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The Prosecutor's Office accuses the former Minister of the Interior José Serrano of the murder of the candidate Villavicencio

The Prosecutor's Office of Ecuador has filed charges at the last minute this Saturday against seven alleged intellectual authors of the assassination in 2023 of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Among those named are former Interior Minister José Serrano and former assembly member Ronny Aleaga, both with political ties to former...

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Flávio Bolsonaro insists on accusing Brazilian judges of corruption and claims that they feel "fear" at the prospect of his possible victory.

The ultraconservative candidate for the October elections in Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, has reiterated his accusations against the Brazilian judiciary, which he has again labeled as "corrupt," and has maintained that the judges will do everything possible to prevent his victory at the polls."This is...

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De la Espriella promises total recovery of security and a national regeneration in his investiture.

The newly proclaimed president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, presented this Friday his mandate as the start of a new stage, focused on the recovery of order, the reinforcement of the authority of the State, and a profound "national regeneration," during his inauguration speech held at the Pichincha Military...

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The former Ukrainian ambassador in the US faces a bail of 116,000 euros for alleged illicit enrichment.

The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine has decreed this Thursday conditional release for the former ambassador to the United States, Olga Stefanishina, setting a bail of 6 million hryvnias (about 116,000 euros) amid suspicions of illicit enrichment and having submitted false declarations about her assets.According to the prosecution, in the...

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Sira Rego rules herself out for the general elections and appeals to the left to agree on a good lead candidate.

The Minister of Youth and Childhood, Sira Rego, has confirmed that she will not be part of the joint candidacy being prepared by IU, Movimiento Sumar, Más Madrid, and Comuns for the upcoming general elections, and has expressed her desire for this political space to make the right choice of...

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The Supreme Court of Brazil opens a third case against Lula's son for alleged influence peddling.

The Supreme Court of Brazil has given the green light this Tuesday to the initiation of a new criminal case against Fábio Luis Lula da Silva, son of the current president of the country, for alleged crimes of corruption and influence peddling.The Supreme magistrate Flávio Dino has thus accepted a...

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Netanyahu will appoint another Minister of the Interior as he cannot assume the position due to his judicial processes.

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has decided to appoint a new head of the Ministry of the Interior to fill the vacancy left by Moshe Arbel, who resigned in July 2025 as he could no longer perform his duties due to the legal proceedings opened against him.The Attorney General...

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Limón (PSOE) highlights that Sánchez returns "dignity" to workers and that the party is "categorical with cases of corruption"

The general secretary of the PSOE of Huelva, María Eugenia Limón, has emphatically claimed the management of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, stating that he has recovered "dignity" for workers through measures such as the labor reform or the increase of the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI). At the...

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The Peruvian Justice nullifies the arrest order against Vladimir Cerrón

The Justice of Peru has suspended the search and capture order that fell on the leader of Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerrón, in the framework of several judicial cases, including the alleged illegal financing of the party's electoral campaigns in 2008 and 2021."Given the new procedural condition of the accused, it...

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The Kitchen trial is ready for sentencing after four months, more than a hundred witnesses, and the uncertainty of whether it was "espionage" or a "legal" police operation.

The trial for the so-called 'Operation Kitchen' has this week been set for sentencing after just over four months of oral hearings in the National Court (AN). The court, presided over by Judge Teresa Palacios, has heard during this time from more than a hundred witnesses, including police commanders, agents,...

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House arrest for the former Bolivian minister for the "garbage" gasoline case

The Justice of Bolivia has issued this Friday house arrest for the former Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energies Mauricio Medinaceli, dismissed in April and arrested in the middle of this week for alleged irregularities in the purchase and introduction into the market of allegedly adulterated gasoline, in the process known...

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The PP maintains that the new piece of the Leire case proves that all the accounting of the PSOE is under suspicion.

The PP has emphasized this Friday that the recent separate piece of the 'Leire case', opened by the judge of the National Court who is leading the investigation, Santiago Pedraz, highlights that "all the accounting of the PSOE is under suspicion."In this new line of investigation, the magistrate has decided...

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Xi Jinping reminds the Army of its submission to the absolute leadership of the Communist Party

The president of China, Xi Jinping, reminded this Friday the Armed Forces that their power is totally subordinated to the "absolute leadership" of the Communist Party, in a speech marked by the extensive purging campaign that the leader has been promoting against the corruption entrenched in the military leadership.During his...

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Keiko Fujimori forms a cabinet with fifteen ministers under investigation and with criminal records

The president of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, has launched a new cabinet of 19 ministers to try to channel the deep political and institutional crisis that the country has been dragging for a decade. Of those 19 members, fifteen have backgrounds for various crimes, starting with the prime minister, Luis Galarreta.These...

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Maíllo (IU) rejects the partial pardon from the Government to Laura Borràs, whom he calls "a corrupt person by judicial sentence"

The federal coordinator of Izquierda Unida (IU), Antonio Maíllo, has expressed his opposition to the partial pardon approved this week by the Council of Ministers to the former president of the Parliament of Catalonia and leader of Junts, Laura Borràs, whom he has described as "corrupt by judicial sentence."The also...

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The judge of the case Leire Díez opens a separate piece to investigate the payments of the PSOE to the former member.

The magistrate of the National Court who is instructing the 'Leire Díez case', Santiago Pedraz, has ordered the opening of a separate piece focused on the payments that the PSOE supposedly made to the former socialist militant.In an order to which Europa Press has had access, Pedraz considers that this...

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The PP claims Feijóo's veto on pardons for corruption like that of Borràs and accuses Sánchez of complicating things further.

The general secretary of the PP, Miguel Tellado, insisted this Thursday that the Democratic Regeneration Plan presented a year ago by the party president, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, expressly includes the rejection of granting pardons to those convicted of corruption crimes. In this context, he criticized that the head of the...

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Ecuador's Prosecutor's Office investigates judges of the National Court for alleged bribes linked to a cassation ruling

The Prosecutor's Office and the Police of Ecuador have carried out several searches in properties located in the north of Quito, the capital of the country, within a prior investigation that reaches three judges of the National Court of Justice, who allegedly accepted money to intervene in the processing of...

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Cristina Fernández brings her conviction for corruption before the UN Human Rights Committee

The former Argentine president Cristina Fernández communicated this Wednesday that she has elevated her case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the body of independent experts responsible for monitoring compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in relation to the sentence that condemns her for corruption."I...

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Sumar accepts the partial pardon to Borrás by maintaining the conviction despite avoiding prison.

The spokesperson for Sumar in Congress, Verónica Martínez Barbero, has pointed out that her party respects the Government's decision to grant partial pardon to the former president of Junts, Laura Borrás, since the sentence for the crimes for which she was judged remains in force, although her imprisonment is forgiven.In...

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Compromís will seek to become a popular accusation in the VPP case of Alicante after considering the political route exhausted.

Compromís has announced this Wednesday its intention to request the status of popular accusation in the judicial case that analyzes the awards of public protection housing of the Residencial Les Naus, in the Playa de San Juan de Alicante, after considering "exhausted" the political route and in light of what...

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Page questions what credibility the PSOE gains against corruption by pardoning Borrás for "independentist blackmail"

The president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, has raised what the PSOE obtains "in credibility" in the fight against corruption after the Government has granted partial pardon to the former president of the Parliament of Catalonia and leader of Junts, Laura Borrás, convicted of crimes of prevarication and documentary falsification.In...

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The money junkie enters the Picassent prison to serve his first sentence for the Imelsa case.

Marcos Benavent, former manager of Imelsa, an old public company dependent on the provincial Diputación, and self-proclaimed "money junkie," has entered the Picassent prison (Valencia) to begin serving his first sentence in the Imelsa case, according to sources familiar with the case who spoke to Europa Press.The admission to this...

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The Prosecutor's Office of Bolivia orders the arrest of former minister Mauricio Medinaceli for the case of adulterated gasoline.

The Prosecutor's Office of Bolivia has issued an arrest warrant against the former Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy Mauricio Medinaceli, removed from office last April, for alleged irregularities in the import and sale of fuel that would have been adulterated, within the case known as "garbage" gasoline.The anti-corruption prosecutor David...

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Gestha demands to toughen corporate criminal liability in the future Public Integrity Law

The union of technicians of the Ministry of Finance (Gestha) has urged to strengthen the punishment against corruption, demanding an increase in penalties, a greater scope of criminal liability for companies, and that prison benefits be conditioned on the repair of the economic damage caused. These requests are made following...

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Corruption

The Prosecutor's Office accuses the former Minister of the Interior José Serrano of the murder of the candidate Villavicencio

Flávio Bolsonaro insists on accusing Brazilian judges of corruption and claims that they feel "fear" at the prospect of his possible victory.

De la Espriella promises total recovery of security and a national regeneration in his investiture.

The former Ukrainian ambassador in the US faces a bail of 116,000 euros for alleged illicit enrichment.

Sira Rego rules herself out for the general elections and appeals to the left to agree on a good lead candidate.

The Supreme Court of Brazil opens a third case against Lula's son for alleged influence peddling.

Netanyahu will appoint another Minister of the Interior as he cannot assume the position due to his judicial processes.

Limón (PSOE) highlights that Sánchez returns "dignity" to workers and that the party is "categorical with cases of corruption"

The Peruvian Justice nullifies the arrest order against Vladimir Cerrón

The Kitchen trial is ready for sentencing after four months, more than a hundred witnesses, and the uncertainty of whether it was "espionage" or a "legal" police operation.

House arrest for the former Bolivian minister for the "garbage" gasoline case

The PP maintains that the new piece of the Leire case proves that all the accounting of the PSOE is under suspicion.

Xi Jinping reminds the Army of its submission to the absolute leadership of the Communist Party

Keiko Fujimori forms a cabinet with fifteen ministers under investigation and with criminal records

Maíllo (IU) rejects the partial pardon from the Government to Laura Borràs, whom he calls "a corrupt person by judicial sentence"

The judge of the case Leire Díez opens a separate piece to investigate the payments of the PSOE to the former member.

The PP claims Feijóo's veto on pardons for corruption like that of Borràs and accuses Sánchez of complicating things further.

Ecuador's Prosecutor's Office investigates judges of the National Court for alleged bribes linked to a cassation ruling

Cristina Fernández brings her conviction for corruption before the UN Human Rights Committee

Sumar accepts the partial pardon to Borrás by maintaining the conviction despite avoiding prison.

Compromís will seek to become a popular accusation in the VPP case of Alicante after considering the political route exhausted.

Page questions what credibility the PSOE gains against corruption by pardoning Borrás for "independentist blackmail"

The money junkie enters the Picassent prison to serve his first sentence for the Imelsa case.

The Prosecutor's Office of Bolivia orders the arrest of former minister Mauricio Medinaceli for the case of adulterated gasoline.

Gestha demands to toughen corporate criminal liability in the future Public Integrity Law

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