Corruption

A man in Brazil, once considered a free society, was sentenced to over a year in prison this year for calling a judge fat.

Ukrainian recruiters are reportedly roaming the streets of the country in a desperate effort to bolster the ranks of the military as the war with Russia continues to sap the native population.

Former defense minister Ishiba Shigeru won his bid for leadership of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday, all but guaranteeing he will become the next prime minister.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, indicted on federal corruption charges, claims he is a Department of Justice (DOJ) “target” because he has spoken publicly about illegal immigration. Several other Democrats, though, have done the same and have not been indicted by the DOJ on federal charges.

A former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) and her husband were arrested Tuesday, according to a law enforcement official.

Two family members of Honduras’ Socialist far-left radical President Xiomara Castro resigned from their government positions over the weekend amid an ongoing probe of alleged ties with drug traffickers against lawmaker Carlos Zelaya, President Castro’s brother-in-law.

Bank of China (BOC) Vice-Chairman and President Liu Jin resigned without warning on Sunday, only five months after he was reappointed.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced on Wednesday he will step down in September rather than seek reelection.

Ugandan police arrested at least 42 young protesters and charged them with disorderly conduct on Tuesday after they gathered outside the parliament building in Kampala to demonstrate against government corruption.

Kamala Harris, endorsed by Joe Biden as his replacement in the 2024 presidential race, has a history as a prosecutor that shows “collective favoritism to criminal networks and organizations linked to her political allies,” Peter Schweizer said on Breitbart News Daily.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was found guilty on all counts on Tuesday in his federal corruption trial.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil threatened to damage the longstanding friendly ties between his country and neighboring Argentina in an interview on Wednesday, demanding an apology from Argentina President Javier Milei for the latter’s criticism of his corruption and socialist policies.

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who was once one of the most powerful officials in the city, was handed a two-year prison sentence Monday.

A mayor in Florida shocked residents by resigning after issuing a letter to his neighbors about “corruptive behavior” among local leaders.

George Norcross, a businessman and fixture in New Jersey politics known for decades as one of the state’s most powerful unelected Democrats, was indicted on Monday on charges of racketeering and other crimes related to his real estate ventures.

The Islamabad High Court on Monday acquitted former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan of charges that he leaked state secrets.

The home of a New Jersey Democrat, who has been accused of accepting bribes and using his power as an elected official to benefit the Egyptian government, was searched and discovered to be holding more than $600,000 in cash and gold bars.

A Democrat congressman accused of bribery spent roughly half of the money for his 2024 campaign on legal services, according to data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has refused to step down amid allegations of corruption against his wife.

Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro accused former Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami of conspiring with America to steal oil profits.

Ukraine’s farm minister was ordered into detention Saturday as he faces organized crime charges, the latest high-profile corruption investigation among dozens now flooding the country’s court system.

Haitian civil society groups argue that France should pay at least $150 billion in reparations to Haiti for slavery and its aftermath.

Voting begins on Friday in India’s massive election for the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the national Parliament.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City rushed on Thursday to sentence real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, one of the richest women in the world, to death for her part in a $12.5 billion fraud case.

South Africa’s top election court on Tuesday overturned an election commission ban on former President Jacob Zuma, clearing the way for Zuma to run in the May 29 election despite having been jailed in 2021 for refusing to testify in a corruption probe.

Tareck El Aissami, former Venezuelan oil minister, has resurfaced in handcuffs, charged with treason, money laundering, and corruption.

Exit polls in South Korea’s midterm elections on Wednesday predicted a landslide win for the left-wing Democratic Party (DP) and its “sister party,” the Democratic United Party (DUP).

Conservatives in South Korea urged voters to help them stop an “immoral and shameless” left from taking a majority in the National Assembly on Tuesday, the eve of midterm elections preceded by a chaotic campaign season featuring stabbings, corruption allegations, and alleged North Korean interference.

Senegal’s outspoken and combative opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was disqualified from running for president in the March 24 presidential election, but he had the last laugh on Thursday when his former lieutenant Bassirou Diomaye Faye appointed him as prime minister. Faye ran in Sonko’s place and won a resounding victory with over 54 percent of the vote.

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong was abruptly removed from office on Thursday for allegedly violating the rules of the Communist Party.

The Ukrainian government is reportedly considering an end to its “International Sponsors of War” blacklist, which lists major companies that are passively funding the Russian invasion by continuing to do business in Russia, because China and France strongly object to the naming and shaming of their corporations.

The Brazilian newspaper O Globo revealed on Wednesday that prosecutors in the country are pursuing charges of money laundering and fraud against 25-year-old Jair Renan Bolsonaro, the youngest son of the nation’s eponymous ex-president.

At least two U.S. federal agents working with a group of informants and straw men in Mexico were allegedly able to set up a sophisticated money laundering operation based out of Mexico City’s airport. The operation reportedly ran during the Obama-Biden administration between 2010 and 2019. The two agents apparently have not faced any prosecution and are reportedly still employed by the U.S. government.

Prosecutors charged Argentina’s socialist former President Alberto Fernández on Thursday with embezzlement of funds as part of an investigation into irregularities in insurance contracting allegedly committed during his administration, which ended in December.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, already jailed on corruption and national security charges, was indicted on Tuesday on charges that he and his wife Bushra Bibi accepted parcels of land as bribes when Khan was in office.

Prosecutor Mario Villar is requesting an increase to the six-year prison sentence for former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.