Former Regional Land Official Charged With Corruption in NW China
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Former regional land official charged with corruption in NW China  YINCHUAN, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- A former senior regional land official  in northwest China has been officially charged with taking millions of yuan in bribes and holding a large amount of suspect property.
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BEIJING, Feb. 9 -- A senior editor at a Chinese newspaper has been released from prison after serving four years on corruption charges that journalists said were trumped up by local officials to retaliate for aggressive reporting.
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At least one U.S. official has been indicted on espionage-related charges involving efforts to provide secret military technology to China, officials close to the case said.
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A Chinese civil rights activist who chronicled the plight of other dissidents before being taken from his home in December has been officially arrested and charged with subversion, his lawyer said Friday.
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The former county treasurer in this Lake Huron vacation community was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on charges that he looted $186,500 in public funds for a Nigerian investment scam.
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Thai prosecutors file corruption charges against ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra over a land deal.
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The mayor of the Russian Far East's largest city was ordered arrested Wednesday amid a criminal investigation into suspect land deals and embezzlement in the latest bout of corruption to hit the long-troubled port.
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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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A U.S. man faces federal corruption  and money-laundering charges for allegedly arranging $6 million  in bribes to Nigerian officials to win a contract for a  natural-gas pipeline.
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A former State Department diplomat  has been charged with concealing a trip to Taiwan a year ago  when he met with a Taiwanese intelligence officer, according to  court documents and law enforcement officials.
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About 4,000 corrupt Chinese officials  have fled abroad in the past two decades, taking with them  ill-gotten funds totaling more than $600 million.
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China sentenced a former senior   provincial official to 11 years in jail for taking bribes,   state media reported on Tuesday, adding to the toll of cadres   punished in the Communist Party's anti-corruption drive.
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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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A county official pleaded to guilty to bribery Monday in a public corruption investigation that has also led to the arrests of several state lawmakers.
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A former county treasurer was ordered to prison Tuesday for up to 14 years after stealing county funds and losing them in phony Nigerian investments.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - The trial of an Alaska politician accused of taking bribes from the oil industry has offered a glimpse into more widespread corruption in the state's government.
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China executed a former drug and food safety chief on Tuesday for corruption in an unusually swift sentence which will serve as a warning amid a series of health scandals that have stained the "made in China" brand.