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Weekly Roundup: European Lawmaker Took Qatari Bribes, Ukrainian Oligarch Arrested, and More

Greece's anti-money laundering regulator seized land owned by European lawmaker Eva Kaili, who remains jailed in Brussels on accusations of accepting bribes that allegedly originated from Qatar, the National Herald reported. More Belgium's justice minister said the ongoing criminal probe into bribery at the European Parliament involves "interference by state actors in the heart of our European democracy," the Financial Times reported. More French authorities arrested Ukrainian oligarch Konstantin Zhevago for allegedly embezzling $113 million from Finance & Credit Bank, a now-defunct lender in which he used to hold shares, and laundering the stolen assets, Reuters reported. More Russia's Sberbank...

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