MAN GIVEN 472 YEARS FOR SEX TRAFFICKING - LONGEST PRISON SENTENCE FOR CRIME IN HISTORY

Brock Franklin, 31, ran a human trafficking ring that reportedly recruited its victims, several women and girls, on Facebook... READ MORE›

THE COST OF LOVE: WHY NOT EVERYONE IS THRILLED FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN

As of the beginning of 2017, there had been 115 convictions registered for human trafficking in Canada... READ MORE›

SAP FACES U.S. PROBE INTO SOUTH AFRICA KICKBACK ALLEGATIONS

SAP overhauls sales practices as it faces US probe on South Africa... READ MORE›

A THIRD OF LATIN AMERICANS PAY BRIBES TO OFFICIALS

Survey conducted in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries estimates more than 90 million people paid a bribe last year in the region... READ MORE›

4,000 MIGRANTS INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN FOUND TRAPPED IN LIBYAN CAMPS

The forces of Anti-Isis Operation Room, which now controls Sabratha, have been clashing with al-Ammu for the past two weeks for control of the city... READ MORE›

HOW A PLAYER GETS SUCKED INTO THE DARK, CORRUPT WORLD OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL

A player's descent into the dark and illicit world of college basketball pay-for-play doesn't start with bribes or threats -- it starts with a friendly conversation... READ MORE›

HUMAN TRAFFICKING 'HANDLED INADEQUATELY BY IRISH CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM'

A European watchdog has warned that Ireland's criminal justice system is inadequate for dealing with human trafficking... READ MORE›

BRAZIL'S BRIBERY SCANDAL HAS WORLDWIDE TENTACLES

And there have been two CEOs since Marcelo Odebrecht was jailed but tellingly, neither has had the surname Odebrecht... READ MORE›

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NO ONE HAS EVER MADE A CORRUPTION MACHINE LIKE THIS ONE

Brazilian police had discovered Odebrecht's accounts in the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda and were pressing authorities there to share them... READ MORE›

FOUR ARRESTS OVER AUSTRIA LORRY DEATHS

Hungarian police say they have arrested four people over the discovery of the bodies of 71 migrants, thought to be Syrian, in a lorry in Austria... READ MORE›

A BANGLADESHI TOWN IN HUMAN TRAFFICKINGS GRIP

In Shah Porir Dwip, the police were arriving in small boats nearly every day to take away townspeople identified as smuggling agents... READ MORE›

RANA PLAZA OWNER JAILED FOR THREE YEARS OVER CORRUPTION

Bangladesh has the world's second-largest garment industry, with nearly 4,000 factories... READ MORE›

178 MIGRANTS RESCUED FROM TRAILER IN MEXICO

The migrants were found Saturday in a trailer in Veracruz state, about 400 miles from the U.S. border, Mexico's National Institute of Migration said... READ MORE›

ROMANIAN MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER ANTI-GRAFT PROTESTS

Romania's top judicial watchdog has filed a constitutional court challenge to the decree, which will take effect in 10 days unless blocked by a court ruling... READ MORE›

THAILAND GENERAL JAILED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT MASS TRIAL

Manas Kongpan is jailed for 27 years as dozens are convicted of human trafficking at a mass trial... READ MORE›

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SMUGGLED OUT OF UK AND BACK AGAIN

An undercover journalist filmed 21 illegal immigrants inside a lorry being taken on to a ferry and into France... READ MORE›

GRIM FINDINGS IN AUSTRIA AND AT SEA PUSH MIGRANT CRISIS INTO PUBLIC VIEW

As the three smugglers headed back toward Hungary, the Austrian police arrested them before they were across the border... READ MORE›

CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION, BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT COULD BE SAVED BY POLITICIANS ALSO UNDER SUSPICION

Brazil's chief prosecutor accused President Michel Temer of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from the world's largest meatpacking company, JBS... READ MORE›

HOW ISLANDS OF HONESTY CAN CRUSH A SYSTEM OF CORRUPTION

After the Sewol disaster, Ms. Park promised to attack the layers of corruption that had contributed to it... READ MORE›

ENGLAND RUGBY A YEAR BEFORE THE WORLD CUP

The 2014 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, also found that the proportion of children among victims appeared to be rising... READ MORE›

A LABORATORY FOR REFUGEE POLITICS: INSIDE PASSAU, THE 'GERMAN LAMPEDUSA'

His optimism was boosted by the announcement earlier this week by Angela Merkel that Syrian refugees who arrive in Germany will automatically receive asylum... READ MORE›

ANOTHER NAVY OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAKING BRIBES FROM 'FAT LEONARD'

On Friday, Jesus V. Cantu, 59, a retired Navy captain and Stanford graduate, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to conspiracy to commit bribery... READ MORE›

'WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM': OTTAWA HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR TAKES PART IN MARCH

On Monday, police arrested and charged 37-year-old Cameron Lyons with human trafficking and child luring... READ MORE›

6. IS THE PROBE CONNECTED TO OTHER CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS?

Notably, JBS SA and BRF SA, Brazil's two biggest meat suppliers... READ MORE›

Instead, Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index assesses perceptions of corruption across every country... READ MORE›

BRITAIN ACCUSES SPAIN OF 'VIOLATING ITS SOVEREIGNTY' AS POLICE CHASE DRUG TRAFFICKERS INTO GIBRALTAR'S WATERS

Video Britain accuses Spain of 'violating its sovereignty' as police chase drug traffickers into Gibraltar's waters... READ MORE›

ANGER AND OUTRAGE OVER WIDESPREAD RHINO HORN POACHING

Our corruption is endemic in every sphere of the wildlife industry... READ MORE›

LEADER OF EFFORT TO OUST BRAZILS PRESIDENT LOSES SEAT

Mr. Cunha faces an array of corruption charges, making him a symbol of the widespread graft and impunity in Brazil's political system... READ MORE›

BRAZIL JUDGE TARGETS DOZENS OF POLITICIANS FOR 'CORRUPTION'

It includes almost a third of President Michel Temer's cabinet and Rio de Janeiro's mayor during the Olympics... READ MORE›

HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS RECOMMEND CHANGES IN U.S. POLICIES

Marty said improvements are needed to overcome the fear that stops most victims of human trafficking from escaping... READ MORE›

ALL THE LAWS AUSTRALIA IS BREAKING IF IT PAYS HUMAN SMUGGLERS TO KEEP MIGRANTS AWAY

This really tests the boundaries of Indonesian and international law, said Elaine Pearson, the Australian director of Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›

THE BALKANS ARE NOW THE CENTRE OF EUROPES PEOPLE SMUGGLING WEB

For the migrants themselves, the costs demanded by smugglers vary wildly on the western Balkans route... READ MORE›

GUATEMALA PRESIDENT APPEARS IN COURT AS CONGRESS ACCEPTS RESIGNATION

Government institutions were ordered to remove all official presidential photographs - even before congress had accepted Perez Molina's resignation... READ MORE›

CORRUPTION IN CHINA ALLIGATOR MEAT JADE PILES OF CASH

The wrong lies with me, Li Chuncheng, the former party secretary of the southwestern city of Chengdu, confesses in sobs... READ MORE›

FINALLY, AFGHANISTAN IS TRYING TO PENETRATE AND PURGE HIGH-LEVEL CORRUPTION

Abdulhai Jurat, a former military prosecutor accused of bribery, stands in the dock surrounded by police at his trial in the new Anti-Corruption Justice Center... READ MORE›

9 YEAR JAIL TERM FOR ARKANSAS EMPLOYEE WHO HELPED SWINDLE $6.1 MILLION FROM KIDS FEEDING PROGRAM

The federal indictment said Tonique Hatton and Gladys King determined the eligibility of sponsors while Mills operated as a sponsor... READ MORE›

INDONESIA ARRESTS KEY PEOPLE SMUGGLER WHO TARGETED AUSTRALIA

Abraham Louhenapessy was arrested in Jakarta this week for allegedly smuggling people into and out of Indonesia, said Indonesia's national police investigator Agus Andrianto... READ MORE›

APOCALYPSE NOW: THE TRAGIC LEGACY OF CHINA'S 'PERNICIOUS KLEPTOCRACY'

China's flawed corruption crusade How the Tianjin disaster was the latest consequence of a system that places profit before public safety... READ MORE›