In the face of strong international pressure Ukrainian lawmakers have backtracked on a controversial bill that would have allowed parliament to dismiss the heads of Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies. The proposed... read more →
The US government’s star witness in its case against Turkish officials accused of running a billion-dollar oil-for-gold scheme in violation of the Iran sanctions has admitted that he paid bribes... read more →
Despite recent improvements, the battle against corruption in Albania remains one of its most difficult challenges and biggest hurdles to European Union membership. In 2012 Transparency International ranked Albania as... read more →
Four Bulgarian citizens have been arrested for allegedly running an ATM skimming operation in Europe, the international law enforcement agency, Europol, announced on Thursday. The concerted action involved the Italian... read more →
Spanish National police have arrested around 50 people suspected of membership of a Georgian gang thought to be behind more than 100 home burglaries in Spain. The raids took place... read more →
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has launched a pre-trial investigation into allegations of extortion carried out by officials at its sister anticorruption agency, according to a NABU spokeswoman.... read more →
Thousand’s of people have taken to the streets in Romania to protest against government reforms that critics say will undermine the independence of the judiciary and water down penalties for... read more →
Bulgaria has received a mixed scorecard from the European Commission in its latest review of the country’s efforts to implement judicial reform and combat organised crime. November’s report took stock... read more →
Billionaire Russian businessman and senator Suleiman Kerimov has been released on bail in France following his arrest on Monday on suspicion of tax evasion relating to the purchase of multimillion-dollar... read more →
An Albanian appeals court judge has been arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe to overturn the conviction of a man for murder and allowing him to walk free on... read more →
