Police officers
Five police officers, allegedly trapped and arrested while receiving a US$5 bribe from a truck driver, appeared in court in Harare yesterday. The officers, Dennis Tafadzwa Chivaku, Freeway Muninipi, Givemore Mucheka, Sharon Madondo, and Getrude Ndenga, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The incident occurred in June last year
Police officers
A shocking video has come to light in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, showing a police constable accepting a bribe from a tractor-trolley driver. The incident, which took place in the early morning hours in the Madhoganj area, was secretly recorded by a passerby and has sparked widespread outrage. The video shows
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DIG Rezaul Karim Mallick, the newly appointed deputy inspector general of Police for Dhaka Range, directed police station officers to arrest those responsible for attempting to suppress last year's July movement. According to Mallick, investigations will first need to prove specific allegations against the suspects before any arrests
Bribery
Recent weeks have seen a significant uptick in activity in the UK's anti-corruption enforcement, with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announcing two new investigations, securing 14 convictions, and revising guidance for Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs). The surge in activity follows a period of relative inactivity, and the new
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has lost his legal immunity, paving the way for multiple corruption charges to proceed against him. The ruling, issued by Italy's highest court, has left Berlusconi defiant but weakened, with his government's effectiveness now in question. Despite facing serious allegations of
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi insists he will complete his five-year term in office, despite a Milan judge's accusation that he was "coresponsible" for bribing a judge nearly 20 years ago to block a business rival from acquiring the Mondadori publishing house. Berlusconi's government
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Eighty days into the Premiership of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's media king and new Prime Minister, has hit a major crisis due to a series of scandals and allegations of corruption and conflict of interest. The government has been rocked by a series of bungles, U-turns, and disasters, with
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As Italian authorities waited anxiously for Paolo Berlusconi, the brother of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, to turn himself in for questioning in connection with a bribery scandal, the younger Berlusconi's attorney denied a secret interrogation, stating that his client had "other things to do." This development
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Papua New Guinea's Opposition has taken a significant step in challenging the leadership of Prime Minister Paias Wingti, lodging a motion of no-confidence in the National Parliament. The move comes amidst allegations of bribery, wife bashing, and corruption, which have sparked turmoil in the National Parliament. The Opposition
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Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Mr Paias Wingti, is facing allegations of corruption, bribery, and wife bashing, sparking a heated political storm in the country. The allegations were made by a former electoral commissioner and Secretary of Justice, Mr Luke Lucas, who claims that he was offered a
