Corruption

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.

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 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.”

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.

A federal appeals court in Argentina ruled to uphold the guilty verdict against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on charges of corruption.

A man in Brazil, once considered a free society, was sentenced to over a year in prison this year for calling a judge fat.

The nation is only now just learning that the single largest COVID relief-fund fraud in the country occurred under Democrat Gov. Tim Walz.

Ukrainian recruiters are reportedly roaming the streets of the country in a desperate effort to bolster the ranks of the military as the war with Russia continues to sap the native population.

Former defense minister Ishiba Shigeru won his bid for leadership of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday, all but guaranteeing he will become the next prime minister.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, indicted on federal corruption charges, claims he is a Department of Justice (DOJ) “target” because he has spoken publicly about illegal immigration. Several other Democrats, though, have done the same and have not been indicted by the DOJ on federal charges.

Acting Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille said Tuesday his government has received only a fraction of the funding and manpower promised by the international community to fight back against the gangs that have violently taken control over most of the country.

A former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) and her husband were arrested Tuesday, according to a law enforcement official.

Two family members of Honduras’ Socialist far-left radical President Xiomara Castro resigned from their government positions over the weekend amid an ongoing probe of alleged ties with drug traffickers against lawmaker Carlos Zelaya, President Castro’s brother-in-law.

Bank of China (BOC) Vice-Chairman and President Liu Jin resigned without warning on Sunday, only five months after he was reappointed.

An Illinois police officer and associate of the so-called “worst mayor in America” has been indicted on bankruptcy and fraud charges.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced on Wednesday he will step down in September rather than seek reelection.

Ugandan police arrested at least 42 young protesters and charged them with disorderly conduct on Tuesday after they gathered outside the parliament building in Kampala to demonstrate against government corruption.

Kamala Harris, endorsed by Joe Biden as his replacement in the 2024 presidential race, has a history as a prosecutor that shows “collective favoritism to criminal networks and organizations linked to her political allies,” Peter Schweizer said on Breitbart News Daily.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was found guilty on all counts on Tuesday in his federal corruption trial.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil threatened to damage the longstanding friendly ties between his country and neighboring Argentina in an interview on Wednesday, demanding an apology from Argentina President Javier Milei for the latter’s criticism of his corruption and socialist policies.

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who was once one of the most powerful officials in the city, was handed a two-year prison sentence Monday.

A mayor in Florida shocked residents by resigning after issuing a letter to his neighbors about “corruptive behavior” among local leaders.