qatargate suspect takes aim at Belgian justice system
The secretary-general of No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) Niccolò Figà-Talamanca, one of the accused in the ongoing Qatargate corruption scandal, said he had never…
Slovak President blasts Government’s prosecution reforms, threatens veto
Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová said on Friday she would likely veto the Government's planned fast-track changes to criminal law that include scrapping a special…
Top Ukrainian cyber defence officials sacked amid corruption probe
Ukraine on Monday sacked two high-ranking cyber defence officials amid a probe into alleged embezzlement, a senior government official said.
Portuguese PM António Costa resigns amid corruption allegations
Portugal's Prime Minister António Costa resigned Tuesday amid a police probe into suspected nepotism and corruption.
Albania indicts a former PM, looking to boost its EU accession prospects
Albanian prosecutors indicted former prime minister Sali Berisha on corruption charges on October 22 in what proponents of the country’s accession to the European…
European Ombudsman hammers EU over Qatargate scandal
Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly addressed the anti-corruption measures taken as a result of the Qatargate scandal and found that too little had been done.
Qatargate: ‘In 10 years I have never seen so much pressure’
In a two separate interviews, Belgian federal prosecutor Frédéric Van Leeuw and former lead Qatargate investigator Michel Claise have unveiled the problematic…
Euro MPs too weak-willed to regulate themselves, EU watchdog says
Weak-willed Euro MPs have been hammered over their inability to stamp out fraud at the heart of the European Union, such as that revealed in the alleged Qatargate…
Ukraine goes after corrupt officials while Zelensky tours Europe – again
While Ukrainian President Zelensky secured more weapons from his Western allies, anti-corruption authority swooped on the country’s top judges in Kyiv.
Belgian justice so slow that corrupt EU officials escape scot-free
Two EU officials who engaged in agricultural subsidy fraud have escaped punishment due to the slow workings of the Belgian courts.
EU is ‘safe haven for corrupt money’
The European Commission should look closer to home with its new anti-corruption legislation, says a prominent Euro MP.
Qatargate: key figure turns informant
A key figure in the Qatargate scandal has turned informant, and this news is covered across the EU’s media landscape today.