Outgoing US Vice President Joe Biden has used a final official visit to Kiev to urge the Ukrainian government to step up its crackdown on institutionalised corruption. Just days before he... read more →
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and his oil minister accepted massive bribes as part of a $1.3 billion (€1.23 billion) deal involving European oil firms ENI and Shell, according to... read more →
US government officials yesterday slapped sanctions on five prominent Russians, days before President Barack Obama is due to be replaced by Donald Trump. The blacklisted group includes two suspects wanted... read more →
The Albanian government has dismissed its national police chief as it faces increasing pressure from the international community to tackle the growing cannabis trade in the country. Albania has become... read more →
A new anti-corruption party was launched in Bulgaria over the weekend ahead of early elections called following the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. Named Yes Bulgaria, the party has... read more →
Albania's Central Election Commission (CEC) has removed two MPs and one mayor after they were found to have concealed past criminal convictions abroad. Seven members of the commission voted unanimously... read more →
Men and children are increasingly becoming the victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, the United Nations has warned. New data published by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime... read more →
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has been found guilty of "criminal negligence" for her role in a massive arbitration award made to a tycoon in 2008 while she... read more →
Ukraine has made significant progress in implementing political and economic reform and taken concrete steps to clampdown on institutionalised corruption, the EU has said. In a joint report released ahead... read more →
Estonia last week became the first European country to pass a Magnitsky-style law to stop human rights abusers entering the country. Named after Russian whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky - who was... read more →
