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Ukraine is not misusing the tens of billions of dollars in direct financial assistance it is receiving courtesy of U.S. taxpayers according to a top Biden administration official.

Two more socialist politicians sitting in the European Parliament have been linked to the bloc’s ongoing bribery scandal, a report on Thursday has claimed.

Peter Obi, the only Christian among the four front-running candidates for president of Nigeria in the election that will be held on February 25, has been accused of bribing churches to mobilize turnout. Obi denounced the allegations as “cheap blackmail” spread by his adversaries to force him out of the race.

Chinese state media continued having a field day with the Ohio train disaster on Tuesday and Wednesday, crowing that the calamity has become a viral sensation on Chinese social media because it exposes the corruption, incompetence, and hypocrisy of the U.S. government.

Former President Donald Trump responded to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address Tuesday night, focusing on the mass illegal immigration taking place at the southern border, crime, drops in real wages, and “corruption.”

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who has held his post since the Russian invasion began in February 2022, will be replaced by military intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov to “strengthen military-industrial cooperation,” according to leaders of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People Party. 

Amid the bloc’s ongoing bribery scandal, a small group of leftist MEPs in the EU have launched an anti-corruption hotline backed by a group linked to progressive billionaire George Soros.

CARACAS – Venezuela ranked as the most corrupt country in the Americas in 2022, surpassing Haiti and the other authoritarian regimes in the region, Cuba and Nicaragua, according to Transparency International’s 28th Annual Corruption Perceptions Index released this week.

Berlin-based watchdog group Transparency International (TI)’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index, published on Tuesday, found a dismaying slide into corruption in Canada under leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced the “PELOSI Act” which would ban members of Congress, as well as their family members, from holding or trading stocks. 

A string of senior Ukraine government officials were sacked or resigned amidst a flurry of corruption claims Tuesday, with those shown the door accused of taking illicit payments as the Ministry of Defence allegedly signed overinflated military contracts.

Socialist convicted felon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, currently serving as president of Brazil, ousted the commander of the nation’s Army this weekend and refocused the nation’s attention towards what he called a “genocide,” caused by predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, of indigenous people in the Amazon region.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has described the ongoing bribery scandal plaguing the EU as being “infinitely painful”.

Former Los Angeles City Council member Jose Huizar pleaded guilty to corruption charges on Thursday, reversing his years-long protestations of innocence and further exposing a culture of corruption at City Hall.

A Milan prosecutor has dropped an investigation claiming that Matteo Salvini’s League engaged in corrupt dealings with Russia. 

The investigation into the classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s former office and private residence might seem separate from the looming inquiry into his son’s dealings — but they are, in fact, one.

The governments of Guatemala and Colombia are at an impasse after Guatemala’s Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity announced on Monday that it would take unspecified “legal actions” against Colombian Defense Minister Iván Velásquez.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigned on Tuesday after the Communist Party blamed him for “violations and wrongdoing” by officials in his administration. 

Two more Socialist MEPs have reportedly been linked by Belgian investigators to a corruption scandal currently ravaging the EU, a report has claimed.

A Border Force officer arrested by anti-corruption cops may have been outed as being an illegal himself, according to a papers claims.

The Supreme Court of Angola has ordered “preventive” seizure of $1 billion in assets held by Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died last July.

The Qatar corruption scanda involving Members of European Parliament is “damaging the credibility” of the EU, Charles Michel admitted

A bombshell report citing customs reports and other documents published by Business Insider on Tuesday accused the collapsed government of Afghanistan of allowing nearly $1 billion in cash, gold, jewelry, and other valuables to be smuggled out of the country shortly before the Taliban takeover.

Senior left politician Eva Kaili admitted she asked her father to hide cash after she was accused of taking money from Morocco and Qatar.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán says the massive corruption scandal in the European Union should be used as an opportunity to “drain the swamp” in Brussels.

No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ), a pro-human rights and democracy organization, and Fight Impunity, which seeks to bring rights abusers to book, share the same address, on prime real estate in the governmental quarter of the Belgian capital.

As many as 60 members of the European Parliament may be in the crosshairs of investigators in the ongoing corruption scandal.

The New Democracy party suspended one of its European Parliament members, pending the outcome of an investigation.

Legacy parties and groups within the European Union are now “constantly playing down” the ongoing corruption scandal plaguing parliament, one MEP has claimed.

The partner of jailed European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili has reportedly confessed to charges of corruption, a Belgian newspaper has reported.

The White House on Monday announced $55 billion in economic aid, health care, and security support for Africa. President Joe Biden hosted a meeting for African leaders that began on Tuesday, during which the White House promised more details of the massive benefits package would be divulged.

A researcher has expressed concerns that the ongoing European Union cash corruption scandal may be used as “fuel” for EU-sceptical populists. 

A suitcase described as being “full of cash” has been seized by police as part of an investigation into EU corruption, which has seen a number of socialist MEPs forced to step down from their positions

The Vice-President of the European Parliament has been formally charged with corruption and has reportedly been imprisoned.

Brexit champion Nigel Farage has responded to news of high-level corruption arrests in the European Parliament, suggesting they prove Britain made the right choice by breaking with the bloc.

“Over many decades, the Parliament has allowed a culture of impunity to develop, with a combination of lax financial rules and controls and a complete lack of independent (or indeed any) ethics oversight,” Transparency International’s director Michiel van Hulten said.