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7th Circuit Upholds Conviction of Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan

The decision leaves a likely next stop at the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Declines Householder Appeal in Ohio $60 Million Bribery Case

Moldovan Court Sentences Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 Years in $1 Billion Bank Fraud Case

Appeals Court Frees Two ‘ComEd Four’ Defendants, Signals New Trial Under Narrowed Bribery Law

Ex-Godley Police Chief Among 3 Arrested in Texas Prostitution Probe

Ukraine Anti-Corruption Court Upholds Six-Year Sentence for Ex–Tax Chief Roman Nasirov

Jury Deadlocks in Ohio Bribery Case Against Ex-FirstEnergy Leaders

Aldama Delivers Records to Spain’s Supreme Court Citing Partner’s Rent Payments for Ábalos’s Ex

Delhi Court Acquits Ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta, Ex-MP Vijay Darda in Bander Coal Case

Italy Raids Defence Ministry, Terna, RFI and PSN in Sogei-Linked IT Procurement Probe

Spain’s Supreme Court Halves ‘Pequeño Nicolás’ Sentence in Police Data Case

Spain’s National Court Provisionally Closes Probe Into Alleged CDC Financing Through Ambulances Egara

Prosecutors Seize Records in Chiclayo Hospital Cafeteria Contract Probe

CBI Books IAS Officer Over Alleged Rs 1 Crore Bribe Tied to NCDRC Orders

Srinagar Anti-Corruption Court Jails Ex-Tehsildar for 2010 Bribe

Contraloría Finds S/2.3 Million Loss in La Libertad’s Procompite 2023 Under César Acuña

Paris Orders Vincent Bolloré to Stand Trial in December for Alleged Bribery of a Foreign Public Official in Togo

Raids Target Alleged Bribery at Miltenberg District Office as Probe Widens

Prosecutors File Cenyt Indictment Targeting Ex‑BBVA Leadership and the Bank

Jury Deliberates in FirstEnergy Bribery Case Against Ex-Executives Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling