Officials in Ukraine have been roundly criticised for appointing a 23-year-old lawyer to head up the county’s efforts to weed out institutionalised corruption. Anna Kalynchuk, who was given the high-profile... read more →
A high-profile politician from Spain’s ruling People's Party (PP) has died while under investigation for money laundering. Scandal-hit Rita Barbera, who served as mayor of the Mediterranean city of Valencia... read more →
Russian “bad guys” are using London to launder their dirty money with near impunity, anti-corruption campaigner Bill Browder has told British MPs. Appearing before the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, the... read more →
Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been arrested on suspicion of accepting a $2 million (€1.86 million) bribe. The 60-year-old, who was in charge of reviving the country’s ailing economy,... read more →
At least five of Russia’s biggest banks have been hit by a series of massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks launched via a huge network of infected Internet of Things (IoT) devices.... read more →
Concerns have been raised over the appointment of a high-ranking Chinese official as the new head of Interpol, the world’s police force. Humanitarian organisations and activists have expressed worries that... read more →
Countries in Europe must do more to stop the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) “poisoning young people with drugs" across the continent, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said yesterday. Telling members... read more →
Russian nationalists backed a criminal group that plotted to assassinate Montenegro’s pro-western Prime Minister during the run-up to last month’s election as part of a bid to sway the vote,... read more →
Controversial Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has resigned after more than 25 years in power after his party posted disappointing results in this month’s parliamentary elections. Djukanovic, who was... read more →
French authorities this morning began evacuating the Jungle migrant camp in Calais ahead of its planned destruction later this week. The shantytown, which has long been targeted by people smugglers... read more →
