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In 2014, an investigation began into allegations of corruption at the state controlled oil company Petrobras. Allegedly a number of top executives accepted bribes in return for awarding contracts to construction firms at inflated prices

In fall 2015 it was uncovered that Volkswagen used an illegal defeat device in the motor control of their diesel vehicles to avoid the US emission standards. According to Volkswagen AG this software is in use in eleven million vehicles worldwide.

The Libor is an average interest rate calculated through submissions of interest rates by major banks in London. The case arose when it was discovered that banks were falsely inflating or deflating their rates so as to profit from trades, or to give the impression that they were more creditworthy than they were

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is being investigating over allegations of widespread doping and blackmail in Athletics

The Gürtel case is an ongoing political corruption scandal in Spain, which implicates officers of the People's Party (PP). The case came to public attention in early 2009

The May 6, 2010 Flash Crash was a United States trillion-dollar stock market crash. On April 21, 2015, five years after the incident, the U.S. Department of Justice laid "22 criminal counts, including fraud and market manipulation" [8] against a UK trader.

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Corruption scandal in Spain following the publication of extracts from handwritten accounts by its former treasurer and senator, Luis Barcenas. They indicated that the ruling of People's Party (PP) kept a parallel bookkeeping system to record cash donations illegal and undeclared, and used them in part to pay bonuses to senior members of the party.

ICIJ's investigation into secret corporate tax deals in Luxembourg Leaked Documents Expose Global Companies’ Secret Tax Deals

It is a network of political corruption linked to Andalusia, governed by PSOE since 1980. The origin of this scandal in Andalusia was in the investigation of the case corruption in the Seville company Mercasevilla.

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The Vatileaks scandal is a scandal initially involving leaked Vatican documents, exposing alleged corruption.

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A case of alleged corruption in Spain, also known as the Babel operation. It started in 2010 when the leaders of the Nóos Institute, Iñaki Urdangarin (husband of Spanish royal Cristina de Borbón), then Duke of Palma de Mallorca, and his former associate Diego Torres, were accused of corruption. They were accused of embezzlement, perverting the course of justice, and money laundering.

In June 2016 the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) of Latvia together with the Special Investigation Service of Lithuania (STT) arrested and later released the "Latvijas Tilti" Chairman of the Board Mr. Genadijs Kamkalovs and several employees of "LNK Industries". The arrested persons were suspected of bribery and misuse of public position.

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Numerous allegations of corruption within the English Football Association, especially affecting player managers and agents.

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It is a corruption case investigating Jordi Pujol and other family members.

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A number of people form the medical staff have been suspected about taking and demanding bribes form patients.

The former chairman of the board of Riga Central Market Anatolijs Abramovs has been suspected for a number of corruption situations as bribery, misuse of public official.

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Britain's Serious Fraud Office charges traders at major banks of rigging Euribor benchmark interest rates

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A large journalistic investigation of a giant tax evasion scheme allegedly operated with the knowledge and encouragement of the British multinational bank HSBC via its Swiss subsidiary, HSBC Private Bank (Suisse).

Ex Member of the European Parliament has been found guilty of fraud expenses foor dishonestly claiming about £100,000 in expenses

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David Rath is a former politician who in the past held the post of Minister of Health and Governor of the Central Region. From May 2012 he is a major figure in a corruption scandal for which he spent a year and a half in detention.

In 1993 in order to become a cabinet minister under the Socialist Mr Mitterand Mr Tapie a French businessman sold his majority stake in Adidas. Mr Tapie subsequently sued the French bank Credit Lyonnais which bought the stake, accusing the bank of defrauding him by undervaluing the company. In 2007 the former socialist minister backed centre right candidate Nicholas Sarkozy for president.

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Punic operation is the name given to the police operation carried out by the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of teh Civil Guards. It is a plot of municipal and regional corruption infiltrated in several municipalitiesi and autonomous regions, mainly in the province and autonomous regions of Madrid, Murcia, Leon and Valencia.

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The former chairman of the company "Latvia Railway" has been suspected for taking bribe. Last summer Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) arrested Magonis, now the criminal case is in the process. There is suspiction that the bribe giver could be millionaire - businessman Oļegs Osinovskis from Estonia.

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The Ministry of Transport and Logistics has worked out a report of the functional audit about the implementation of procurement procedures at the Riga International Airport. The Council of the airport has lost trust of two members of the board after seeing it because of suspicious actions in accordance with personal interests.

An investigation into allegations of fraud involving the Police Federation of England and Wales has been opened. Surrey Police are investigating an alleged transfer of about £1m to a charitable account in August last year.

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It is a judicial reserach developed in Galicia since September 2012 in relation to different episodes of alleged corruption, and where they were surrounded some politicians of Galicia, as the mayor of Ourense, Francisco Rodriguez, the mayor of Boqueixón Adolfo Gacio or former councilor City Planning Lugo, Francisco Fernández Linares.

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Judicial case investigating former directors of Bankia.

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The Colectiv nightclub fire was a deadly fire in Bucharest, Romania, on 30 October 2015, which killed 64 people and injured 147.[10][11][12][13]. Mass protests over the corruption linked to the fire led to the resignation of the Prime Minister

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Police in Northern Ireland to launch investigation into the sale of 850 Nama properties

A former French budget minister who was appointed to tackle Tax evasion has gone on trial on tax fraud charges

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All cases related to corruption surrounding the Milan Expo this year (2015)

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It is an alleged corruption plot in Alava, related to collecting kickbacks splashing former leaders of the PNV in Alava. There are around 30 people accused.

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In one of the ambitious scandal related to corruption three former local authorities of Riga City Council were sentenced with imprisonment and few other with fine. The group of local authorities is sentenced about taking bribes by prior agreement, but individuals about giving bribes during the period from year 2005 to 2008 for various interests of construction implementation.

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There will be a investigation into the IBRC transaction

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In 2014, Moldova was forced to place three of its largest banks in special administration after $1bn went missing through a complex series of loans and contracts.

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It is a corruption case in Spain that started in October 2007 following the complaint of the Minister of Sports of the Autonomous Government of the Balearic Islands, the Socialist Mateu Cañellas, who said the previous regional government of the Popular Party headed by Jaume Matas, had authorized a total expenditure of 90.6 million euros for the cycle track.

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