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Former IMF head sentenced for credit card fraud

Rodrigo Rato has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for misusing company credit cards at a Spanish bank he chaired for two years before its state bailout in 2012.

Spain

Spain's Urdangarin escapes jail pending appeal

A Spanish court has decided not to send the King of Spain's brother-in-law to prison while he awaits the outcome of an appeal against a six-year-sentence for charges including tax fraud and money laun

Russia

Jailed Kremlin critic Ildar Dadin's jail term quashed

Russia’s supreme court has overturned the conviction of jailed opposition activist Ildar Dadin and ordered his release.

China

Former Hong Kong leader sentenced to 20 months imprisonment for misconduct

Donald Tsang, the most senior official in the territory even to stand trial for corruption, was found guilty of having failed to declare a conflict of interest.

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South Korea

Samsung chief Lee is questioned in S. Korea corruption probe

Handcuffed and tied with rope, he arrived for questioning on Saturday after a night in a tiny cell, his bed a mattress on the floor.

Panama

Panama's former dictator Manuel Noriega moved for brain surgery

Panama’s former dictator Manuel Noriega has been freed from jail for three months ahead of planned brain surgery.

World News

Brazil jail riot sees hundreds of inmates escape

At least 150 inmates escaped from a prison in Brazil on Tuesday after a mass a riot broke out.

Mexico

Notorious drug lord 'El Chapo' extradited to US, Mexico's Foreign Ministry

The infamous boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel is wanted on charges of conspiring to import cocaine to the US.

Brazil

Brazil's brutal prison violence prompts government action

Brazil's prison violence prompts government action

Turkey

Turkish prosecutors demand 142 year jail term for Kurdish leader

Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas faces 142 years in jail

USA

Watch: Prisoners 'stabbed' as violence erupts at US jail

This is the brawl at a US jail that left five prisoners injured, some with stab wounds.

Brazil

At least 31 killed in Brazilian prison 'drug gang revenge attack'

At least 31 inmates are killed in a Brazilian prison in what is believed to be a drug gang revenge attack.

Business Series

South Korean Volkswagen executive jailed over emissions-test cheating scandal

A South Korean court has jailed a local Volkswagen executive for 18 months for falsifying documents to get import certificates for vehicles.

Brazil

Mass escape after prison riot in Brazil claims 56 lives

Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison.

Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition activists freed, but '100 remain imprisoned'

After being held for more than a year on corruption charges, Venezuelan former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales has been released from house arrest.

Iran

#SaveArash: Hunger strike by Iran activist tops Twitter trending

A jailed Iranian activist on hunger strike in protest at the detention of his writer wife has taken social media by storm.

Israel

Disgraced ex-Israeli president to be freed from jail

The disgraced former Israeli president, Moshe Katsav is to be freed on parole after serving five years of a seven year jail term for rape.

United Kingdom

Riot officers regain control of British jail

Police have regained control of one of Britain’s biggest jails hours after a huge riot broke out.

France

French ex-budget minister Cahuzac is jailed for tax fraud

Former French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, who led a government crackdown on tax dodgers, was sentenced to three years in jail in Paris on Thursday – for hiding an offshore bank account of his…

Austria

Austria's asylum seeker crackdown plan 'part of bid to deter migrants'

Austria's government has agreed on a draft law that will fine or jail asylum seekers who lie about their identities to authorities