Embezzlement
FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2015, file photo Ray Curry, a regional director of the United Auto Workers, speaks in Chattanooga, Tenn. On Monday, June 28, 2021, Curry was elected president of the union. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)
New UAW president will face huge post-pandemic challenges

By Tom Krisher Jun. 28, 2021 03:31 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2021 file photo, Rory Gamble, President of United Auto Workers, speaks at the Ford Rouge EV Center in Dearborn, Mich. Gamble, who led the union through a corruption scandal and the coronavirus pandemic, is retiring effective June 30. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Rory Gamble, who led UAW through scandal, pandemic, retires

By Tom Krisher Jun. 25, 2021 01:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah arrives to attend the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Meeting, hosted by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Kuwait's justice system is testing government pledges to hold ministers accountable for $790 million gone missing from the Defense Ministry fund years ago. The ministerial court ordered two former ministers and royal family members, Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak Al Sabah and his ally, former Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah Al Sabah, detained April 2021 in Kuwait's Central Prison over their suspected misuse of the ministry's funds. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Ex-premier's graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait

By Isabel Debre May. 29, 2021 02:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, centre, attends a rally in Moscow, Russia. Navalny is an anti-corruption campaigner and the Kremlin’s fiercest critic. He has outlasted many opposition figures and is undeterred by incessant attempts to stop his work. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman, File)
EXPLAINER: Why Navalny is a thorn in the Kremlin's side

By Daria Litvinova Jan. 22, 2021 02:33 AM EST

Prosecutor: Veteran embezzled nearly $1M in benefits

Jan. 10, 2021 11:12 AM EST
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Vietnam veteran embezzled nearly $1 million in health care benefits from the government that helped support a...

Police move in on protesters to keep the road clear in front of the Justice Palace where people who are refusing to recognize the new government marched to protest, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. On Tuesday, Peru swore in Manuel Merino as president, after Peru’s legislature booted President Martin Vizcarra from office on Monday. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Peru ouster throws nation's anti-corruption drive into doubt

By Christine Armario And Franklin Briceño Nov. 11, 2020 03:22 PM EST

Critic of Chinese leader sentenced to 18 years in graft case

By Joe Mcdonald Sep. 21, 2020 11:53 PM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of a state-owned real estate company who publicly criticized President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic was...

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2020 04:05 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ Aug. 19 The Commercial Dispatch on a former...

President of Venezuelan soccer body Berardinelli dies

By Jorge Rueda Aug. 05, 2020 08:11 PM EDT
CARACAS (AP) — Venezuela's soccer federation president Jesús Berardinelli has died two weeks after he suddenly lost consciousness and presented other health...

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2012, file photo, Chinese real estate mogul Ren Zhiqiang poses for photos in his office in Beijing. Ren, former chairman of a state-owned real estate company who publicly criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and will be prosecuted on corruption charges, the party announced Friday, July 24, 2020. (Color China Photo via AP)
Critic of Chinese leader expelled from party on graft charge

Jul. 23, 2020 11:30 PM EDT

Alabama judge charged with theft, ethics violation resigns

Jul. 08, 2020 07:17 PM EDT
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A north Alabama judge accused of misusing court funds and stealing money from clients has resigned from his post. ...

European Council President Charles Michel, top of screen, speaks to EU leaders during an EU summit, in video conference format, at the European Council in Brussels, Friday, June 19, 2020. As they brace for the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, leaders of the European Union's member states will discuss on Friday the bloc's future long-term budget and a multi-billion post-coronavirus recovery plan. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)
EU lawmakers seek probe of fund misuse on summit day

By Lorne Cook Jun. 19, 2020 08:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 27, 2005 file photo, Ecuador's former President Abdala Bucaram leaves the Foreign Ministery in Panama City, where he sought political asylum after fleeing his country amid massive protests that forced the ouster of President Lucio Gutierrez. Bucaram was detained at his home in Guayaquil, Ecuador on June 3, 2020, during a search warrant ordered by the Prosecutor's Office investigating alleged embezzlement through a contract for hospital medical supplies. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
Ex-Ecuador president detained in COVID-19 corruption raid

By Gonzalo Solano Jun. 03, 2020 04:23 PM EDT

Civil protection workers move boxes of ventilators at the customs post in the Bosnia capital Sarajevo, Thursday, April 30, 2020. In their initial report, the Bosnian state prosecutors said in a statement released Monday May 11, 2020, that the ventilators imported from China by private company Silver Raspberry, and paid for by the country’s government, have been found to be useless for COVID-19 coronavirus patients. (AP Photo)
Bosnia: Officials, firm owner arrested over ventilator deal

By Amer Cohadzic May. 29, 2020 07:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2020, file photo, a man rides a bicycle in front of the government house during a government-ordered lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Even amid a global pandemic, there’s no sign that corruption is slowing down in Latin America. From Argentina to Panama, a number of officials have been forced to resign as reports of possibly fraudulent purchases of ventilators, masks and medical supplies proliferate. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Spread of coronavirus fuels corruption in Latin America

By Joshua Goodman May. 27, 2020 12:08 AM EDT

Federal police leave Laranjeiras Palace, the official residence of Rio de Janeiro Gov. Wilson Witzel, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Brazil's Federal Police raided the governor's official residence on Tuesday to carry out searches, part of an investigation into the embezzlement of public resources in the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Pandemic probe: Brazil police raid Rio governor's residence

By Marcelo De Sousa And Diane Jeantet May. 26, 2020 08:19 AM EDT

Update on the latest sports

May. 06, 2020 05:00 PM EDT
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS Patchwork decisions throw wrinkle in college football plans UNDATED (AP) — The sound of...

Daniel Hsu, a Chinese American, poses for a portrait in the apartment he has been renting in Shanghai, China on Monday, April 13, 2020. Hsu, a U.S. citizen, has not been convicted of any crime in China, yet he was detained for six months in solitary confinement under conditions that could qualify as torture under international conventions. Authorities from eastern Anhui province placed exit bans on Hsu and his wife, Jodie Chen, blocking them from returning home to suburban Seattle in August 2017 and effectively orphaning their 16-year-old daughter in America. (AP Photo)
US couple's nightmare: Held in China, away from daughter

By Erika Kinetz May. 05, 2020 12:03 AM EDT

I. Coast opposition leader sentenced to 20 years in absentia

By Toussaint N'gotta Apr. 28, 2020 01:26 PM EDT
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast opposition politician Guillaume Soro vowed to press ahead with his presidential candidacy in the October election after...