Corruption hunters say Trump's USAID cuts just made organized crime groups “much more dangerous”
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project received significant funding from USAID. Since the cuts, the organization has had to lay off about 40% of its staff. OCCRP's reporting has been involved with some of the biggest international corruption stories in recent memory, including Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers and the Russian Laundromat.
Marine Le Pen is one of 24 people convicted of embezzling EU Parliament funds from the National Rally party. She was banned from running for political office for five years. Transparency advocates say the case highlights issues related to lack of oversight of spending at the EU legislature affecting members across the political spectrum.
Thousands of Oakland docs seized by feds reveal inner workings of ex-Mayor Sheng Thao’s orbit
Thousands of documents seized by feds reveal inner workings of ex-Mayor Sheng Thao’s orbit. Newly released records shed light on events leading to bombshell corruption scandal in Oakland, California. Sheng was ousted as mayor because of alleged corruption.
The report criticizes a delegate responsibility that has been practiced in the RBB for a long time. The responsibility for research and reports is not due to the editor-in-chief. Biesinger's argument is that the reporting was also concluded due to fraudulent intentions and criminal energy of the false protagonist.
Schiff: Dems Holding ‘Shadow Hearings’ to Expose Trump’s ‘Runaway Corruption’
Adam Schiff and Jamie Raskin are teaming up to hold shadow hearings to expose the Trump administration's corruption. They are also bringing in a young attorney who left one of the major law firms. They want to put pressure on Republicans to do something about the runaway corruption of this administration.
Elon Musk is exposing the rampant fraud and inefficiency of the federal government. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is on a patriotic mission to repair the ship of state. It's the greatest robbery — more than $1 trillion of fraud and corruption in world history. Democrats are reacting as though Musk himself is the scoundrel.
The big leaks about ‘offshore’ societies have allowed more than 200 million euros in Spain to be raised
In April 2016, Panama's papers opened an unpublished window to the world of tax evasion in a hundred international media. Nine years later, tax agencies around the world estimate that they have recovered at least 1.2 billion euros in the form of backward taxes and economic sanctions from the leaked information. Many of the requests for information raised to the …
Elon Musk’s social media platform X will be punished for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content and disinformation, according to four people with knowledge of the plans. The penalties are set to include a fine and demands for product changes. They are expected to be announced this summer and will be the first issued under a new law …
NYC mayor officially escapes corruption case after cozying up to Trump
A federal judge permanently dismissed the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday. The embattled mayor had pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud, and two counts of illegally soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national. He was set to go to trial this month, but the judge dismissed the case with …