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Factbox-France's Sarkozy faces more than one legal battle

French former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday, a decision his legal team said he would challenge.

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy loses corruption appeal

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a conviction for corruption and influence peddling.

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Former French President Sarkozy loses appeal on corruption conviction; prison sentence upheld

A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a one-year prison sentence for former President Nicolas Sarkozy on a conviction for corruption and influence peddling

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Indonesia communications minister arrested for graft

Indonesian authorities on Wednesday arrested a senior cabinet minister on corruption charges in a case they said caused more than half a billion dollars in state losses.

Reuters

'Losing our best': activists killed in war seen as blow to Ukraine's future

Investigative journalist Oleksandr Tsakhniv spent much of his professional life trying to uncover corruption in Ukraine's eastern hinterlands where he lived and worked.

Reuters

French court upholds three-year sentence for ex-president Sarkozy in wiretapping case

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his case on Wednesday against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals. The court upheld a sentence of three years with two years suspended; he will wear an electronic bracelet for the remaining year instead of going…

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Argentina's Kirchner says she won't run for president, slams IMF

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said on Tuesday she will not run for president in the elections scheduled for October, claiming that the country's judicial system would disqualify her after her high-profile corruption case.

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France's Sarkozy loses corruption appeal, to challenge at highest court

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday, prompting his legal team to promise a challenge at France's highest court.

Reuters

Italian court agrees to extradite EU lawmaker to Belgium

An Italian court on Tuesday agreed to extradite to Belgium an EU lawmaker under investigation in a cash-for-influence corruption scandal at the European Parliament, one of his lawyers said.

Reuters

Imran Khan granted bail in more cases relating to corruption charges

Former Pakistan prime minister says there are plans to rearrest him and reiterates call to followers to hold peaceful protests

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine Supreme Court chief detained in $2.7m graft probe

Ukraine, while at war with Russia, reels from ‘biggest-ever case’ implicating the judiciary.

Al Jazeera

Factbox-Wife of Pakistan's Khan, charged with graft, is known for spirituality

Bushra Khan, the wife of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is facing corruption charges in the same case that led to his arrest on May 9. On Monday, he accompanied her to a court that granted her protective bail.

Reuters

Lebanese Central Bank governor no-show in Paris corruption probe

Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor has failed to appear before French prosecutors in Paris, questioning him in the ongoing European money-laundering and illicit enrichment probe

The Independent UK

Inside Venezuela’s oil corruption scandal

Dozens of business figures and politicians have been arrested so far this year in a £17bn corruption scandal that has rocked Venezuela and its state-run oil company.

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The Hindu

Will meet CEOs of world’s leading companies next week: PM Modi

PM Modi asserted on May 16, 2023 that changes brought in by his government in the recruitment system have ended the possibility of corruption and nepotism as he gave away appointment letters to over 71,000 people

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Ukraine authorities expose piles of cash in Supreme Court corruption probe

Ukrainian anti-graft authorities said on Monday they were investigating large-scale corruption in the country's Supreme Court system and shared a photograph of piles of dollars neatly lined up on a sofa.

The Independent UK

US seeks dismissal of corruption charges against Florida 2018 Democratic governor nominee Gillum

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss remaining corruption charges against Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor in 2018

The Hindu

Public accepted issues raised during 'Jan Sangharsh Yatra': Sachin Pilot

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday said the public has accepted the issues on which he started his “Jan Sangharsh Yatra” -- corruption and government recruitment exam paper leaks.

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2023 Karnataka Assembly elections | Issue of corruption resonated with voters ahead of election day

Many commentators and observers of Karnataka politics have pointed out that corruption became a crucial issue for the voters in the Assembly election.

The Hindu

BJP will win more than 350 seats in 2024 elections : Javadekar

Inaugurating party’s Kollam Parliament constituency leadership meeting, he added that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is accused in SNC-Lavalin corruption case, would have to face imprisonment in the future

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"CM Ashok Gehlot and I will have to fight unitedly against corruption, but...": Pilot in Rajasthan

Congress leader Sachin Pilot, who is undertaking a five-day 'Jan Sangharsh Yatra' in Rajasthan, on Sunday said that he is receiving the support of the people as the issues raised are "essential". Read further on Dynamite News:

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Two policemen caught red-handed for taking bribe in Haryana's Panchkula

Two policemen were arrested red-handed by an Anti-corruption Branch team for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 in a bike robbery case in Haryana's Panchkula. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Conversation

Fear and loathing in South Africa: book examines how anxiety plays out in everyday life

Social scientists have shown how freedom in South Africa has lost its meaning for many in the country. Despondency about democracy is on the rise as the promise of prosperity under a caring government continues to ring hollow for many, thanks to poor governance, corruption and incompetence. Nicky Falkof is…

The Hindu

Karnataka results set to shift focus of Pilot’s yatra to Rajasthan’s electoral battle

“The people in Karnataka were fed up with unlimited and unbridled corruption of the BJP government,” he said.

The Hindu

Stalin congratulates Congress on its victory in Karnataka Assembly election

Congratulating the Congress for its ‘spectacular’ victory, he said the unjustifiable disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as Member of Parliament, misusing investigative agencies against political opponents, imposition of Hindi, and rampant corruption have echoed in the minds of the people of Karnataka

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