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  • 07/01/2011 | Argentina

    Cocaine trafficking into Spain 'linked with PAMI', Ocaña

    Ex-Health Minister and ex-manager of PAMI healthcare, Graciela Ocaña revealed that the air company, Medical Jet, which tried to enter over 900 kilos of cocaine into Spain yesterday was contracted by PAMI for medical flights. The Medical Jet firm is owned by the Juliá family.

  • 08/02/2011 | Argentina

    WikiLeaks: US warns Argentina lacks 'political will' to eradicate corruption

    More than a hundred cables from the US embassy in Buenos Aires warned about the fragility of the judicial system and the impunity of criminals, according to an article recently published by Spanish newspaper El País. The leaked documents also spoke of the lack of a "true political will" to eradicate corruption.

  • 31/01/2013 | World

    Spain corruption scandal turns up heat on PM Rajoy

    Spain's ruling People's Party denied that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and other leaders received payments from a slush fund after a newspaper published what it said were secret party accounts.

  • 03/02/2013 | World

    Ahmadinejad accuses Iran speaker's family of corruption

    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the parliament speaker's family of corruption, turning a long-standing rivalry between two of Iran's most powerful figures into a face-to-face feud, months before an election.

  • 09/02/2013 | World

    Spain PM publishes tax returns amid corruption scandal

    Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made public his tax returns as he seeks to quell a corruption scandal that has gripped Spaniards and pushed up the country's borrowing costs.

  • 25/09/2012 | World

    Protesters demonstrate in front of CFK's hotel in NY

    Over a hundred protesters demonstrated in front of the hotel where President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is staying at in New York, holding similar signs to the ones seen at the September 13 pot-banging protest.

  • 10/10/2012 | World

    Italy's Monti announces income tax cut, lifts VAT

    Prime Minister Mario Monti announced an income tax cut to help low earners today, giving a rare lift to struggling Italian households ahead of parliamentary elections next year but leaving unions dissatisfied and threatening a strike.

  • 15/01/2013 | World

    Pakistan Supreme Court orders arrest of prime minister

    Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in connection with a corruption case linked to power projects, television channels reported today, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil.

  • 26/01/2012 | World

    Corruption scandal shakes Vatican as internal letters leaked

    The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts.

  • 04/02/2012 | World

    Vatican officials contest corruption charges

    In the latest twist of a messy internal conflict shaking the Vatican, four clerics in the office that manages the tiny city-state on Saturday rejected charges of corruption, mismanagement and greed levelled by a former deputy governor.

  • 24/09/2012 | World

    Graft scandal forces out head of Italy's Lazio region

    The governor of Italy's Lazio region resigned over a corruption scandal that could increase political instability in debt-plagued Italy before elections due next year.

  • 15/05/2011 | World

    Local elections to test Berlusconi's grip on power

    Italians voted in local elections that will show whether a sex scandal, three corruption trials and a stagnating economy have seriously damaged Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi two years before the end of his term.

  • 18/06/2011 | World

    Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba dies, aged 68

    Frederick Chiluba, Zambia's first democratically elected president who fought off corruption charges after standing down, has died aged 68, a government spokesman said today.

  • 07/12/2011 | World

    Former Illinois governor sentenced to 14 years

    Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for political corruption including attempting to sell the US Senate seat vacated by then President-elect Barack Obama.

  • 12/12/2012 | Latin America

    Honduras ousts high court judges after ruling on police purge

    Honduran lawmakers dismissed four Supreme Court judges who had declared unconstitutional a law designed to purge the country's police of corruption, deepening a conflict between the ruling party and the court.

  • 04/02/2013 | Latin America

    Brazilian Congress elects leaders probed for corruption

    The lower chamber of Congress voted overwhelmingly today for Henrique Alves to become its speaker, even though he is under investigation for graft. The selection of Alves came after the Senate chose a new leader who is also accused of corruption.

  • 12/11/2012 | Latin America

    Top Lula aide Dirceu gets 10 years jail for corruption

    A chief of staff to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and fellow founder of Brazil's ruling Workers' Party, was sentenced today to over 10 years in prison for running a congressional vote buying scheme almost a decade ago.

  • 04/12/2012 | Latin America

    Rio arrests 63 police in corruption crackdown

    Investigators in Rio de Janeiro arrested 63 police officers and 11 alleged drug traffickers today after a year-long bribery probe and ongoing efforts to stamp out police corruption ahead of the World Cup in 2014 and Summer Olympics in 2016.

  • 11/12/2012 | Latin America

    'Lula knew about vote buying scheme,' convicted bagman

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva knew about and used funds from a far-reaching vote-buying scheme to pay for personal expenses, according to testimony by a convicted former consultant to the ruling Workers' Party.

  • 02/08/2012 | Latin America

    Brazil's biggest corruption trial gets under way

    Seven years after a corruption scandal rattled the government of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's Supreme Court begins today a landmark trial that could mar the wildly popular leader's legacy.

  • 21/08/2012 | Latin America

    Former Cuban officials get prison terms for corruption

    Three former vice ministers in Cuba's Basic Industry Ministry and nine nickel industry executives have been sentenced to long prison terms for corruption, Cuban state media said.

  • 09/10/2012 | Latin America

    Brazil's Supreme Court convicts Lula aides of corruption

    Brazil's Supreme Court convicted three top aides of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on charges of diverting public funds to buy political support for his leftist government when it came to power a decade ago.

  • 20/10/2011 | Latin America

    Rousseff: won't prejudge sports minister

    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said she would not prejudge her embattled sports minister and wanted a thorough investigation into corruption allegations against him.

  • 07/11/2011 | Latin America

    Ruling party, opposition urge Peru VP to resign

    Peruvian lawmakers said that Vice-President Omar Chehade should resign as soon as possible over corruption allegations to put an end to the first political scandal of Ollanta Humala's young presidency.

  • 25/03/2012 | Latin America

    Pope condemns corruption, drug trade in Mexico

    Pope Benedict at a huge outdoor Mass on Sunday condemned drug trafficking and corruption in Mexico, urging people to put aside violence and revenge in the country where a murderous war between cartels has led to tens of thousands of deaths.

  • 11/02/2011 | Latin America

    Brazil arrests 35 in swoop on Río police corruption

    At least 35 people, mostly Río de Janeiro police officers, were arrested on suspicion of colluding with drug gangs as the Brazilian city attempts to clean itself up before hosting the 2014 World Cup and the Olympic Games two years later.

  • 15/02/2011 | Latin America

    Río police chief quits amid corruption scandal

    The head of Río de Janeiro's state's civil police quit, becoming the latest victim of a drugs and corruption scandal that has convulsed the police in Brazil's second city.

  • 20/10/2011 | Latin America

    Peru's Humala says backs investigation of VP

    Peru's President Ollanta Humala broke his silence surrounding the first political crisis of his government, saying he backed investigations into alleged corruption by Vice President Omar Chehade.

  • 19/09/2011 | Sports

    Match-fixers are buying clubs, warns FIFA

    Criminal gangs are making long-term investments in match-fixing, purchasing clubs and organising referee training camps as part of their infiltration of soccer, FIFA's security chief told reporters in an interview.

  • 28/11/2011 | Sports

    'Last word' not heard on Qatar 2022 World Cup, Lowy

    The "last word" has not been heard on FIFA's controversial vote to award Qatar the 2022 World Cup, according to Australia's newly re-elected soccer chief Frank Lowy, who suggested the tiny Gulf nation could yet be stripped of hosting rights for the tournament.

  • 01/02/2013 | Sports

    Blatter says worldwide effort needed to battle corruption

    World soccer's governing body cannot battle corruption in the game alone and national associations must also join in, according to FIFA president Sepp Blatter.


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