Brazil uncovers corrupt officials
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Federal prosecutors in Brazil say they have identified 137 politicians and more than 400 officials involved in a corruption scandal.
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Brazil says it will investigate claims that loggers are exploiting its policy of settling the poor in the Amazon.
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Despite a corruption scandal in his party, Brazilians are set to reelect President Luiz Ign&#225;cio Lula da Silva on Oct. 1.
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A special Thai commission starts looking at claims of corruption under ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilians lined up to vote on Sunday amid signs that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, though still the champion of the poor and workers, may have squandered his chances of a first-round victory because of scandals over sleazy politics.
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Brazil's President Lula sacks his re-election campaign manager amid ongoing allegations of dirty tricks.
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A top Brazilian police official is suspended over alleged links to militias formed from renegade security forces.
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High-ranking Brazilian officials are to be in London to hear the findings of a British inquiry into the 2005 shooting death of a Brazilian electrician by London police.
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The World Bank and the United Nations are creating a system to help track assets stolen by corrupt leaders.
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Federal agents investigating corruption in former Gov. John G. Rowland's administration have begun scrutinizing a private detective working for the contractor at the center of the probe, The Associated Press has learned.
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Brazil is the global capital for computer hacking and internet fraud, say experts at a conference in Brasilia.
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Federal prosecutors have launched a far-reaching investigation into potential public corruption in Loudoun County, where officials have overseen billions of dollars' worth of development projects in one of the nation's fastest-growing areas.
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Federal police formally charged a former Sao Paulo mayor with money laundering, embezzlement and other crimes they allege he committed while in office, officials said Wednesday.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - A Brazilian congressional  probe accused 91 people, including a former central bank chief  and an ex-mayor of Sao Paulo, on Tuesday of involvement in  suspected laundering of money from drug trafficking, smuggling  and other crimes.
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English soccer officials open an investigationÃÂ into a television report that a Premier League manager and others took bribes from soccer agents.
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By Terry Wade SAO PAULO, Brazil  - A plane full of seizeddocuments flew to federal police headquarters in Brasilia onThursday, a day after agents raided the Brazilian offices ofU.S. risk consultancy firm Kroll Inc. and arrested executivesin a corporate espionage scandal.
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An inquiry into corruption that led to the sacking of a top official may implicate others, Chinese officials say.