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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An indictment charging Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., in a long-running bribery investigation is being announced Monday, federal officials said.
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Jamaica's People's National Party goes after a record fifth straight five-year term on Monday, under pressure to solve the Caribbean island's chronic problems of crime, unemployment and low economic growth.
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An operation between Britain and Jamaica helps cut the amount of cocaine smuggled into the Caribbean from Colombia by 80%, the Foreign Office says.
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Drenching rains and high winds lashed Jamaica on Friday as Hurricane Ivan roared closer, after ravaging Grenada and killing 27 people on a track that could make
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DHAKA, Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Former prime minister Khaleda Zia was arrested Monday on fraud charges, as part of what the military-backed caretaker government here calls a war on corruption, police officials said.
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Sport: Jamaican police are this afternoon expected to confirm reports that Bob Woolmer was not murdered.
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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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Nigeria's anti-graft agency Friday filed 26 additional money laundering charges against James Ibori, a lawyer told AFP.
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A Jamaican judge issued an arrest warrant for reggae musician Beenie Man after he failed to turn up in court to answer tax evasion charges on Tuesday.
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Five people have been arrested in connection with the murder last week of reggae star Lucky Dube, South African police said on Monday.
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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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Jamaica&#39;s government on Tuesday announced a US$5 million (Jamaican $308 million) plan to provide free Internet access in poor communities across the island.
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According to a report by the US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Infobank of Belarus has been involved in money laundering using Cayman companies.
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The selling of the Liberian Embassy Properties in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as the premises in Lagos, Nigeria is part of the ongoing unbridled corruption that is so ...
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Prosecutors launched a criminal investigation and raided UFJ Holdings Inc.&#39;s banking unit Friday following allegations that the bank illegally obstructed recent government inspections by reporting misleading information about its
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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