Abuse of power

Sepp Blatter refused to travel to the United States over the past four years because of an ongoing investigation on the Fifa boss by the FBI. The FBI is investigating the role of Blatter in the allotment of the World Cup 2018 and 2022.

The Anti-corruption Police became interested in the management of the mining company OKD, which is in bankruptcy since May and has a multimillion debts. Detectives examine NWR Holdings B.V. (owner of OKD) and suspicious transactions. For example, OKD guarantee the billions in bonds and some of its assets were transferred to other companies.

The Independent politician is fighting to save his political career after last Tuesday’s RTÉ Investigates programme. The programme alleged that the Kilmacrennan councillor asked for payment in return for helping out a fictitious windfarm company set up in Donegal.

Donald Trump's top aide has denied receiving "payments" from the former Russian-backed Ukrainian government.

Dilma Rousseff decade as president of Brazil. The Brazilian Senate, in fact, voted for her dismissal, accusated of having manipulated the state budget to secure re-election. Rousseff will retain his political rights.

Director of municipality enterprise „Automobilių stovėjimo aikštelės“ (ASA) Algimantas Puidokas, stepped down from his office. He is accused in a case which also involves ex vice-mayor of Kaunas Kęstutis Kriščiūnas. Puidokas allegedly has paid for repairing vice-mayors car from enterprise money.

Jonas Milius, director of State Food and Veterinary Service admits that he was compiling annual declarations on income and properties not in a thorough way. He is suspected of abuse of power and forgery. There were searches in his workplace, as well in the workplace of Member of Parlament Petras Gražulis , company Judex, and Kaunas branch of National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute. It is suspected that executives of Judex in order to avoid fines have tried to bribe various responsible officials or persons who could influence such officials.

Prosecutors to decide whether to ask the court to suspend Jonas Milius, director of State Food and Veterinary Service. He is suspected of abuse of power and forgery. At the moment he is under sworn statement not to leave the country and has a list of persons he is not allowed to communicate with.

An alleged fraud in one of kindergartens in Alytus municipality is under investigation. During 2009-2016 period every month a salary for a fictional employee was transfered – a sum is more than 25 000 Eur. The director of the kindergarten has resigned.

Judges from the Bucharest Courthouse were left to rule in the case of Nicusor Constantinescu, former President of the County Council in Constanta, who is accused of abuse of office when refusing to approve the construction of a wind farm.