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The UK government’s anti-homelessness minister resigned over swirling claims that she evicted tenants from a property before hiking the rent.

Multiple military and political officials in Ukraine, reportedly including a lawmaker from President Zelensky’s party, have been accused of corruption schemes to steal money intended for the war effort and bribery.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino revealed that he was “shocked” to his “core” by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) discoveries regarding matters relating to corruption and political weaponization, adding that he would “never be the same.”

Ukrainian activists called for more protests against a law they say weakens the country’s anti-corruption bodies. The legislation has also drawn rebukes from European Union officials and international rights groups.

France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati will reportedly face trial over corruption and abuse of power while she was a member of EU Parliament.

A 35-year-old Thai woman named Wilawan Emsawat has been charged with extortion for allegedly recording herself while having sex with Buddhist monks, then threatening to make the photos and videos public unless she was paid off.

The Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption “Central Commission for Discipline Inspection” announced on Tuesday that it had launched an investigation into Zhou Xianwang, a longtime Party stooge who served as mayor of Wuhan during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

Aidan Kearney — also known as citizen journalist “Turtleboy” who rose to the forefront of the Karen Read trial in Boston — said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday that the entire case was “the most obvious coverup ever.”

“A killer walks free amongst us,” citizen journalist Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, speaking weeks after Karen Read was found not guilty of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe.

Citizen Journalist Aidan Kearney said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday that he faces 105 years in jail.

The National People’s Congress (NPC), the highest legislative body in China, announced on Friday that Vice Admiral Li Hanjun and nuclear engineer Liu Shipeng were expelled for unspecified reasons.

Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) reported to federal prison to begin his 11-year prison sentence on Tuesday, after being found guilty of 16 bribery and corruption charges last summer.

Argentina’s Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously ruled to uphold a six-year prison sentence and lifetime public office ban against socialist former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Gen. He Weidong, one of China’s highest-ranking military officers, missed the latest in a string of important meetings on Friday. The general has not been seen in public since March 5.

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church, the influential cult linked to the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Abe Shinzo.

At least three lawmakers were injured on Tuesday after chaos erupted in Serbia´s parliament, where smoke bombs and flares were thrown.

Former top Illinois Democrat Michael Madigan has been found guilty on ten counts in a federal corruption trial Wednesday.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass awarded the “rebuilding” contract for the recent fires to Hagerty Consulting for an unknown amount of money after a process that was conducted behind closed doors and without any public bids.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives on Wednesday on charges including corruption, dereliction of duty, misuse of public funds, and plotting to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, jailed since August 2023 on various corruption charges he dismisses as politically motivated, compared himself to U.S. President Donald Trump in an interview with Fox News Digital on Sunday.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his proven corruption, after being found guilty of 16 federal charges in July 2024.

Serbia´s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned amid anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy.

Reports indicate that China has purged two senior executives at the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) as part of dictator Xi Jinping’s endless “anti-corruption campaign.”

Senior military officer who had the power to rule on whether conscripts were for for service has been arrested over unexplained wealth.

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, who has been in jail since August 2023, was sentenced to another 14 years in prison for a corruption charge at a court hearing in Rawalpindi’s Adiala prison on Friday.

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, a left-wing “progressive” whom voters recalled in November, was reportedly indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday in connection with a corruption probe of one of her campaign donors.

Britain’s anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, whose aunt is the ousted PM of Bangladesh, has resigned while protesting her innocence. 

The Lebanese legislature on Thursday elected army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun as president, filling an office that has been vacant since President Michel Aoun (no relation) ended his term in October 2022.

The Pentagon’s annual Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China report, released on Wednesday, found that China is making progress toward its goal of military modernization despite persistent corruption problems.

France’s highest court has upheld an appeal court decision which had found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling.

The Chinese Communist Party journal Qiushi on Sunday revealed previously unpublished remarks made by dictator Xi Jinping in November on the subject of his endless “corruption” purges.

Boston, Massachusetts, City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson (D) was arrested by the FBI on Friday morning on public corruption charges.

Belgian authorities said Wednesday they have opened a fraud investigation into the former European Union justice chief, just days after his mandate ended.

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez (D) requested a new trial after it was revealed that prosecutors had shown the jury in his corruption trial evidence that was supposed to have been redacted.

The Financial Times (FT) on Wednesday reported that Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun is under investigation for corruption.