Polish former minister arrested
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Polish police arrest the former interior minister, who had accused the government of illegal phone-tapping.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A former advertising executive was arrested by the RCMP on Thursday amid allegations he defrauded the federal government's sponsorship program under a contract with the Montreal Expos.
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A temporary worker at the Cabinet Office has been arrested on suspicion of theft after a Special Branch investigation into media leaks.
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Prosecutors detained on Thursday  Poland&#39;s recently fired interior minister, who has accused  Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski of using secret services to  spy on rival politicians.
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A Polish lawmaker was arrested Sunday on charges of rape and other sexual misconduct, his lawyer said.
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A former Bosnian Serb general who is considered the third most wanted war crimes fugitive in the Balkans was arrested on the Bosnia-Serbia border Thursday, Serbian officials said.
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The scandal-hit former head of the Organisation of American States is arrested in his native Costa Rica.
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A Polish court has released a young Frenchman arrested on terror charges while taking photos of a gas plant.
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A former Mexican policeman accused in the 1975 kidnapping and disappearance of a young revolutionary was arrested on Friday, a second detention in a probe of state atrocities committed three decades ago.
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Bangladesh arrested former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed on extortion charges Monday, setting off an angry showdown with her supporters that saw police open fire with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Prosecutors detained on Thursday Poland's recently fired interior minister, who has accused Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski of using secret services to spy on rival politicians.
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The former head of Chinese oil firm Sinopec, who stepped down unexpectedly in June, has been arrested, officials confirm.
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Another former Bangladeshi lawmaker has been arrested as part of the interim government's massive graft crackdown, bringing the number of political leaders detained to 23, an official said.
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A former treasurer of the Japanese ruling party&#39;s largest faction was arrested yesterday, media reports said, in a widening political donations scandal that forced ex-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to quit as the faction&#39;s head last month.
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The head of the election campaign team for Zimbabwe's main opposition party is arrested by police.
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A former director of the secret police under President Alvaro Uribe was arrested Thursday on charges of collaborating with Colombia's illegal far-right militias, his lawyer said.
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A former MP and democracy campaigner Riad Seif is arrested in Syria, local human rights groups say.