Corruption

From a shy school dropout to one of India's richest and most influential people, Gautam Adani has now been accused of bribery by US prosecutors.

Brazil's federal police have formally accused former president Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others of being involved in a coup attempt after he lost the 2022 presidential elections.

In a landmark Hong Kong national security case, 45 pro-democracy activists, academics and former politicians have been sentenced to jail for up to 10 years.

A former Victoria Police officer is jailed for three years after faking DNA and handwriting test results while working in the drug squad.

The ruling could unseat South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung and deny him a shot at running for president in the next election.

WA Labor pressured taxpayer-funded electorate officers to campaign for its MPs in a way that risked fair elections, was fundamentally "undemocratic" and also risked serious misconduct, the state's corruption watchdog finds.

The process of replacing the prime minister is likely to add even more turmoil to a rocky democratic transition process in the Caribbean nation. 

Malaysian military contractor Leonard Francis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for bribing US naval officers with decadent gifts and services.

The former Malaysian leader faces 20 years in prison and a fine five times the amount allegedly involved in the offences linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund if found guilty.

Investigators allege more than $6.8 billion was stolen from the fund and laundered by Najib Razak's associates to finance Hollywood films and extravagant purchases. 

A former defence official who allegedly handed confidential information to a weapons maker is still working for the French-owned business despite being at the centre of a formal referral to the corruption watchdog.

A 75 per cent approval rating is unimaginable to incumbent leaders in most other democracies around the world.

IBAC investigators say a former mayor of Moonee Valley City Council repeatedly accepted drugs in exchange for progressing property applications.

Dramatic developments at Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption reveal broader teething problems with the country's transition from dictatorship to democracy.

WA's controversial globetrotting Ombudsman says he will resign in the wake of a damning Corruption and Crime Commission report released today that found he had created a sham process to allow him to bypass the premier's approval for his lavish international travel that cost taxpayers more than $200,000 in a single year.

Rosanna Natoli says she's been cleared of any wrongdoing. A top integrity advocate has criticised the state's electoral commission for remaining silent about the complaint.

Singapore's former transport minister has been sentenced to 12 months jail over accepting gifts including F1 tickets, English Premier League tickets, and a private jet ride.

A failure to report an approach to fix international matches has landed Sri Lankan spinner Praveen Jayawickrama in big trouble with the ICC.

Award-winning Cambodian investigative reporter Mech Dara is arrested in what's been described as a "retaliatory move" from the country's authoritarian rulers.

The mayor's plea came a day after prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of taking $US100,000 in flights and stays in opulent hotel suites from people tied to Türkiye.