MANILA, Philippines — National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag on Thursday said they have received information that ex-congressman Mike Defensor bribed the “18 ex-Marines” P5 million each to supposedly testify as “bagmen” for former congressman…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — As complaints about alleged bribery and extortion involving traffic enforcers continue to circulate online, an official urged motorists to immediately report similar incidents to authorities. Raquel Arce, head of the Cebu City Transportation…
Here is a video footage showing traffic enforcers of the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) allegedly extorting motorists. The personnel involved here were recently terminated from service after due process. TEAM Head Hyll Retuya said the…
The former chairman of one of China’s biggest state-owned airlines has been charged with bribery, state media said Friday, nearly a year after he was investigated for graft. Liu Shaoyong was the chairman of China Eastern Airlines…
MANILA, Philippines — Most Filipinos named bribery as the most common form of corruption in the Philippine government, according to a recent Octa Research survey. The Octa survey, conducted from Dec. 3 to 11, 2025, which was…
MIAMI — Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising from more than $1 million in bribes that several executives allegedly paid to election officials in the Philippines. The payments,…
MANILA – Commissioner Rafael Vicente Calinisan, Vice Chairperson and Executive Officer of the National Police Commission (Napolcom), has ordered the suspension of San Simon, Pampanga Mayor Abundio Punsalan Jr.’s powers and control over the municipal police. This came…
The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division on Friday has acquitted Senator Jinggoy Estrada and businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles of plunder in connection with the pork barrel scam. But Estrada was convicted by the anti-graft court division of one count of…
SEOUL — The de facto chief of South Korea’s Samsung business empire was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling that deprives the tech giant of its top…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A policeman’s offer to a brother of an arrested drug suspect — his help in the case of his brother for one air conditioner — went awry when the brother rejected the offer…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A firefighter assigned in the Bureau of Fire Protection in Mandaue City (BFP Mandaue) was caught allegedly extorting money from an applicant. Fire Office 1 (FO1) James Royce Cañete, 27, of Placer town…
BEIJING — Chinese authorities say they are investigating the former president of Interpol for bribery and other crimes and indicate that political transgressions may have also landed him in trouble. In a statement posted on a government…
