Tag: corruption
Petition for oligarchs drives wedge between anti-Putin forces
Download Here Berlin Liar, coward, traitor. A storm of indignation has recently descended on Leonid Volkov, one of the closest confidants of the imprisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny. Not only…
An indictment of the rule of law
Download Here Hanno Berger The tax attorney was sentenced to just eight years in prison instead of the maximum sentence of 15 years – because the state is too slow.…
JPMorgan files lawsuit against former top executive Jes Staley
Download Here Jes Staley New allegations against the bank’s former manager have surfaced in the wake of the lawsuits against JPMorgan. (Photo: Bloomberg) Denver The US bank JP Morgan Chase…
JPMorgan files lawsuit against former top executive Jes Staley
Download Here Jes Staley New allegations against the bank’s former manager have surfaced in the wake of the lawsuits against JPMorgan. (Photo: Bloomberg) Denver The US bank JPMorgan Chase has…
Real estate: raid on the Vonovia housing group
Download Here Vonovia headquarters in Bochum The real estate group is also being criticized for its decision to put all new construction projects on hold for this year. (Photo: imago…
Vonovia: raid on the Dax 40 group
Vonovia headquarters in Bochum The real estate group is also being criticized for its decision to put all new construction projects on hold for this year. (Photo: imago images/Ina Fassbender)…
EU director-general apparently accepted nine free flights to Qatar
Download Here Qatar Airways plane at Vienna Airport EU officials can be invited by third parties as long as there is no conflict of interest, a spokesman said. (Photo: Imago)…
Finance Minister Heiko Geue under pressure over burned tax documents
Download Here Heiko Geue (SPD) The Finance Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will answer questions from the press on Tuesday. (Photo: IMAGO/BildFunkMV) Berlin, Brussels In the affair surrounding the burned tax…
Prosecutors fail because of the country’s elite
Download Here Vienna “Please think Austrian!” A corruption prosecutor recently demanded of the jury in the Vienna Criminal Court. What the lawyer meant by that is not flattering for the…
How Peter Obi stirred up Nigerian politics
Download Here Peter Obi The Labor Party candidate. (Photo: AP) Cape Town On no other continent are the heads of state as old on average as in Africa – and…
Minister was informed about file burning
Download Here Jacqueline Bernhardt The Justice Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania saw no reason to inform the public about the burning of the tax documents. (Photo: imago images/BildFunkMV) Schwerin, Berlin The…
Nigeria faces a difficult choice
Download Here Cape Town Long queues and queues of cars are routine in Nigeria. But before the parliamentary and presidential elections on Saturday, the West African oil state is not…
Ex-Siemens boss to become supervisory board member at Caixabank in Spain
Download Here Peter Loescher The ex-Siemens boss will soon start at Caixabank. (Photo: imago/photothek) Madrid The former CEO of Siemens, Peter Loescher, is to become a member of the supervisory…
Ex-Siemens boss to become supervisory board member at Caixabank in Spain
Download Here Peter Loescher The ex-Siemens boss will soon start at Caixabank. (Photo: imago/photothek) Madrid The former CEO of Siemens, Peter Loescher, is to become a member of the supervisory…
What happened to the Ukrainian oligarchs?
Ihor Kolomoiskyi Before the start of the war, Kolomojskyj was considered one of the most powerful super-rich. (Photo: Reuters) Download Here Berlin The longer the war lasts, the more Ukraine’s…
These are Putin’s closest confidants
Download Here Riga Vladimir Putin, the warlord who has lost all good spirits – this picture is painted in public again and again. But is Putin really the man who…
KPMG Law separates from suspicious partner after raid
Download Here Frankfurt skyline Apparently, KPMG Law was late in recognizing that one of its partners was no longer tenable. (Photo: Reuters) Cologne It’s over again after less than six…
Two MEPs arrested in EU corruption scandal
Download Here Brussels/Naples The two MEPs Marc Tarabella and Andrea Cozzolino have been arrested in the EU corruption scandal. After the Belgian Tarabella was arrested in Brussels on Friday afternoon…
The resurgence of the right-wing populist FPÖ
Download Here Vienna Vienna would still be Vienna if there were fewer migrants in the city – with this statement Gottfried Waldhäusl from the right-wing populist FPÖ recently caused a…
Mexican official charged with corruption in US court
Genaro Garcia Luna The former minister was responsible for fighting the cartels for several years. (Photo: Reuters) Download Here Mexico City It’s about bribery in the millions, drugs, enrichment and…