Corruption

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed appeals challenging the Madras High Court order directing a CBI investigation into an alleged Rs 397 crore scam involving the purchase of transformers by TANGEDCO between 2021 and 2023.

May 08, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Justice officials accessed the phone of Martín Migueles, partner of Wanda Nara, revealing a network that charged 10 to 15 percent bribes to speed up import authorizations through the SIRA system during Alberto Fernández's government.

The first trial linked to corruption in Pedro Sánchez’s government concluded Wednesday at the Supreme Court. Chief anti-corruption prosecutor Alejandro Luzón spent one hour and forty minutes denouncing a criminal organization that operated from the Ministry of Transport.

May 05, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Following his announcement earlier this week, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson delivered a chairman’s progress report on the Senate blue ribbon committee’s flood control probe on May 5, 2026, despite failing to secure enough votes for formal filing. He cited the public’s urgent demand for transparency on the flood control scandal, with only seven senators signing the report.

In the latest session of Spain's Supreme Court trial over the Koldo mask scandal—following testimonies from Víctor de Aldama and Koldo García—former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos denied all corruption charges on May 4, 2026. Anticorruption prosecutors refused to further cut collaborator Aldama's penalty, while the PP reduced its request to avoid prison for him.

May 04, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Architect Matías Tabar testified on Monday before prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita that Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni paid him 245,000 dollars in cash for renovations on his Indio Cuá country house home, without issuing invoices. The works spanned from October 2024 to May 2025 and included a pool, galleries, and a waterfall. Adorni rejected the amount and the Government denied it.