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Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

The former secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán upon his arrival at the Commission of Investigation of the 'Koldo case', in the Senate, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Cerdán appears before the commission almost a month after his release from prison, where he remained for five months following the publication of a report by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil that placed him at the epicenter of an alleged corrupt scheme to collect bribes in exchange for public works awards. This is the second occasion on which he appears as he was questioned by this forum a few months ago when he was in charge of the Secretariat of Organization of the PSOE. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

The former secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán upon his arrival at the Commission of Investigation of the 'Koldo case', in the Senate, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Cerdán appears before the commission almost a month after his release from prison, where he remained for five months following the publication of a report by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil that placed him at the epicenter of an alleged corrupt scheme to collect bribes in exchange for public works awards. This is the second occasion on which he appears as he was questioned by this forum a few months ago when he was in charge of the Secretariat of Organization of the PSOE. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

The former secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán upon his arrival at the Commission of Investigation of the 'Koldo case', in the Senate, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Cerdán appears before the commission almost a month after his release from prison, where he remained for five months following the publication of a report by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil that placed him at the epicenter of an alleged corrupt scheme to collect bribes in exchange for public works awards. This is the second occasion on which he appears as he was questioned by this forum a few months ago when he was in charge of the Secretariat of Organization of the PSOE. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

The former secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán upon his arrival at the Commission of Investigation of the 'Koldo case', in the Senate, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Cerdán appears before the commission almost a month after his release from prison, where he remained for five months following the publication of a report by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil that placed him at the epicenter of an alleged corrupt scheme to collect bribes in exchange for public works awards. This is the second occasion on which he appears as he was questioned by this forum a few months ago when he was in charge of the Secretariat of Organization of the PSOE. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

The former secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán upon his arrival at the Commission of Investigation of the 'Koldo case', in the Senate, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Cerdán appears before the commission almost a month after his release from prison, where he remained for five months following the publication of a report by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil that placed him at the epicenter of an alleged corrupt scheme to collect bribes in exchange for public works awards. This is the second occasion on which he appears as he was questioned by this forum a few months ago when he was in charge of the Secretariat of Organization of the PSOE. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

The former secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán upon his arrival at the Commission of Investigation of the 'Koldo case', in the Senate, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Cerdán appears before the commission almost a month after his release from prison, where he remained for five months following the publication of a report by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil that placed him at the epicenter of an alleged corrupt scheme to collect bribes in exchange for public works awards. This is the second occasion on which he appears as he was questioned by this forum a few months ago when he was in charge of the Secretariat of Organization of the PSOE. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

The former secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán upon his arrival at the Commission of Investigation of the 'Koldo case', in the Senate, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Cerdán appears before the commission almost a month after his release from prison, where he remained for five months following the publication of a report by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil that placed him at the epicenter of an alleged corrupt scheme to collect bribes in exchange for public works awards. This is the second occasion on which he appears as he was questioned by this forum a few months ago when he was in charge of the Secretariat of Organization of the PSOE. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Orders the Arrest of The Wife of Ex-President - Seoul

Kim Keon-hee (C), wife of former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, is seen at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, August 12, 2025. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to detain Kim Keon-hee Tuesday night, on charges of violating the capital market act, the political funds act and a law on the acceptance of bribes for mediation, saying that the move aimed to prevent Kim from destroying evidence. Kim was jailed in the Seoul Southern Detention Center in Seoul, where she had been awaiting the court's decision after attending the court hearing on her detention. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Orders the Arrest of The Wife of Ex-President - Seoul

Kim Keon-hee (C), wife of former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, is seen at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, August 12, 2025. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to detain Kim Keon-hee Tuesday night, on charges of violating the capital market act, the political funds act and a law on the acceptance of bribes for mediation, saying that the move aimed to prevent Kim from destroying evidence. Kim was jailed in the Seoul Southern Detention Center in Seoul, where she had been awaiting the court's decision after attending the court hearing on her detention. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Peru's ex-president Toledo back in Lima to face graft charges

STORY: Peru's ex-president Toledo back in Lima to face graft charges DATELINE: April 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Lima CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo arriving in Peru 2. images of Toledo 3. file of Toledo STORYLINE: Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo landed Sunday in Lima, after being extradited from the United States to face corruption charges of receiving millions of U.S. dollars in bribes, Peruvian radio RPP reported. Toledo's extradition ends a six-year battle raised by Peruvian judicial authorities, which accused him of allegedly taking at least 20 million U.S. dollars in bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, in exchange for a government contract to build the Interoceanic Highway linking Peru and Brazil. The prosecutor in Peru is pursuing a sentence of more than 20 years in prison for that crime. Having been wanted since 2017, Toledo, who governed Peru from 2001 to 2006, was taken to the Police Aviation Directo

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Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec Takahashi granted bail

Former Tokyo Olympic executive Haruyuki Takahashi leaves the Tokyo Detention House in a wheelchair on Dec. 26, 2022, after the Tokyo District Court granted him bail in connection with a bribery scandal. Takahashi, 78, has been indicted four times on charges of receiving bribes in return for helping companies be selected as a sponsor or a marketing agent of the global event.

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Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec Takahashi granted bail

Former Tokyo Olympic executive Haruyuki Takahashi leaves the Tokyo Detention House in a wheelchair on Dec. 26, 2022, after the Tokyo District Court granted him bail in connection with a bribery scandal. Takahashi, 78, has been indicted four times on charges of receiving bribes in return for helping companies be selected as a sponsor or a marketing agent of the global event.

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Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec Takahashi granted bail

Former Tokyo Olympic executive Haruyuki Takahashi leaves the Tokyo Detention House in a wheelchair on Dec. 26, 2022, after the Tokyo District Court granted him bail in connection with a bribery scandal. Takahashi, 78, has been indicted four times on charges of receiving bribes in return for helping companies be selected as a sponsor or a marketing agent of the global event.

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Bo Xilai sentence upheld

BEIJING, China - A police officer stands guard at the Higher People's Court of Shandong Province in China on Oct. 25, 2013. The court rejected an appeal the same day by Bo Xilai, a former top member of China's Communist Party, against a lower court ruling sentencing him to life in prison for taking bribes, embezzling public funds and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentence upheld

BEIJING, Japan - Police officers stand guard at the Higher People's Court of Shandong Province in China on Oct. 25, 2013. The court rejected an appeal the same day by Bo Xilai, a former top member of China's Communist Party, against a lower court ruling in which he was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes, embezzling public funds and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentence upheld

BEIJING, Japan - Photo shows the Higher People's Court of Shandong Province in China on Oct. 25, 2013. The court rejected an appeal the same day by Bo Xilai, a former top member of China's Communist Party, against a lower court ruling in which he was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes, embezzling public funds and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai trial

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on the Internet by the the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province shows Wang Lijun (front R), former aide to disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai (front L), in the witness stand during the trial of Bo at the court on Aug. 24, 2013. Bo, a former Communist party leader of Chongqing, is charged with taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai's trial

JINAN, China - A police vehicle carrying Bo Xilai (3rd from L), a former Chinese Communist Party rising star, leaves the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 23, 2013, after the second day of his trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - The Jinan Intermediate People's Court's website carries a photo of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - China Central Television carries news of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - The Jinan Intermediate People's Court's website carries a photo of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - China Central Television carries news of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - Police officers are mobilized as the trial began for former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - Supporters of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai hold a portrait of Communist China founder Mao Zedong outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013, as his trial began at the court the same day on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - People watch from the other side of barriers set up in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers conduct security checks on reporters outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai. The trial of Bo on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began Aug. 22, 2013 at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers set up barriers in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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S. Korean president's brother arrested

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's elder brother, Lee Sang Deuk, formerly a six-term legislator, lowers his eyes before reporters in Seoul in the early hours of July 11, 2012, after he was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes.

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S. Korean president's brother arrested

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's elder brother, Lee Sang Deuk, formerly a six-term legislator, answers reporters' questions in Seoul in the early hours of July 11, 2012, after he was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes.

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S. Korean president's brother arrested

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's elder brother, Lee Sang Deuk, formerly a six-term legislator, answers reporters' questions in Seoul in the early hours of July 11, 2012, after he was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes.

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Ex-Labor Minister Murakami on parole from prison term

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - This undated file photo shows former Labor Minister Masakuni Murakami, who was released on parole on Oct. 28, 2009, before the end of his 26-month prison term for taking bribes in the late 1990s from a mutual aid organization for small and midsize businesses.

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Fired Russian sumo wrestler denies match-fixing claim, apologizes

TOKYO, Japan - Former Russian sumo wrestler Wakanoho (L) speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo District Court building in Tokyo on Nov. 28. Wakanoho denied his earlier claim in a magazine article that he was forced to accept bribes to lose matches and apologized to the wrestlers implicated in the allegation of match fixing.

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Fired Russian wrestler rocks sumo world with match-fixing claims

TOKYO, Japan - Former Russian sumo wrestler Wakanoho, recently banned for life after he was arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana, speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 29. He claimed he was forced to accept bribes to lose matches.

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Ex-education ministry official arrested over alleged bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metropolitan Police agents show up at the education ministry on April 4 to search for incriminating evidence after Hiroshi Oshima, 59, former chief of the ministry's Facilities Planning and Administration Department, was arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes from a construction firm in return for favorable consideration on a facility improvement project for a national university.

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Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 public prosecutors and employees walk into the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Ichigaya area on Nov. 29 for an intensive search to back up allegations that former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya took bribes from a former defense equipment trading house executive, investigative sources said.

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Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 public prosecutors and employees walk into the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Ichigaya area on Nov. 29 for an intensive search to back up allegations that former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya took bribes from a former defense equipment trading house executive, investigative sources said.

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Moriya's arrest 'extremely deplorable': Machimura

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 28 after former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader while he was still the top defense bureaucrat.

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Moriya arrested on suspicion of taking bribes

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28 after former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader while he was still the top defense bureaucrat.

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GSDF colonel arrested for alleged bribery

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma speaks during a news conference at his ministry in Tokyo on June 22 in connection with the arrest of a Ground Self-Defense Force colonel the same day on suspicion of taking bribes from a trading company in connection with procurements of GSDF equipment.

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GSDF colonel arrested for alleged bribery

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators head to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 22 to probe a case of suspected bribery. A colonel in the Ground Self-Defense Force was arrested the same day on suspicion of receiving bribes from a trading company related to procurements of GSDF equipment.

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Fukushima prefectural office raided in bribery probe

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prosecutors on Oct. 24 searched the Fukushima prefectural government building (in photo), along with the home of former Gov. Eisaku Sato, who was arrested the previous day on suspicion of receiving bribes for a dam construction project.

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Recruit scandal-tainted Fujinami expresses intent to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takao Fujinami (file photo) on July 26 expressed his intention not to seek reelection as a House of Representatives member, citing health reasons. In March 1997, the Tokyo High Court sentenced Fujinami to three years in prison, suspended for four years, for accepting more than 40 million yen worth of bribes from Recruit Co.

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Ex-construction minister Nakamura enters detention house

TOKYO, Japan - Former Construction Minister Kishiro Nakamura (file photo) was sent to the Tokyo Detention House on Feb. 13 following the Supreme Court's dismissal of his last challenge against a conviction for taking bribes. The Supreme Court's decision finalized Nakamura's conviction and stripped him of his Diet seat.

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(2)Ex-Kyoto racetrack chief suspected of taking bribes

TOKYO, Japan - Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers arrive at the Tokyo house of a former head of the Japan Racing Association's (JRA) Kyoto racetrack Nov. 20 for investigations. The man is suspected of taking 1.6 million yen in bribes from the former president of a firm that makes prepaid cards.

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Ex-Kyoto racetrack chief suspected of taking bribes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 20 shows the headquarters of the Japan Racing Association (JRA) in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. The former head of JRA's Kyoto racetrack is suspected of taking 1.6 million yen in bribes from the former president of a firm that makes prepaid cards, investigative sources said Nov. 20.

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Mongolian official denies taking bribes from Mitsui & Co.

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Tsegmid Sukhbaatar, a director general-level official in charge of power and energy management at Mongolia's Infrastructure Ministry, told Kyodo News in Ulan Bator on Aug. 29 he had never received bribes from Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. in connection with a Japanese government-financed power project.

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Mitsui bribes Mongolian official to win aid contract

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the head office of major trading house Mitsui & Co. in Tokyo, which bribed a ranking Mongolian government official in 2001 to secure orders for a Japanese government-financed power project. Sources close to the case said Aug. 28 employees of Mitsui, including Yusuke Shimazaki, 39, offered more than 1 million yen to a director general-level official in charge of power and energy management at Mongolia's Infrastructure Ministry.

Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

Cerdán Appears Before Senate Koldo Commission - Madrid

South Korea Orders the Arrest of The Wife of Ex-President - Seoul

South Korea Orders the Arrest of The Wife of Ex-President - Seoul

Peru's ex-president Toledo back in Lima to face graft charges

Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec Takahashi granted bail

Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec Takahashi granted bail

Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec Takahashi granted bail

Bo Xilai sentence upheld

Bo Xilai sentence upheld

Bo Xilai sentence upheld

Bo Xilai trial

Bo Xilai's trial

Bo Xilai stands trial

Bo Xilai stands trial

Bo Xilai stands trial

Bo Xilai stands trial

Bo Xilai stands trial

Bo Xilai stands trial

Trial opens for Bo Xilai

Trial opens for Bo Xilai

Trial opens for Bo Xilai

Trial opens for Bo Xilai

Trial opens for Bo Xilai

Trial opens for Bo Xilai

S. Korean president's brother arrested

S. Korean president's brother arrested

S. Korean president's brother arrested

Ex-Labor Minister Murakami on parole from prison term

Fired Russian sumo wrestler denies match-fixing claim, apologizes

Fired Russian wrestler rocks sumo world with match-fixing claims

Ex-education ministry official arrested over alleged bribe-taking

Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

Moriya's arrest 'extremely deplorable': Machimura

Moriya arrested on suspicion of taking bribes

GSDF colonel arrested for alleged bribery

GSDF colonel arrested for alleged bribery

Fukushima prefectural office raided in bribery probe

Recruit scandal-tainted Fujinami expresses intent to retire

Ex-construction minister Nakamura enters detention house

(2)Ex-Kyoto racetrack chief suspected of taking bribes

Ex-Kyoto racetrack chief suspected of taking bribes

Mongolian official denies taking bribes from Mitsui &amp; Co.

Mitsui bribes Mongolian official to win aid contract

Mongolian official denies taking bribes from Mitsui & Co.