https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/ Factual satire on scandals and dodgy dealings around the world en Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:52:10 GMT https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ukraine-procureur-general-kravchenko-demission-nabu-centres-appels-frauduleux.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ukraine-procureur-general-kravchenko-demission-nabu-centres-appels-frauduleux.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMT Ukraine's prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko resigned on 7 September after NABU and SAPO's operation “Carthage”, which targets an alleged criminal organisation inside his office suspected of protecting fraudulent call centres in exchange for bribes. Dismissed by the Rada on 15 September, he denies any involvement. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pays-bas-eppo-escape-room-courtier-tva-electronique-arrete-rotterdam.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pays-bas-eppo-escape-room-courtier-tva-electronique-arrete-rotterdam.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT On 22 September the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) announced the arrest in the Netherlands of a further suspect in the “Escape Room” investigation, a carousel VAT fraud involving electronics across six EU countries. He allegedly acted as an intermediary to obtain undue refunds, with estimated damage of €4 million; €3.5 million has been seized. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-haute-goulaine-chambre-regionale-comptes-dgs-condamne-logements-sociaux-marches.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-haute-goulaine-chambre-regionale-comptes-dgs-condamne-logements-sociaux-marches.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT The Pays de la Loire regional chamber of accounts has delivered a damning review of Haute-Goulaine's management since 2019: a skewed bid analysis, €48,000 of penalties never claimed, social-housing obligations cut by 44% in a commune in default under the SRU law, and a twice-convicted chief executive kept in post. Management findings, not convictions: the councillors are presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-afrique-du-sud-mogalakwena-hawks-arrestation-marche-flotte-45-millions-rands.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-afrique-du-sud-mogalakwena-hawks-arrestation-marche-flotte-45-millions-rands.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT On 16 September, South Africa's Hawks arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of fraud, corruption and money laundering over a fleet management tender at Mogalakwena Local Municipality (Limpopo), with potential losses of R45 million. Released on bail, he is due back in court on 3 November. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-inzinzac-lochrist-crc-bretagne-deficit-forges-conflits-interets.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-inzinzac-lochrist-crc-bretagne-deficit-forges-conflits-interets.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Brittany's regional audit chamber describes a Morbihan commune in “partial cessation of payments”, with a 2024 deficit of nearly €2 million, twice the legal threshold. At the former Forges d'Hennebont ironworks, it flags conflicts of interest and a plot sold “at a derisory price” to a deputy mayor's family. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bulgarie-eppo-couple-bulgare-telephones-neufs-regime-marge-fraude-tva.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bulgarie-eppo-couple-bulgare-telephones-neufs-regime-marge-fraude-tva.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT On 16 September, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) arrested four suspects, three in Bulgaria and one in Germany, in a probe into suspected VAT fraud of over €15.7 million: a Bulgarian couple allegedly applied the margin scheme, reserved for second-hand goods, to brand-new smartphones. €20.5m frozen, €3.3m recovered. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-italie-sommatino-maire-letizia-racket-sagra-appalti-scacco.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-italie-sommatino-maire-letizia-racket-sagra-appalti-scacco.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT On 7 July, operation “Scacco” put Sommatino's outgoing mayor, Salvatore Letizia, and a businessman from Favara under house arrest. Eight people are under investigation over an alleged shakedown of festival stallholders and kickbacks on public works. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guipavas-chambre-regionale-comptes-maire-procedures-moulin-neuf-irregularites.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guipavas-chambre-regionale-comptes-maire-procedures-moulin-neuf-irregularites.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Brittany's regional audit chamber praises Guipavas (Finistère) for sound finances, but flags mayoral decisions taken outside procedure, weak conflict-of-interest prevention, bonuses to revisit, 20% more staff and “numerous irregularities” at the Moulin Neuf sports complex. Management observations, not criminal proceedings. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-equipe-de-france-sanhadji-securite-bleus-mise-en-examen-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-equipe-de-france-sanhadji-securite-bleus-mise-en-examen-corruption.html Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT Mohamed Sanhadji, the France team's logistics and security manager, was placed under formal investigation in mid-September, notably for misuse of public funds, active corruption of a holder of public authority, and active and passive influence-peddling. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-allemagne-eppo-money-cat-fraude-tva-60-millions-montres-arme.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-allemagne-eppo-money-cat-fraude-tva-60-millions-montres-arme.html Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor's Office (Cologne) ran searches and arrests on 16 September in a suspected €60M carousel VAT fraud: two arrests, twenty searches in Germany and Belgium, seizure of cash, luxury watches, bags and… a loaded gun. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-compiegne-marini-maire-prise-illegale-interets-favoritisme-detournement.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-compiegne-marini-maire-prise-illegale-interets-favoritisme-detournement.html Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT Philippe Marini, mayor of Compiègne and former senator for the Oise, is in justice's sights over suspicions of illegal taking of interest, favouritism and misuse of public funds. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-los-angeles-associations-sans-abri-dirigeants-arretes-detournement-fonds-publics.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-los-angeles-associations-sans-abri-dirigeants-arretes-detournement-fonds-publics.html Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMT Two leaders of homeless-aid charities in the Los Angeles area were arrested over the alleged misuse of millions of dollars in public funds meant for housing. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-russie-koursk-ex-gouverneur-arrestation-corruption-fortifications-dents-de-dragon.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-russie-koursk-ex-gouverneur-arrestation-corruption-fortifications-dents-de-dragon.html Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The former governor of Russia's Kursk region was arrested for corruption over border-fortification contracts — the anti-tank 'dragon's teeth'. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pologne-eppo-creches-33-millions-fraude-fonds-europeens.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pologne-eppo-creches-33-millions-fraude-fonds-europeens.html Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor's Office announced on 10 September the sending to trial of two suspects in Poland over an alleged attempt to fraudulently obtain €3.3 million in EU funding meant to create nurseries in the country. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-luxembourg-gazprombank-ex-dirigeants-sanctions-russes-9-millions-parquet.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-luxembourg-gazprombank-ex-dirigeants-sanctions-russes-9-millions-parquet.html Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:30:00 GMT Luxembourg's finance ministry asked the prosecutor to examine allegations against former Gazprombank Luxembourg executives: four former directors allegedly made over €9M in profits through bond operations amid the EU sanctions on Russia. Facts to be established. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tchequie-babis-agrofert-commission-europeenne-suspension-subventions-conflit.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tchequie-babis-agrofert-commission-europeenne-suspension-subventions-conflit.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT On 8 September, the European Commission suspended certain payments linked to the Agrofert group over a potential conflict of interest concerning Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. He says he has given up ownership of the group; the Commission finds the trust set up insufficient to remove the risk. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tracfin-rapport-2025-argent-sale-blanchiment-declarations-soupcon.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tracfin-rapport-2025-argent-sale-blanchiment-declarations-soupcon.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:30:00 GMT On 8 September, TRACFIN published its 2025 activity and impact report. A chance to explain how the state detects suspect money: which professionals report operations, which sectors stand out, and how a suspicious-activity report can end in a judicial probe. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-grenoble-bensaid-groupe-avec-hopital-mutualiste-prise-illegale-interets.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-grenoble-bensaid-groupe-avec-hopital-mutualiste-prise-illegale-interets.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT The trial of Bernard Bensaid, former head of Groupe Avec, was to open on 8 September; it was postponed to 2 February 2027. He is to be tried for illegal taking of interest and misuse of funds in the takeover of the Grenoble mutual hospital group. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pays-basque-eppo-feder-275800-faux-documents-recyclage-dechets.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pays-basque-eppo-feder-275800-faux-documents-recyclage-dechets.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:30:00 GMT On 2 September, the Paris criminal court convicted three French companies and two directors in a fraud over €275,800 in EU funds meant for a waste treatment and recycling centre in the Basque Country. Forged quotes and invoices allegedly made the spending appear eligible. Funds repaid. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-corse-eppo-elevage-bovin-fictif-263000-subventions-europeennes.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-corse-eppo-elevage-bovin-fictif-263000-subventions-europeennes.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor's Office announced on 9 September the conviction of two people and a company for declaring a fictitious cattle farm in Corsica to obtain €263,000 in EU farm subsidies, using false invoices. Repayment, farming ban and ineligibility ordered. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etampes-marlin-subventions-associations-sans-vote-conseil-proces.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etampes-marlin-subventions-associations-sans-vote-conseil-proces.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:30:00 GMT The trial of Franck Marlin, former mayor and former MP of Étampes, opened on 15 September. He must answer for offences tied to public subsidies granted to several associations without a municipal-council vote. Five other defendants are listed. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bayrou-modem-assistants-parlementaires-europeens-proces-appel.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bayrou-modem-assistants-parlementaires-europeens-proces-appel.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT The appeal trial of François Bayrou and ten former MoDem figures opened on 9 September. The charge concerns the alleged use of European parliamentary assistants who actually worked for the party — €293,253 across ten contracts, per Le Monde. Bayrou was acquitted at first instance. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-saint-etienne-perdriau-sextape-argent-public-condamnation-appel.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-saint-etienne-perdriau-sextape-argent-public-condamnation-appel.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:30:00 GMT The Lyon appeal court confirmed on 10 September the guilt of former Saint-Étienne mayor Gaël Perdriau in the sextape-blackmail case targeting his ex-first deputy Gilles Artigues. Per the ruling, €40,000 of municipal subsidies paid the trap's authors. Jailed, ten-year ineligibility. Ruling open to further appeal. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ukraine-nabu-operation-forrest-gump-bureau-zelensky-mudra-stolar.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ukraine-nabu-operation-forrest-gump-bureau-zelensky-mudra-stolar.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT The NABU launched on 19 August an operation targeting an alleged criminal organisation mixing Rada MPs and presidential-office officials: laundering tens of millions of hryvnias via the state-owned Sens Bank. Deputy head of the presidential office Iryna Mudra was held and dismissed the same day; developer-MP Vadym Stolar is also in scope. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-baton-rouge-housing-for-heroes-corruption-municipale-brown.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-baton-rouge-housing-for-heroes-corruption-municipale-brown.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT Louisiana AG Liz Murrill's probe, opened in late 2024 at the FBI's request, has grown into a sprawling municipal corruption case: between 2021 and 2024, council members, mayor's-office staff and contractors allegedly ran kickback schemes. The first charged, developer Bradley Brown, had received over $6M in federal Covid funds for housing meant for nurses and police. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-vietnam-nguyen-ba-hoan-licences-export-travailleurs-proces-hanoi.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-vietnam-nguyen-ba-hoan-licences-export-travailleurs-proces-hanoi.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT The Hanoi People's Court has been trying, since 18 August, former deputy labour minister Nguyen Ba Hoan and 27 co-defendants. Per the charge, from 2021 to May 2025, officials handling overseas-worker licences allegedly delayed files to impose a fixed price per permit — 100 to 400 million dong. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-la-penne-sur-huveaune-crc-paca-masse-salariale-irregularites-gestion.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-la-penne-sur-huveaune-crc-paca-masse-salariale-irregularites-gestion.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT The PACA regional audit chamber published its final observations on La Penne-sur-Huveaune's 2018-onward accounts: a wage bill absorbing 80% of operating costs, a structurally unbalanced financial situation, unpaid invoices, and HR, procurement and property-sale irregularities. Nine recommendations issued. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-venise-eppo-carrousel-tva-33-millions-vetements-chinois-societes-ecrans.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-venise-eppo-carrousel-tva-33-millions-vetements-chinois-societes-ecrans.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT On 10 August, the European Public Prosecutor's Office obtained house arrest for two people suspected of running shell companies in a VAT carousel on clothing imported from China into the EU, with an estimated €33M loss. Seizures and searches followed. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tchequie-eppo-operation-echo-carrousel-tva-ecouteurs-sans-fil.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tchequie-eppo-operation-echo-carrousel-tva-ecouteurs-sans-fil.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT At the request of the European Prosecutor's Munich office, five people were arrested in Czechia on 26 August. They allegedly ran, since 2019, a VAT carousel on the sale of wireless earbuds, with an estimated €20M loss between 2019 and 2023. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-australie-melbourne-cfmeu-perquisition-taskforce-hawk-commission-royale.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-australie-melbourne-cfmeu-perquisition-taskforce-hawk-commission-royale.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMT On 24 August, Taskforce Hawk investigators executed warrants at six sites, including the CFMEU's Victorian HQ: secret commissions, fraud and drug trafficking. Five men arrested, two charged. State Premier Ben Carroll announced a royal commission into construction corruption. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-inde-cbi-sandeep-pot-de-vin-epouse-information-radiodiffusion.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-inde-cbi-sandeep-pot-de-vin-epouse-information-radiodiffusion.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The CBI arrested on 19 August Sandeep, a deputy accounts controller and financial adviser at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in New Delhi, caught red-handed as a ₹10 lakh bribe passed through his wife. He allegedly demanded ₹15 lakh to speed up a private contract's renewal. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-gap-crc-paca-rifseep-regime-indemnitaire-irregularites-gestion.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-gap-crc-paca-rifseep-regime-indemnitaire-irregularites-gestion.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT The PACA regional audit chamber praises the town of Gap's financial soundness but flags several management irregularities, including the non-implementation of the RIFSEEP — leaving part of the pay handed to staff without a legal basis. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-israel-conseil-regional-sud-chef-famille-arrestation-corruption-lahav-433.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-israel-conseil-regional-sud-chef-famille-arrestation-corruption-lahav-433.html Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT A regional council head in southern Israel was arrested with six others, including family members: bribery, rigged tenders, fraud and fake jobs. The sweep follows an undercover Lahav 433 probe said to have uncovered an illicit enrichment scheme via the council. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-hong-kong-icac-fraude-investisseurs-japonais-projets-africains-bidon.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-hong-kong-icac-fraude-investisseurs-japonais-projets-africains-bidon.html Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT An ICAC probe: a network, with the complicity of bank staff signing false documents, defrauded Japanese investors of over ¥400 million (≈ HK$28.4M) into companies claiming to run projects in Africa. Two former branch managers jailed for 3 years. The projects did not exist — only the transfers were real. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-kazakhstan-borovoye-nettoyage-lac-surfacture-30-fois-responsables-energie.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-kazakhstan-borovoye-nettoyage-lac-surfacture-30-fois-responsables-energie.html Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT Two senior Energy Ministry officials face a probe: $2.4M for cleaning a Borovoye lake, thirty times the real price, plus $2.7M of alleged fraud. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-cambodge-tho-samnang-6000-visas-voles-centres-arnaque-anticorruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-cambodge-tho-samnang-6000-visas-voles-centres-arnaque-anticorruption.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT Tho Samnang, a former director-general at the Foreign Ministry — whom his family had reported missing — was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit: he allegedly stole more than 6,000 type-C visa stickers resold to online scam operators, and destroyed 4,000 more. Three officials charged. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-boulogne-sur-mer-nausicaa-parking-93-millions-plaintes-ac-favoritisme.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-boulogne-sur-mer-nausicaa-parking-93-millions-plaintes-ac-favoritisme.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT The association AC! Anti-Corruption filed two complaints for misuse of public funds and favouritism targeting officials of the Boulonnais conurbation, over contracts tied to water management and the Nausicaá car park — irregularities already flagged by the regional audit chamber, which puts the car-park side at €9.3M. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-maripasoula-guyane-serge-anelli-crc-gestion-favoritisme-detournement.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-maripasoula-guyane-serge-anelli-crc-gestion-favoritisme-detournement.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT The regional audit chamber published in June 2026 a report on Maripasoula's 2019-2024 management: under Serge Anelli's administration, several flagged irregularities led justice to take a close interest in the former mayor, at the commune's head for twelve years. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-stamford-maire-inculpe-detournement-fonds-communautaires.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-stamford-maire-inculpe-detournement-fonds-communautaires.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT The mayor of Stamford (Connecticut) was charged on 14 August with embezzling more than $300,000 in community funds and estate funds. The city entrusted him with its coffers — he, the accusation says, mistook them for his own. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-nouveau-mexique-ex-elu-entrepreneur-condamne-corruption-blanchiment.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-nouveau-mexique-ex-elu-entrepreneur-condamne-corruption-blanchiment.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT A former New Mexico state representative, also a business owner, was found guilty on 14 August of bribery, fraud and money laundering. When the mandate and the order book become one. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-muselier-paca-enquete-preliminaire-chalet-prive-marches-publics.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-muselier-paca-enquete-preliminaire-chalet-prive-marches-publics.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT The Marseille prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation on 15 July 2026, on an anonymous tip, targeting Renaud Muselier, president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region: a public company holding public contracts allegedly paid an employee acting as a handyman for his private chalet. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-inde-andhra-pradesh-karumuri-alcool-apsbcl-detention-pmla.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-inde-andhra-pradesh-karumuri-alcool-apsbcl-detention-pmla.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT Former minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao was sent to judicial custody (15 days) by a PMLA court in the liquor-transport case of the state company APSBCL. The round was on the house… the state's public funds. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pakistan-gujranwala-directeur-prison-cheema-pot-de-vin-450m-roupies.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pakistan-gujranwala-directeur-prison-cheema-pot-de-vin-450m-roupies.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT Punjab's Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) arrested Azhar Javed Cheema, superintendent of Gujranwala jail, suspected of a Rs450 million bribe taken on 19 August. Five days of custody. The jail chief ended up locked in his own facility — service included. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-kenya-bomet-gouverneur-barchok-conflit-interets-eacc.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-kenya-bomet-gouverneur-barchok-conflit-interets-eacc.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Bomet county governor Hillary Kipng'eno Barchok appears in a conflict-of-interest case involving KSh2.7 million, among the week's flagship files at the EACC anti-corruption agency. Governing, yes — but mostly one's own interests. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ratp-emplois-fictifs-elus-franciliens-bagayoko-plainte-pnf.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ratp-emplois-fictifs-elus-franciliens-bagayoko-plainte-pnf.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT The association AC!! Anti-Corruption filed a fresh complaint with France's National Financial Prosecutor on 12 August, after the Canard enchaîné's revelations: about 200 Île-de-France elected officials, from right and left, allegedly held a 'undemanding' full-time RATP job alongside their mandate. In the spotlight, Bally Bagayoko, mayor of Saint-Denis. RATP firmly denies. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guadeloupe-guyane-mobilier-urbain-surfacture-ex-elus-condamnes.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guadeloupe-guyane-mobilier-urbain-surfacture-ex-elus-condamnes.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT Seven former elected officials were tried before the Fort-de-France interregional court for passive corruption and favouritism: from 2006 to 2013, three Guadeloupe towns and five in French Guiana bought signs, barriers and children's playgrounds from two companies over-billed up to sevenfold, for more than €2.1M. Sentences up to 4 years. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-reunion-nouvelle-caledonie-magistrats-karl-cour-appel-noumea-pnf.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-reunion-nouvelle-caledonie-magistrats-karl-cour-appel-noumea-pnf.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT A preliminary investigation for corruption and influence-peddling targeting two senior judges who served in Réunion — including Bruno Karl, first president of the Nouméa court of appeal — has been transferred to France's National Financial Prosecutor. When suspicion climbs to the top of the robe. Presumed innocent. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-albanie-tirana-maire-veliaj-detention-spak-sans-proces.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-albanie-tirana-maire-veliaj-detention-spak-sans-proces.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT Erion Veliaj, mayor of the Albanian capital, is kept in detention by the anti-corruption prosecution (SPAK) with no bail and no trial, with postponement after postponement for over a year. Anti-corruption taking its time. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-colombie-cabinet-petro-ministres-arretes-corruption-ecopetrol.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-colombie-cabinet-petro-ministres-arretes-corruption-ecopetrol.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT Two former ministers of President Gustavo Petro, Ricardo Bonilla (Finance) and Luis Fernando Velasco (Interior), are arrested; chief of staff Carlos Ramón González is on the run in Nicaragua; Ecopetrol boss Ricardo Roa is in scope. The presidential cabinet in full… before the judge. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-paris-habitat-bailleur-social-surfacturations-pnf-plainte.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-paris-habitat-bailleur-social-surfacturations-pnf-plainte.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT A renovation company allegedly over-billed works with the complicity of social-housing managers: a complaint has reached the National Financial Prosecutor (illegal taking of interest, misuse of public funds, influence-peddling). Paris Habitat contests and is suing for defamation. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-croatie-eppo-fraude-fonds-solidarite-seisme-reconstruction.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-croatie-eppo-fraude-fonds-solidarite-seisme-reconstruction.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), in Zagreb, charges three people and a company: €2.5M was allegedly diverted from the EU Solidarity Fund meant for post-earthquake reconstruction, using forged documents. They shook the accounts, mostly. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-ebenezer-vice-ministre-travail-extorsion-permis.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-ebenezer-vice-ministre-travail-extorsion-permis.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT Immanuel Ebenezer, deputy labour minister, is arrested over alleged extortion around the issuing of safety permits — the first arrest of a member of Prabowo Subianto's government. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-roumanie-eppo-marches-informatiques-truques-7-millions-danube.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-roumanie-eppo-marches-informatiques-truques-7-millions-danube.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) ran 19 searches on 13 August in a probe into a suspected €7M fraud over 29 IT projects funded by the recovery plan and 'Danube' funds. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-moldavie-premier-ministre-munteanu-demission-scandales-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-moldavie-premier-ministre-munteanu-demission-scandales-corruption.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexandru Munteanu abruptly leaves office as prime minister, less than a year after taking it, amid corruption scandals. An express resignation, in a country where anti-corruption is a European stake. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-martigues-charroux-maire-mis-en-examen-semivim-favoritisme.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-martigues-charroux-maire-mis-en-examen-semivim-favoritisme.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT The mayor of Martigues, Gaby Charroux, has been placed under formal investigation for favouritism in the Semivim case, the town's mixed-economy property company — an affair involving suspicions of rigged awards. The municipal SEM, between friends and arrangements? Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-perou-president-interim-jeri-soupcons-hommes-affaires-chinois.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-perou-president-interim-jeri-soupcons-hommes-affaires-chinois.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT José Jerí, successor to Dina Boluarte as interim president, is targeted by a scandal over possible arrangements with Chinese businessmen. Barely arrived, already in the crosshairs. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-suisse-reyl-banque-privee-enquete-blanchiment-lacunes.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-suisse-reyl-banque-privee-enquete-blanchiment-lacunes.html Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT The Swiss private bank Reyl is under investigation over failings in its anti-money-laundering framework, revealed by leaked letters and documented by an investigative outlet. A fresh pebble in the Swiss financial centre's shoe. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ghana-banquier-condamne-corruption-officiels.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ghana-banquier-condamne-corruption-officiels.html Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT A former banker has been found guilty in the US in a scheme to bribe Ghanaian public officials to win business. Transnational corruption caught by US justice. Presumption of innocence for third parties. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-niger-banque-mondiale-exclusion-entreprise-babati-route.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-niger-banque-mondiale-exclusion-entreprise-babati-route.html Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT The World Bank has debarred Entreprise Babati and its owner for 35 months: forged experience documents and a fake tax certificate allegedly helped win a road contract on the Zinder-Agadez route. The fake CV that built real roads. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-inde-delhi-achats-medicaux-dghs-aggarwal-prix-gonfles.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-inde-delhi-achats-medicaux-dghs-aggarwal-prix-gonfles.html Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Vatsala Aggarwal, Delhi's Director-General of Health Services (DGHS), has been arrested: prices were allegedly inflated on portable X-rays, surgical consumables and anaesthesia stations via the central procurement agency. A scandal put at 350 crore rupees. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-chine-purge-militaire-zhang-youxia-armee-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-chine-purge-militaire-zhang-youxia-armee-corruption.html Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Zhang Youxia, the country's top general and a Xi Jinping ally, is reportedly targeted for 'grave violations', alongside Liu Zhenli, He Weidong and Miao Hua. The backdrop: massive corruption in the People's Liberation Army's Rocket Force. More than ten senior officials fell in 2026. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-albanie-diella-ministre-ia-anticorruption-akshi-enquete.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-albanie-diella-ministre-ia-anticorruption-akshi-enquete.html Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Diella, a chatbot promoted as a 'minister' meant to make public contracts '100% corruption-free', was built by the AKSHI agency — now under investigation: its director-general arrested, rigged tenders, an alleged kidnapping to force the withdrawal of an appeal, tens of millions seized. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-paris-2024-jeux-olympiques-soupcons-corruption-enquete.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-paris-2024-jeux-olympiques-soupcons-corruption-enquete.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT A probe into suspected internal corruption around the organisation of the Paris 2024 Olympics keeps weighing: contract awards are under scrutiny. The Games' legacy: medals… and a case file. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-france-ministere-interieur-pnf-corruption-achats-militaires.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-france-ministere-interieur-pnf-corruption-achats-militaires.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT France's National Financial Prosecutor (PNF) has opened a probe into suspected corruption at the Interior Ministry's procurement service, covering 2022. Business leaders and military personnel are said to be in scope, around sensitive contracts. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-autriche-weinzierl-banquier-odebrecht-plaide-coupable-blanchiment.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-autriche-weinzierl-banquier-odebrecht-plaide-coupable-blanchiment.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Peter Weinzierl, an Austrian banker, admits guilt in the US over money laundering tied to the sprawling Odebrecht scandal, one of the largest corruption networks ever uncovered in Latin America. The chief launderer settles up. Presumption of innocence for third parties. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-moldavie-paiements-agricoles-extorsion-2-5-millions-lei.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-moldavie-paiements-agricoles-extorsion-2-5-millions-lei.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT The head of Moldova's agricultural payments agency is suspected of extorting 130,000 lei for a 'guaranteed' subsidy; a search found 2.5 million lei in cash at his home. The subsidy earned… in cash. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bresil-agence-mines-faux-permis-serra-do-curral.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bresil-agence-mines-faux-permis-serra-do-curral.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT The head of Brazil's national mining agency is indicted and a director arrested: forged environmental rehabilitation plans allegedly let a company mine iron illegally in a protected area, the Serra do Curral near Belo Horizonte. The green permit printed underground. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-vietnam-vice-ministre-agriculture-durian-pots-de-vin.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-vietnam-vice-ministre-agriculture-durian-pots-de-vin.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT A Vietnamese deputy agriculture minister has been detained in a probe into bribes tied to durian exports to China. The world's smelliest fruit — and the case with it. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-maroc-marches-publics-sante-31-deferes-societes-ecrans.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-maroc-marches-publics-sante-31-deferes-societes-ecrans.html Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT Eighteen officials and thirteen bosses brought before prosecutors: shell firms with token capital — sometimes under 10,000 dirhams — allegedly won health public contracts worth up to 50 million dirhams, linked to relatives of ministers and MPs. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-amiral-navy-burke-arrestation-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-amiral-navy-burke-arrestation-corruption.html Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Robert Burke, a retired Navy admiral, and two business executives were arrested in an alleged bribery scheme: the former officer allegedly used his influence in exchange for a lucrative job after leaving. The admiral's star had a price. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-usaid-pots-de-vin-550-millions-contrats-plaider-coupable.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-usaid-pots-de-vin-550-millions-contrats-plaider-coupable.html Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT A USAID official and three corporate executives plead guilty to a decade-long bribery scheme involving more than $550 million in contracts. Two companies admit criminal liability. Development aid… for the address book. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-coree-sud-jin-kyung-joon-procureur-arrete-nexon-actions.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-coree-sud-jin-kyung-joon-procureur-arrete-nexon-actions.html Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Jin Kyung-joon, a vice-ministerial-rank prosecutor, has been arrested: he allegedly bought unlisted Nexon shares with money lent by the company, then sold them back far higher — about $11 million in profit. The most senior prosecutor ever detained in the country. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ubs-fincen-amende-record-125-millions-blanchiment.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ubs-fincen-amende-record-125-millions-blanchiment.html Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT FinCEN fines UBS $125 million, the largest ever imposed on a broker-dealer for anti-money-laundering failures: the bank allegedly ignored a 2018 order and kept deficient monitoring of high-risk clients linked to Russian oligarchs and Latin America. A further $48m goes to the SEC, FINRA and CFTC. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ukraine-stefanichyna-ambassadrice-enrichissement-illicite.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ukraine-stefanichyna-ambassadrice-enrichissement-illicite.html Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dismissed from her Washington posting, former ambassador and ex-EU-integration chief Olha Stefanichyna has been served a suspicion of illegal enrichment and false declaration: over 13.9 million hryvnias in undeclared assets, flats registered to a friend and her mother. Released on bail. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-mexique-stericycle-cigarroa-fcpa-fausses-factures-pots-de-vin.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-mexique-stericycle-cigarroa-fcpa-fausses-factures-pots-de-vin.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT Abraham Cigarroa, Stericycle's former Latin America finance director, has pleaded guilty in the US under the anti-bribery FCPA: fake vendor invoices funded bribes to officials at Mexican state-owned companies in exchange for contracts. Presumption of innocence for third parties. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-lettonie-eppo-hopitaux-marches-truques-perquisitions.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-lettonie-eppo-hopitaux-marches-truques-perquisitions.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor's Office and Latvia's anti-corruption bureau (KNAB) searched hospitals in a probe into rigged hospital procurement, partly financed by the EU recovery fund. Public health, skimmed. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-italie-milan-eppo-20-millions-fausses-formations-relance.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-italie-milan-eppo-20-millions-fausses-formations-relance.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor's Office has seized about €20 million in Milan in a probe into recovery-fund (RRF) fraud: money meant for employee training was allegedly obtained through fictitious courses. The scheme is estimated at ~€40m, with 84 companies under investigation. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-afa-argentine-fbi-enquete-300-millions-miami-blanchiment.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-afa-argentine-fbi-enquete-300-millions-miami-blanchiment.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT US federal investigators are said to be examining more than $300 million transferred through a Florida company tied to the AFA, Argentina's football federation: international commercial contracts, suspicions of money laundering and bank fraud. No charges at this stage. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-wauquiez-president-de-fait-plainte-detournement-fonds-publics.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-wauquiez-president-de-fait-plainte-detournement-fonds-publics.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Green councillors in France's Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region have filed a complaint with the Lyon prosecutor for misuse of public funds, accusing Laurent Wauquiez — who formally left the regional presidency in 2024 — of remaining its “de facto president” and using regional resources for personal ends. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-france-transparency-barometre-integrite-elus.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-france-transparency-barometre-integrite-elus.html Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT Transparency International France finds a lasting deterioration in public integrity: a rise in corruption offences and an 88% jump in cases involving elected officials between the 2016-2020 and 2021-2025 periods. A barometer that gives the context for every local affair. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-charbon-centrales-febrie-278-millions.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-charbon-centrales-febrie-278-millions.html Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT A former Indonesian deputy attorney general is said to be formally prosecuted in a scandal over the coal supply of public power plants: rigged contracts, $278 million in alleged losses for the state. The guardian turned suspect. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-arabie-saoudite-nazaha-78-fonctionnaires-arretes.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-arabie-saoudite-nazaha-78-fonctionnaires-arretes.html Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption authority, Nazaha, is said to have arrested 78 officials in a single month for bribery, forgery and money laundering, across six ministries including Defence, Interior, Health and Justice. A massive swoop. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bosnie-ministre-securite-nesic-arrestation-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bosnie-ministre-securite-nesic-arrestation-corruption.html Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Bosnia and Herzegovina's Security Minister is said to have been arrested in a corruption investigation. A sitting minister in handcuffs: rare, and politically explosive in an already fractured country. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-la-reunion-caille-proces-corruption-blanchiment.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-la-reunion-caille-proces-corruption-blanchiment.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT Twenty-five defendants, including business leaders and businessman François Caillé, are to be tried on Réunion for corruption, money laundering and favouritism. A trial of unusual scale for the island. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-avignon-crc-vehicules-logements-carte-achat.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-avignon-crc-vehicules-logements-carte-achat.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT Service vehicles used without a clear framework, poorly justified official housing, the former mayor's purchasing card with disputed uses, incomplete transparency and recommendations never applied: the regional audit chamber's report draws an unflattering inventory of Avignon's management. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-eyguieres-chambre-regionale-comptes-irregularites.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-eyguieres-chambre-regionale-comptes-irregularites.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Strained finances, questionable recruitment and public contracts allegedly bypassed: France’s regional audit chamber reportedly identified serious irregularities in the management of Eyguières. Small town, full-sized rules. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bouches-du-rhone-metropole-perquisitions-sommets-europe-afrique.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bouches-du-rhone-metropole-perquisitions-sommets-europe-afrique.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT Investigators reportedly searched the departmental council and the Aix-Marseille metropolitan authority in an inquiry into favouritism, corruption, influence peddling, misuse of public funds and handling stolen property. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-edouard-philippe-lanceuse-alerte-statut-confirme.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-edouard-philippe-lanceuse-alerte-statut-confirme.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT A court upheld the whistleblower status of the former urban-community employee whose report triggered the investigation. France’s National Financial Prosecutor continues to examine alleged misuse of public funds, favouritism and unlawful conflicts of interest. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-nigeria-efcc-commission-energie-701-milliards.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-nigeria-efcc-commission-energie-701-milliards.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT Nigeria’s anti-corruption commission reportedly arrested the director-general of the Energy Commission in an investigation involving 701 billion naira and links to the Progressive Governors’ Forum. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-corsa-coal-fcpa-pots-de-vin-egypte.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-corsa-coal-fcpa-pots-de-vin-egypte.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT A former Corsa Coal vice-president was convicted in the United States of arranging approximately $4.8 million in bribes to obtain around $140 million in Egyptian coal contracts. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ouganda-parlement-obore-igg-arrestations.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ouganda-parlement-obore-igg-arrestations.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Uganda’s Inspectorate of Government reportedly arrested Parliament communications director Chris Obore and several senior officials in an investigation into the institution’s finances. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-chine-aviation-chef-anticorruption-se-rend.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-chine-aviation-chef-anticorruption-se-rend.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT A former discipline and inspection official in China’s civil-aviation sector reportedly surrendered during a broad corruption investigation. The watchdog appears to have met its own reflection. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-portugal-eppo-fonds-relance-education-fraude.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-portugal-eppo-fonds-relance-education-fraude.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Porto charged 12 individuals, including four public officials, and three companies over alleged fraud involving EU recovery money for school IT and cybersecurity contracts. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-szpiner-mise-en-examen-logement-social-faveurs.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-szpiner-mise-en-examen-logement-social-faveurs.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT LR senator and former mayor of Paris's 16th arrondissement, Francis Szpiner, was placed under investigation on 9 July 2026 for passive corruption by a public official. He is suspected of offering a social-housing allocation in exchange for sexual favours; a woman was also charged with active corruption. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a €1 million fine. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-italie-eppo-life-mobilite-toscane.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-italie-eppo-life-mobilite-toscane.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Bologna has indicted six people over an alleged fraud involving EU LIFE-programme funding earmarked for sustainable-mobility projects in the Tuscan municipalities of Isola del Giglio, Monte Argentario and Orbetello. The project coordinator and other beneficiaries allegedly misused a substantial part of the grants. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bpifrance-pnf-prise-illegale-interets-dufourcq.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bpifrance-pnf-prise-illegale-interets-dufourcq.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT France's financial prosecutor (PNF) has reportedly opened a preliminary investigation for illegal taking of interest after a referral by the Court of Auditors. About 200 of the public bank's 3,500 staff, including CEO Nicolas Dufourcq, are said to have invested in the “Bpifrance Entreprises 1” fund they also helped manage. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-mexique-morelos-extorsion-maires.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-mexique-morelos-extorsion-maires.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT Mexican authorities have arrested four local officials, including an acting mayor and a former mayor in the state of Morelos, as part of a wider crackdown on extortion rackets. Cuautla's opposition mayor, Jesús Corona, is reportedly being sought. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-malakoff-humanis-pnf-retrocommissions-tvi.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-malakoff-humanis-pnf-retrocommissions-tvi.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT France's financial prosecutor (PNF) reportedly searched the headquarters of insurer Malakoff Humanis and the firm Thomas Vendôme Investment (TVI) on 16 June 2026. The probe concerns intermediary fees suspected of being fictitious and generating kickbacks; about €7 million appears in the file. The group denies the claims and says it has filed a complaint. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-coree-sud-kim-keon-hee-condamnation-7-ans.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-coree-sud-kim-keon-hee-condamnation-7-ans.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Seoul Central District Court has sentenced former first lady Kim Keon-hee to seven years in prison, finding her guilty of accepting luxury gifts (about 300 million won, roughly $195,000) in exchange for help with appointments and business favours. Her defence has announced an appeal. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-first-brands-james-fraude-fausses-factures.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-first-brands-james-fraude-fausses-factures.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT Patrick James, founder and CEO of auto-parts giant First Brands, and his brother Edward James have been charged in New York over a massive fraud. Prosecutors cite $2.7 billion in fake receivables, collateral pledged multiple times and falsified financial statements, before a bankruptcy leaving over $9 billion in debt. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-italie-eppo-tva-carburants-saisie.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-italie-eppo-tva-carburants-saisie.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) has seized more than €23.5 million in an investigation into VAT fraud in Italy's fuel sector — a textbook case of organised tax fraud in the energy business. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-porto-rico-piovanetti-detournement-fonds.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-porto-rico-piovanetti-detournement-fonds.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicted Gian C. Piovanetti, a certified public accountant and former private-equity fund manager, on 2 July 2026 for embezzling about $11.2 million. The money was allegedly spent on luxury goods, real estate and credit-card balances. He faces up to 30 years in prison. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-roumanie-buduslau-maire-pot-de-vin-ue.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-roumanie-buduslau-maire-pot-de-vin-ue.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT In an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Timișoara, the mayor of Buduslău (Bihor county) has been placed under judicial control for passive bribery: he allegedly demanded a bribe equal to 5% of an EU-funded agricultural-road contract (~€770,000), i.e. about €38,500. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-chine-yang-youlin-peine-mort-pots-de-vin.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-chine-yang-youlin-peine-mort-pots-de-vin.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT A Chinese court is reported to have sentenced Yang Youlin, former deputy head of a Nanjing economic zone, to death for accepting 2.21 billion yuan (~$325m) in bribes between 2013 and 2023, along with embezzlement and money laundering. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-turquie-ankara-cankaya-maire-coup-de-filet.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-turquie-ankara-cankaya-maire-coup-de-filet.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT Ankara prosecutors are reported to have ordered the detention of dozens of suspects, including Hüseyin Can Güner, mayor of the Çankaya district, in a corruption investigation, with a search of the town hall on 11 July. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-coree-nord-pak-hui-chol-corruption-armee.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-coree-nord-pak-hui-chol-corruption-armee.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT North Korea is reported to have punished Pak Hui-chol, an official in the army's General Political Bureau, for abuse of power, corruption, illicit enrichment and the alleged sale of military posts. A rare case made public. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-pick-kent-contrats-defense-hawaii.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-pick-kent-contrats-defense-hawaii.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT The DOJ is reported to have charged Leonard Pick and Brian Kent over a bribery scheme that skewed Department of War contracts tied to the Hawaii-Pacific Innovation Campus; ~$1.25m in bribes to an Army employee. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-afrique-sud-kodwa-poursuites-reactivees.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-afrique-sud-kodwa-poursuites-reactivees.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT In South Africa, corruption charges against Zizi Kodwa, former Sport and Arts minister, are reported to have been reinstated; he is accused of 1.6 million rand (~$85,000) in bribes tied to IT contracts. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-estrosi-tenoudji-chauffeurs-municipaux-nice.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-estrosi-tenoudji-chauffeurs-municipaux-nice.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMT The Nice prosecutor's office is reported to have opened a preliminary inquiry into Christian Estrosi and Laura Tenoudji for “handling misappropriated public funds”, over the alleged use of municipal drivers for private purposes. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-kenya-balala-utalii-college-eacc.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-kenya-balala-utalii-college-eacc.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT Kenya's former Tourism minister Najib Balala is reported to have been arrested by the EACC in a case of irregular payments of 8.5 billion shillings (~$54m) tied to the Utalii College works. Ten counts of corruption. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-nepal-e-passeports-paudel-ciaa.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-nepal-e-passeports-paudel-ciaa.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT In Nepal, a former finance minister is reported to have been arrested for money laundering, while the CIAA has charged eighteen people and two German firms over a biometric passport contract valued at ~$66m. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-nigeria-nnaji-faux-diplome-icpc.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-nigeria-nnaji-faux-diplome-icpc.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nigerian ex-minister Uche Nnaji is reported to have been arrested on 1 July and then prosecuted by the ICPC over a fake degree and fraud. He pleaded not guilty to six counts; trial set for 21 September. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bresil-penalidade-maxima-matchs-truques.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-bresil-penalidade-maxima-matchs-truques.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT In Brazil, Operation “Penalidade Máxima” targets a match-fixing network: players are said to have been paid $10,000 to $20,000 for deliberate cards or penalties for betting purposes. Convictions handed down. Presumption of innocence for the other suspects. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-raja-juli-forets-kuansing-kpk.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-raja-juli-forets-kuansing-kpk.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT In Indonesia, the KPK is reported to be considering questioning Forestry minister Raja Juli Antoni in the corruption case around the regent of Kuantan Singingi, over forestry permits. The minister says he returned an envelope. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-rn-assistants-parlementaires-appel-decision.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-rn-assistants-parlementaires-appel-decision.html Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT On 7 July 2026, the Paris Court of Appeal rules in the case of the Rassemblement National's European parliamentary assistants. Alleged 2004-2016 scheme; first-instance conviction (Le Pen: 4 years, €100,000, 5 years' ineligibility) and the stakes. Satirical analysis; proceedings ongoing, presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-jackson-mississippi-pots-de-vin-owens.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-jackson-mississippi-pots-de-vin-owens.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT The former Hinds County prosecutor, Jody Owens, is reported to have pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Jackson bribery scandal; the trial of ex-mayor Lumumba and a former councilman is due to open on 13 July. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-petanque-paris-truques-masters.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-petanque-paris-truques-masters.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nine people, including world champions Dylan Rocher and Henri Lacroix, are reported to have been taken into custody over allegedly fixed bets on a 2025 Masters match (~€70,000). Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-adjani-fraude-fiscale-appel.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-adjani-fraude-fiscale-appel.html Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT France: the Paris Court of Appeal was due to rule this Wednesday 1 July in the aggravated tax-fraud and money-laundering case against Isabelle Adjani. The prosecution reportedly sought 18 to 24 months suspended and a €250,000 fine. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guo-wengui-condamnation-30-ans-fraude.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guo-wengui-condamnation-30-ans-fraude.html Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT Guo Wengui, a Chinese businessman in exile and critic of the Communist Party, was sentenced on 29 June to 30 years in prison by a Manhattan federal court over a fraud exceeding one billion dollars. Restitution of $889 million ordered. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-malawi-chithyola-blanchiment-mega-farms.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-malawi-chithyola-blanchiment-mega-farms.html Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT In Malawi, former finance minister Simplex Chithyola Banda, now opposition leader, is reportedly being prosecuted for abuse of office and money laundering. The Anti-Corruption Bureau would notably accuse him over 29.5 billion kwacha of off-budget funding to the Mega Farms Project. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-altrad-fraude-fiscale-perquisition.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-altrad-fraude-fiscale-perquisition.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT The French financial prosecutor (PNF) is reported to have opened a preliminary inquiry for aggravated tax fraud and organised money laundering targeting the Altrad group and its founder Mohed Altrad. On 20 June, around fifty investigators reportedly searched the Montpellier headquarters; the tax authorities would claim €331 million. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ary-chalus-requisitions-ineligibilite.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ary-chalus-requisitions-ineligibilite.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT At the trial over alleged misuse of public funds, the French financial prosecutor reportedly sought, on 29 June, 3 years suspended, a €100,000 fine and 5 years' ineligibility with provisional enforcement against the president of the Guadeloupe Region. Ruling due 30 September. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-fraude-sante-takedown-2026.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-fraude-sante-takedown-2026.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT The US Department of Justice reportedly unveiled its 2026 “National Health Care Fraud Takedown”: 455 people charged, including 90 doctors and healthcare workers, over alleged Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud exceeding $6.5 billion in false claims. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-parlement-europeen-justice-belge-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-parlement-europeen-justice-belge-corruption.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Europe: three years after Qatargate, the European Parliament is reportedly contesting how Belgian authorities conduct their investigations into MEPs. The sidelining of the OCDEFO chief was reportedly overturned, and Roberta Metsola is said to be revising cooperation rules with the Belgian police. Eight people remain charged. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-soudan-du-sud-petrole-detourne-onu.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-soudan-du-sud-petrole-detourne-onu.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT The final report of the UN Panel of Experts (S/2026/340) is said to describe a “dual capture system”: oil revenues diverted before they reach the public accounts, and part of the ordinary budget vanishing from its allocations. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-silmy-karim-immigration-extorsion.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-silmy-karim-immigration-extorsion.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT The anti-corruption commission (KPK) is said to have detained Silmy Karim, deputy immigration minister, in an extortion case over foreigners' residence permits estimated at 145.5 billion rupiah (~$9m). President Prabowo sacked him. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-hong-kong-matchs-truques-arrestations.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-hong-kong-matchs-truques-arrestations.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency and police are said to have arrested 19 people — including players and coaches — in a network of fixed matches and illegal betting active for two to three years. More than HK$6 million in bets would be at stake. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-argentine-adorni-demission-dollars-fisc.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-argentine-adorni-demission-dollars-fisc.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Manuel Adorni, Javier Milei's chief of staff and the face of budget austerity, is said to have resigned on 27 June 2026 after admitting to around $500,000 undeclared to the taxman, bought on the black market. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-irak-coup-filet-anticorruption-bagdad.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-irak-coup-filet-anticorruption-bagdad.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Iraqi security forces are said to have picked up 47 officials — including a deputy oil minister and a parliamentary bloc leader — in an anti-corruption operation in the Green Zone. Around $86 million in cash is said to have been seized. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-carone-adams-pots-de-vin-migrants.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-carone-adams-pots-de-vin-migrants.html Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Frank Carone, former chief of staff to the ex-mayor of New York, pleaded not guilty on 24 June 2026 to a thirteen-count federal indictment. He is said to have taken $120,000 to help a small hotel land a nearly $7 million city contract to house migrants at the height of the crisis. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-hajj-dinguiraye-detournement-billets.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-hajj-dinguiraye-detournement-billets.html Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:30:00 GMT Seven tickets for the 2026 Hajj, offered by the head of state at one per sub-prefecture, were meant to let as many of the faithful travel to Mecca. Only one beneficiary is said to have finally been registered; the other places are said to have disappeared from the official lists. The secretary-general of the prefectural Islamic league, who denies it, is now before the courts. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pfizergate-von-der-leyen-sms-tribunal-ue.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-pfizergate-von-der-leyen-sms-tribunal-ue.html Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT In his opinion delivered on 11 June 2026, the advocate general of the EU Court of Justice recommends dismissing the Commission's appeal and upholding the ruling that had condemned it for refusing to disclose the text messages exchanged between Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla around the Covid vaccine contracts. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-abalos-koldo-masques-condamnation.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-abalos-koldo-masques-condamnation.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Spain's Supreme Court sentenced José Luis Ábalos, former transport minister and ex right-hand man to Pedro Sánchez, on 22 June 2026 to 24 years and 3 months in prison for corruption, misuse of public funds and membership of a criminal organisation. The first final conviction to strike a close ally of the head of government. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-blanchiment-fichiers-police-gims.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-blanchiment-fichiers-police-gims.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:30:00 GMT Two police officers, including a 36-year-old assigned to Courbevoie, are said to have been charged and jailed in Paris in a vast international money-laundering inquiry in which the singer Gims is himself under investigation. Sixteen people are said to be suspected of orchestrating, from 2019 to 2025, arrangements worth several hundred million euros. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-qatargate-avramopoulos-mandat-arret.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-qatargate-avramopoulos-mandat-arret.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Belgian justice is said to have issued a European arrest warrant against Dimitris Avramopoulos, former European commissioner for migration and current Greek MP, as part of the Qatargate investigation. The request to lift his immunity was sent to the Greek Parliament on 22-23 June 2026. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-algerie-benyounes-detention-imetal.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-algerie-benyounes-detention-imetal.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:30:00 GMT Former minister Amara Benyounès is said to have been placed in pre-trial detention on 23 June 2026 by the Sidi M'Hamed court and transferred to Koléa prison, in the continuation of the Imetal group corruption affair. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-perenco-corruption-afrique-perquisition.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-perenco-corruption-afrique-perquisition.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT French investigators are said to have carried out, on 16 June 2026, a fresh search targeting oil giant Perenco, in a National Financial Prosecutor's case for bribery of foreign public officials. The scope is said to be widening, between a Congolese and a Gabonese strand. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-rouen-policier-fichiers-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-rouen-policier-fichiers-corruption.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT A 45-year-old police officer from Rouen's central station is said to have been charged on 11 June 2026 with corruption. He is accused of illegally consulting nearly 2,500 police files and selling access to them, including the lifting of around 700 vehicle impoundments. Presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-begona-gomez-renvoi-proces-passeport.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-begona-gomez-renvoi-proces-passeport.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT The investigating judge is said to have found she posed a “flight risk”: passport confiscated, ban on leaving the country and check-ins twice a month. At the Moncloa, the mood is turning into a courtroom serial. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-marseille-marche-du-soleil-policiers-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-marseille-marche-du-soleil-policiers-corruption.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:30:00 GMT A hotspot of Marseille counterfeiting, the “Marché du Soleil” goes to court with eighteen defendants. Among them, three officers meant to enforce the law — suspected of mostly pricing it instead. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-chicago-cha-ross-pots-de-vin-hlm.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-chicago-cha-ross-pots-de-vin-hlm.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:30:00 GMT $421,000 in kickbacks to steer nearly five million dollars of works in public housing: in Chicago, public building work is said to have had its wholesale price. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-repas-gratuits-dadan-hindayana-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-indonesie-repas-gratuits-dadan-hindayana-corruption.html Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT The Indonesian president's flagship dish was the free canteen to fight malnutrition. Prosecutors are said to have found, on the plate, a few aftertastes of corruption. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-kassory-fofana-appel-crief.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-kassory-fofana-appel-crief.html Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT Five years in prison at first instance, and prosecutors who won't let go: before the CRIEF, the former Guinean head of government plays his appeal — and the civil party hands him, in passing, a bill for “vexatious appeal”. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-liban-betarabia-casino-non-lieu.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-liban-betarabia-casino-non-lieu.html Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Prosecuted for misuse of public funds, money laundering and illicit enrichment around a gaming contract, the former director of Casino du Liban and the CEO of OSS are said to have been cleared. In the country of banking collapse, the house still wins. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-coupe-monde-2026-spot-fixing-cartons-jaunes.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-coupe-monde-2026-spot-fixing-cartons-jaunes.html Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT This time it isn't the score that would be rigged, but a simple yellow card. Two players at the tournament are said to have been flagged to their federations over suspicions of betting on deliberately provoked bookings. The easiest market to manipulate in football. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-belgique-saint-josse-logements-sociaux-fraude.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-belgique-saint-josse-logements-sociaux-fraude.html Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT An audit is said to have exposed, in a bankrupt social housing agency, a system where homes meant for the most vulnerable mostly benefited… the entourage of those supposed to hand them out. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-zapatero-plus-ultra-imputation-audiencia-nacional.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-zapatero-plus-ultra-imputation-audiencia-nacional.html Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT Five years after a small airline was rescued with public money, Spanish justice is said to have traced the trail up to a former head of government. The judge speaks of a “hierarchical structure”; the man himself defends his “honesty”. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-espagne-arbitrage-renouvelables-saisie-equipe.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-espagne-arbitrage-renouvelables-saisie-equipe.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT A US fund holding arbitration awards against Spain is trying to seize Spanish assets in the United States — including the national team's revenues at the 2026 World Cup. The origin: Madrid's retroactive cuts to renewable-energy subsidies (2012-2014). The fund is claiming some €600 million; all the investors, nearly €1.75 billion. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-mlb-clase-ortiz-paris-truques-lancers.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-mlb-clase-ortiz-paris-truques-lancers.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, have been charged in New York over a fixed-betting scheme on their own pitches: bribes in exchange for “ordered” pitches on which bettors staked. They face up to 20 years in prison and plead not guilty. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-makhissa-camara-ex-dg-impots.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-makhissa-camara-ex-dg-impots.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:50:00 GMT Former director-general of Taxes under Alpha Condé, Aboubacar Makhissa Camara is being tried by the CRIEF for misuse of public funds, corruption, illicit enrichment and money laundering. Problem: he is on the run, and the trial is stalling, blocked by the silence of the banks and land registries. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ary-chalus-guadeloupe-emplois-fictifs.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ary-chalus-guadeloupe-emplois-fictifs.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT The president of the Guadeloupe Region, Ary Chalus, is sent before the Paris criminal court for alleged misuse of public funds linked to fictitious parliamentary-assistant jobs (2012-2017). The trial on the merits is set for late June 2026. He enjoys the presumption of innocence. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ftx-sbf-appel-rejete.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-ftx-sbf-appel-rejete.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT FTX update: the federal Second Circuit appeals court has dismissed Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal. His 25-year prison sentence and the order to repay some $11 billion are upheld. The crypto has-been's last cartridge: a presidential pardon request filed the same week. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-maurice-ravatomanga-blanchiment-fcc.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-maurice-ravatomanga-blanchiment-fcc.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Arrested in Mauritius as he stepped off a private jet, the wealthy Malagasy businessman Mamy Ravatomanga faces charges of money laundering, conspiracy and influence-peddling. The FCC has frozen 7.3 billion rupees (~$163 million); the Mauritian prime minister's brother-in-law and a former FCC commissioner are also charged. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-algerie-tabac-utc-detournement-1000-milliards.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-algerie-tabac-utc-detournement-1000-milliards.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:40:00 GMT Algerian police announce the dismantling of a criminal network inside the Unified Tobacco Company (UTC): a loss of 1,000 billion centimes (10 billion dinars), a stock hole of 500 billion and as much in “forgotten” customer debts, ten people jailed and villas seized as far as Spain. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-bangoura-cour-constitutionnelle-detournement.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-bangoura-cour-constitutionnelle-detournement.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:20:00 GMT Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, former president of Guinea’s Constitutional Court, is on trial before the CRIEF in the case of 20 billion Guinean francs. Prosecutors requested ten years in prison, a 50-billion-franc fine and asset confiscation. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-hopital-jean-paul-ii-soumah.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-guinee-hopital-jean-paul-ii-soumah.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT Prosecutors before Guinea’s CRIEF requested ten years in prison for former hospital director Soriba Soumah and more than seven billion Guinean francs in damages. The prosecution alleged that the hospital’s revenue flowed into his personal cash system. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-becerra-fonds-campagne-detournement.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-etats-unis-becerra-fonds-campagne-detournement.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:40:00 GMT Former advisers allegedly siphoned around $225,000 from a dormant campaign account through shell companies and sham consulting contracts. Becerra is not charged and says he knew nothing about it. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-turquie-scandale-paris-arbitres-football.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-turquie-scandale-paris-arbitres-football.html Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT A Turkish Football Federation audit found hundreds of professional referees held betting accounts and dozens had actively wagered. Suspensions, arrests and disciplinary proceedings followed. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tunisie-karoui-corruption-blanchiment.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tunisie-karoui-corruption-blanchiment.html Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:40:00 GMT Nabil and Ghazi Karoui were sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison, fined more than 37 million dinars and had assets confiscated for money laundering, financial corruption and tax evasion. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tunisie-mabrouk-chahed-corruption.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-tunisie-mabrouk-chahed-corruption.html Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:20:00 GMT Youssef Chahed, Marouane Mabrouk and five former government members were sentenced to six years in prison over a 2018 decision concerning the lifting of an EU asset freeze. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-reunion-caille-vital-corruption-marches-publics.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-reunion-caille-vital-corruption-marches-publics.html Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT A major corruption and procurement case ended with two years of immediate imprisonment for David Vital and a four-year suspended sentence for businessman François Caillé. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-sos-oxygene-pastorel-fraude-fiscale-monaco.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-sos-oxygene-pastorel-fraude-fiscale-monaco.html Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:40:00 GMT Luc Pastorel, head of the Nice-based home-oxygen group, was convicted in Paris of organised tax fraud involving nearly €12 million allegedly hidden through a Monaco subsidiary. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-cameroun-or-dubai-plaintes-paris-tchiroma.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-cameroun-or-dubai-plaintes-paris-tchiroma.html Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:30:00 GMT Criminal complaints were reportedly filed in Paris after a vast discrepancy emerged between Dubai’s recorded gold imports from Cameroon and Cameroon’s own declared exports. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-nigeria-air-sirika-faux-avion.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-nigeria-air-sirika-faux-avion.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT At former aviation minister Hadi Sirika’s trial, an anti-corruption witness described how an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft was repainted and displayed in Abuja for three days to simulate the launch of Nigeria Air. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-maprimerenov-fraude.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-maprimerenov-fraude.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT Seven people were convicted in a €1.13 million fraud targeting France’s home-energy renovation subsidy programme after an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-hsbc-salame-detournement-liban.html https://magouillesetcompagnie.com/en/article-hsbc-salame-detournement-liban.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:30:00 GMT HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) was placed under formal investigation in Paris over suspected laundering connected to around $330 million allegedly diverted by former Lebanese central-bank governor Riad Salamé.