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Lula conviction divides Brazil

Brazil divided over Lula conviction - supporters say verdict is politically motivated

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Brazil's former president Lula given jail term for corruption

Brazil

Brazil president moves closer to corruption trial

Key lawmaker recommends Brazilian President Michel Temer should stand trial on corruption charges after declaring there is a case to answer

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Brazil's corruption crisis deepens as Temer ally arrested

Brazil police arrest ally of President Temer in corruption probe

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Israel

Israel ex-PM Ehud Olmert freed from prison

World News

Why won’t Brussels release report on EU-wide corruption?

World News

FIFA corruption report: what does it tell us?

The Garcia report uncovers a murky world of expectation and entitlement.

Brazil

Brazil's president charged with bribery

Brazil's top federal prosecutor has charged President Michel Temer with taking multimillion-dollar bribes.

Romania

Romania picks a new Prime Minister

Romania chooses ex-Economy Minister to lead the country hoping to pull it out of its ongoing political crisis

Brazil

Brazil: Ex-finance minister jailed for 12 years

Former Brazilian finance minister, Antonio Palocci and one-time right-hand-man of Presidents Lula and Rousseff is jailed for 12 years in 'Operation Car Wash'

France

African VP on trial in Paris for embezzling millions to fund extravagant lifestyle

Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodorin Obiang stands trial on charges of money-laundering and embezzlement of over €100 million of public funds

Korea

Jail for close confidante of ex-South Korean president

Choi was at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country's business and political elite

Russia

The rally that wasn’t - how Russian police stopped Navalny protest

Russia

Kremlin critic Navalny jailed, hundreds arrested at anti-Putin protests

Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 30 days in prison after a day of protests against President Vladimir Putin that saw hundreds of people arrested.

Malta

Joseph Muscat to be sworn in as Maltese Prime Minister

Corruption allegations concerning his wife and some political allies saw the incumbent prime minister call the snap vote just over a month ago.

Israel

American casino owner loads the dice against Netanyahu in testimony in corruption case

Major Republican, Trump and Netanyahu supporter Sheldon Adelson gives testimony in Israel in the hearings into corruption allegations against Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Violent protests sweep Brazil

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Brazil's Temer accused of corruption and obstruction of justice

Brazil’s president Michel Temer is being accused of corruption and the obstruction of justice by the country’s top prosecutor.

Brazil

'I won't resign' - Brazil's president vows to fight hush money claims

Brazilian President Michel Temer says he will fight allegations that he endorsed the paying of hush money to an ex-lawmaker jailed for corruption.

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Brazil's Temer denies approving hush money in corruption case

A newspaper has reported claims the president was recorded giving his blessing to an attempt to pay a potential witness in a corruption case to keep quiet.