Browsing: Corruption

Vietnam's top soft drinks tycoon, Tran Thanh, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday for a $40 million fraud, making him the latest prominent business figure to be caught in the country's comprehensive crackdown on corruption. The nation's broad effort to eliminate widespread corruption has resulted in charges against over 4,400 people, including officials and […]

Spanish authorities briefly arrested disgraced ex-football chief Luis Rubiales on Wednesday in connection with an alleged corruption scandal at the RFEF football federation when he was president. The 46-year-old was detained at Madrid’s Barajas airport shortly after flying in from the Dominican Republic but released shortly afterward, a Guardia Civil police spokesman said. Sources […]

The member representing Oriade State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Kanmi Ajibola, has written the leadership of the National Assembly demanding that death penalty be made a punishment for corruption. Ajibola, in his five-page letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen […]