Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given the task of forming a government from the country’s splintered parliament for the fourth time in two years. Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin handed Netanyahu the task on Tuesday, giving the embattled leader a chance to prolong he lengthy term in office while on trial for corruption. In … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court today at his corruption trial to hear prosecutors make their allegations against him. Prosecutors say Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister used his political influence as ‘currency’ to buy favours from media executives and wealthy businessmen. The evidentiary phase of the trial was beginning as Israel’s political parties were … Read more
The former Crown Prince of Jordan was today put ‘under house arrest’ with his ‘internet and phone lines cut’, he claimed in a video. Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, was arrested and accused of planning a coup as 19 other officials were rounded up by security services on Saturday. … Read more
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy today vowed to ‘go all the way’ to clear his name, two days after being handed a three-year prison sentence for corruption. A Paris court ruled that Sarkozy had formed a ‘corruption pact’ with his lawyer Thierry Herzog to convince a judge to obtain and share information about an inquiry … Read more
They call him ‘Le President Bling-Bling’ thanks to the Rolex watches, Ray-Ban sunglasses and gold medallions that he’d ostentatiously sport while promenading first lady Carla Bruni around the world’s luxury hotspots. And last night Nicolas Sarkozy was awaiting an unwelcome addition to that famous jewellery collection. The 66-year-old former French premier is poised to have … Read more
Carla Bruni, wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy who has been found guilty of corruption, has said ‘the fight continues’ in an Instagram post following her husband’s guilty verdict. Sarkozy was today handed a three-year prison sentence, with two years suspended and the option of being detained at home with an electronic bracelet for … Read more
Death in Paradise: Ex-Prime Minister of Turks and Caicos Islands is on brink of walking free as six-year £75million corruption trial is halted after judge, 84, dies Michael Misick resigned as premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2009 UK Government probe found ‘high probability’ of corruption and dishonesty Misick, 55, accused Britain of … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday to corruption charges at the resumption of his trial some six weeks before Israeli voters again pass judgment on his leadership. ‘I confirm the written answer submitted in my name,’ Netanyahu said, standing before a three-judge panel in a heavily-guarded Jerusalem District Court. He was … Read more
Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz is found guilty of corruption in Switzerland, sentenced to five years in jail and fined $56million Beny Steinmetz, a diamond and minerals tycoon, found guilty of corruption 64-year-old was accused of paying $10million in bribes to officials in Guinea In return, his company was granted exploration rites to an area believed … Read more
The Liverpool building firm hired to lead Unite’s £50million Birmingham development is now being probed as part of a police investigation into alleged bribery and corruption in Liverpool. Unite hired the Flanagan Group to head the construction of its multi-million pound Birmingham complex with work beginning in 2015. In 2019, the building firm’s boss Paul Flanagan was arrested … Read more