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The governor of the oil city of Basra has stepped down and gone to Iran after Iraq’s anti-corruption body began investigating graft allegations against him, people close to him and officials said on Tuesday.Iraq’s Integrity Commission on…

The Former Communist Party boss of the northeastern province of Liaoning was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday after he was found guilty of corruption, state media said.The court in Henan province found Wang Min guilty of bribery…

The police on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for former President Joyce Banda over alleged abuse of office and money laundering offences over a two-year period when she was in office.Banda’s spokesman denied any wrongdoing.National…

The Malawian Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested former Agriculture Minister, George Chaponda, who was under investigation for corruption.The ACB accused Chaponda of alleged dubious procurement of maize from the…

Former Austrian Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser will be tried in a graft case related to the sale of government-owned real estate, Vienna’s Higher Regional Court said on Thursday.Grasser, a former member of the far-right Freedom…

A Chinese court on Thursday jailed the former Vice Chairman of oil giant PetroChina for 15 years after finding him guilty of corruption, the latest official to be brought down in a sweeping crackdown on graft.Liao Yongyuan stepped down…

Bai Enpei, a 70-year old member of parliament, has been sentenced to death in China for political corruption, with a two year suspension.Enpei was brought before the court for abuse of political office for his personal interest. He was…