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    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      Global fixer of corrupt energy deals sentenced to year in US prison

      Unaoil’s Saman Ahsani helped build an empire of bribery involving 27 companies

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      The Big Read
      Inside the ‘Qatargate’ graft scandal rocking the EU

      The rise and fall of the high-profile Greek MEP at the centre of cash-for-votes allegations

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Anatomy of a scandal: why Zelenskyy launched a corruption crackdown in Ukraine

      Anti-graft efforts come as Kyiv is seeking more military aid from western backers

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine officials resign as Zelenskyy moves to ease corruption concerns

      Deputy ministers, officials and regional governors among those replaced as president seeks to clean up public life

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Nigeria
      Nigeria begins UK court bid to overturn $11bn arbitration award

      West African country says successful claim by oil and gas company P&ID built on ‘massive fraud’

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU parliament graft scandal to widen as main suspect turns informant Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: new Iran sanctions under discussion and a dispatch from Paris as strikes loom

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Main suspect in EU corruption scandal strikes plea bargain

      Pier Antonio Panzeri has agreed to co-operate with Belgian prosecutors

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Lebanon
      European investigators arrive in Beirut for corruption probe

      Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh alleged to have laundered public money

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      News in-depthSouth Africa
      Assassination attempt underscores criminal hold over S Africa’s Eskom

      Alleged attempt to kill chief executive André de Ruyter shows challenges he has faced in rooting out corruption

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Nguyen Phu Trong
      Vietnam’s Trong consolidates power with dismissal of deputy prime ministers

      Communist party chief ousts senior officials in anti-corruption purge

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      EU corruption probe explores Morocco links

      Investigators believe Pier Antonio Panzeri, the former MEP at the centre of Qatargate, also received bribes from Rabat

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
      Boss of South African power producer Eskom survived poisoning attempt in December

      André de Ruyter, who resigned after trying to overhaul the troubled utility, claims he was given cyanide-laced coffee

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Philip Augar
      Madcap Stonehouse scandal exposes 1970s banking’s corruptible underbelly

      Weak governance, complacent regulation and sloppy auditing are still at the root of corporate frauds 50 years later

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      European Parliament
      ‘Invulnerable’ MEPs set to test EU’s bid to raise ethical standards

      Bribery scandal prompts call to end culture of ‘impunity’ but scepticism remains over lawmakers’ openness to reform

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Uruguay
      Uruguay’s passport scandal forces reckoning on corruption

      Latin American country’s reputation for solid governance at risk as its leaders grapple with multiple allegations

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      European Parliament
      Belgian prosecutors seek to lift immunity of 2 more MEPs in corruption probe

      Investigation widens over allegations of receipt of gifts and cash from countries such as Qatar and Morocco

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      Judge rejects MEP’s plea to be released in Qatar corruption scandal

      Eva Kaili’s lawyers failed to convince a Belgian judge she should be freed under electronic surveillance

    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      Union chief resigns in EU-Qatar bribery scandal

      Head of international labour group admits accepting cash donation from MEP at heart of European parliament probe

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Corruption scandal risks fracturing pro-EU majority in parliament Premium content

      Political groups are at each other’s throats over Qatargate

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      Suitcases of cash, luxury holidays and secret accounts: Qatar bribery scandal rocks Europe

      Unprecedented corruption investigation shakes Brussels’ establishment to the core

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      European parliament to ban all unofficial ‘friendship groups’

      Move is part of reforms unveiled in response to scandal linked to alleged bribery by Qatar

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      Qatar wooed EU lawmakers ahead of football World Cup

      Gulf state sought to persuade legislators to soften language on its human rights record, MEPs say

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The EU needs to clean up its own act

      Scandal at the European parliament shows urgent case for an ethics body

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      European Union
      Fresh raids as Qatar corruption scandal rocks Brussels

      European Commission president says allegations of payments to EU lawmakers are of the ‘utmost concern’

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU-Qatar corruption scandal: big, but not surprising Premium content

      Financial opacity and lack of ethics oversight led to ‘culture of impunity’

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