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World Rugby facing outcry to cut ties with France’s Bernard Laporte

Pressure is mounting on the suspended World Rugby vice-chairman Bernard Laporte to cut all ties with the sport following his conviction for corruption.

The Guardian - UK

Former Venezuelan treasurer convicted in U.S. of money laundering

A former Venezuelan treasurer who also served as an aide to late President Hugo Chavez has been convicted in the United States for money laundering in association with a corruption scheme in the South American nation.

Reuters

African nations tap into oil wealth

The continent's vast oil reserves could spell trouble for the climate — and for Africans

Salon

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Mauritania’s Supreme Court Upholds Decision to Try Ex-President on Corruption Charges

Mauritania’s Supreme Court upheld Tuesday a decision by the Court of Appeal to refer former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and 10 others to the Corruption Court. The decision by the Court’s Criminal Chamber put an end to the various appeals submitted by the defendants' attorneys, DPA reported. The court…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Qatar lobbying: European Parliament scandal shows urgent need for tighter regulations

On 11 December, Eva Kaili, vice-president of the European Parliament, and three others were charged and imprisoned in connection with an investigation into suspected corruption linked to Qatar.

The Conversation

'Magnitsky' dirty Russian money laundering suspect arrested in Spain

A woman has been arrested as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the 219 million euro ($233 million) Magnitsky corruption case in Russia, Spain and the Europol international police body said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Requesting asylum is supposed to be free. But corruption in Tijuana means many have to pay

TIJUANA, Mexico — When a Russian family, threatened because of their opposition to the war in Ukraine, recently arrived in Tijuana, they tried every tactic they'd heard of to reach the United States and request asylum.

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Former WA MP admits giving false evidence

Former West Australian Liberal MP Brian Ellis has pleaded guilty to giving false evidence to the state's corruption watchdog.

AAP

Former Liberal MP Brian Ellis pleads guilty to hindering Corruption and Crime Commission investigation

Another former WA politician pleads guilty to hindering a corruption investigation into his misuse of electoral allowances, which later found he had used taxpayers' money to pay for visits to a Japanese bath house and the strippers.

ABC News

Zelenskiy shuts court, says Ukraine can fight graft, Russia at same time

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed his dissolution on Tuesday of a Kyiv court as evidence Ukraine can fight to end a history of corruption and Russia's invasion at the same time.

Reuters

Ex-Venezuelan treasurer, husband convicted of corruption in first trial of its kind in Florida

MIAMI — A former Venezuelan national treasurer and her husband were found guilty Tuesday of accepting tens of millions of dollars in bribes and moving their tainted money to Miami in the first foreign corruption case of its kind to go to trial in South Florida.

Miami Herald

World Rugby chief Bernard Laporte gets suspended prison sentence on corruption charges

French rugby federation president Bernard Laporte has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined after being found guilty of corruption and having an 'illegal taking of interests'

Daily Mirror

European parliament sacks vice president amid corruption probe

Eva Kaili is one of four charged in the alleged bribery case in which prosecutors pointed fingers at a Gulf nation.

Al Jazeera

South Africa’s Ramaphosa avoids impeachment: A timeline

Parliament has decided not to start impeachment proceedings against the president. But how did Ramaphosa get here?

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French rugby federation president handed two-year suspended term for corruption

A French court on Tuesday sentenced French Rugby Federation (FFR) president Bernard Laporte to a two-year suspended term on corruption charges, less than a year before France hosts the sport's World Cup. His business associate Mohed Altrad was given an 18-month suspended sentence and a €50,000 fine.

Wales Online

Tonight's rugby news as World Rugby call crisis meeting after vice-chair found guilty of bribery and corruption

Here are your rugby evening headlines for Tuesday, 13 December

Reuters

European lawmaker Eva Kaili's stellar rise hit by Qatar probe

Eva Kaili's career charted a meteoric rise from student activism in Greece to the highest echelons of European lawmaking but now faces an equally precipitous fall after her arrest in a corruption probe involving World Cup host Qatar.

Evening Standard

Who is Eva Kaili? MEP at the centre of the corruption scandal shaking up Brussels

European Parliament’s senior leaders have agreed unanimously to strip the Greek of her role as one of the body’s vice-presidents after she was implicated in the scandal

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Spanish Court Acquits Neymar in Fraud Trial

A Spanish court has acquitted soccer star Neymar and his fellow defendants in a fraud and corruption trial related to the Brazilian’s 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona. The plaintiff, Brazilian company DIS, had accused Neymar, his father, and the former presidents of Santos and Barcelona of having intentionally hid…

The Guardian - UK

Greek MEP stripped of EU vice-president role amid Qatar scandal

MEPs vote to remove role from Eva Kaili, one of four charged in corruption and bribery investigation

The Independent UK

Eva Kaili denies receiving cash from Qatar as EU corruption row grows

‘She has nothing to do with financing from Qatar, nothing - explicitly and unequivocally.’

The Independent UK

Spanish court acquits soccer star Neymar in fraud trial

A Spanish court has acquitted soccer star Neymar and his fellow defendants in a fraud and corruption trial related to the Brazilian’s 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona

The Independent UK

EU reels as scandal tarnishes parliament's credibility

The European Union's parliament is reeling and its credibility is at stake as a corruption and bribery scandal has toppled a senior member

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu Inches Closer to Power with New Parliament Speaker

Israel's parliament on Tuesday elected a new speaker closely allied to the country's likely next prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, setting the stage for a flurry of contentious new legislation to appease the former leader's expected coalition partners. Lawmaker Yariv Levin's election as speaker comes as Netanyahu continues negotiations to forge…

Reuters

Mongolia to take mining firm public after protests over graft

Mongolia will push ahead with plans to list a state mining firm embroiled in a corruption scandal that has sparked protests in the capital Ulaanbaatar, with new ownership likely to help drive out graft, the country's justice minister told Reuters.

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