Corruption report indicts Jamaica
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The perception that Jamaica is corrupt has worsened in the past year, pushing its ranking on Transparency International&#39;s Corruption Perception index to 74 out of 146 countries, down 17 places from its 2003 position.
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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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The bookkeeper for rap label Murder Inc. was indicted on money laundering charges by federal prosecutors who are probing ties between drug dealers and the recording home of such platinum-selling acts as Ja Rule and Ashanti.
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Security forces arrested former  Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for corruption on  Monday, a signal of the interim government&#39;s determination to  root out graft under the emergency rule imposed eight months  ago.
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South Africa's prosecuting authority will charge Jackie Selebi, national police chief and head of Interpol, with corruption, a spokesman said on Friday.
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U.S. Democratic Rep. William Jefferson could be indicted as early as Monday on corruption charges in an investigation that included an unprecedented search of his congressional office last year, two law enforcement officials said.
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Eleven public official were arrested in New Jersey as part of a corruption investigation, the U.S. Attorney General's office announced Thursday.
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South Africa's top prosecutor said Thursday he has enough evidence to charge Jacob Zuma, the newly-elected leader of the African National Conference, with corruption, following years of allegations.
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Louisiana congressman William Jefferson received more than $500,000 in bribes and sought millions more in nearly a dozen separate schemes to enrich himself by using his office to broker business deals in Africa, according to a federal indictment Monday.
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A booming illegal gun trade in Haiti has increased the number of high-powered weapons on Jamaica's streets, contributing to the island's spiraling homicide rate, the national security minister said.
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Nepal's government pledges to tackle corruption as it emerges that five ex-prime ministers are under house arrest.
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Lords Stevens' preliminary results looking into alleged corruption in football are published.
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Hurricane Ivan has roared into Jamaica with drenching rains and deadly winds and sporadic shooting erupted in the near-deserted streets of the capital as looters
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A look at the charges outlined Thursday in an indictment against former Gov. John G. Rowland&#39;s co-chief of staff, Peter N. Ellef; contractor William A. Tomasso; Ellef&#39;s son, Peter N
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan 9  - The law enforcement official leading the investigation into corruption allegations against South Africa's police chief has been arrested on graft charges, a police official said on Wednesday.
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Hurricane Ivan, one of the most powerful storms to batter the Caribbean, killed at least 16 people in Jamaica, where it wrecked houses and washed away roads on
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A federal grand jury in Baltimore has indicted 39 people in an international money laundering scheme using an informal currency transfer system known as hawala, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.