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Vice-president of concern MG Baltic Romualdas Kurlianskis is also officialy suspected of unlawful possession of the information constituting a State secret (he allegedly is in possesion of some documents belonging to the State Security Department)

Google is expected to reach a tax settlement with the Indonesian government in the next few weeks, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Under the proposed settlement, Google will pay back taxes and fines, and the search giant will have to agree to a new calculation of profits made in the country, said one of the people, who declined to be named as the information was not public.

The affair surrounding South Korea's President Park Geun Hye has now also consequences for Samsung: The company has been targeted by the prosecutor's office. According to media reports, Samsung is said to have surrendered 2.8 million euros under the pretext of a consulting contract to a company Chois in Germany. Choi is accused of having an influence on the government's work. She was arrested last Thursday for suspected fraud and abuse of power.

Controversial self-PR: When Donald Trump gave his first TV interview after the election, daughter Ivanka was at his side. On the wrist, she wore a brace from her own collection - her label took the opportunity.

Unprecedented conflict of interest: Donald Trumps billionimperium comprises 515 companies. They are likely to benefit enormously when he is the US president, especially since he is not making any effort to separate his office from his family.

Billing fraud: 200 suspects after care raids. Nursing services have caused a million million damages according to the findings of investigators.

Donald Trump arranges his government - and continues to meet with business partners. Several examples illustrate how the boundaries between politics and profit are seriously blurred.

Sweden, Executives at Ericsson are to be questioned by US investigators over allegations of bribery after whistleblowers - senior executives - claimed that the Swedish company had paid hundreds of millions of dollars of bribery payments to politicians worldwide between 1998 and 2001.

Investigation on alleged corruption related to public procurement procedure in the State Enterprise Klaipeda State Seaport authority has not impeded the signing of the contract with „Latvijas tilti“ for 11,7 million euro

South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday that they believed President Park Geun-hye was an accomplice in a Corruption scandal that has rocked her administration, in a heavy blow to her fight for political survival. Park's close friend Choi Soon-sil and former presidential aide An Chong-bum were charged with abuse of power in pressuring companies to contribute funds to foundations at the center of the scandal, said Lee Young-ryeol, head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.