Corruption

Police detain senior figure in Histadrut's Hapoel branch for questioning as part of corruption case

He is one of several dozen key figures detained, along with eight people arrested until now, as part of the two-year-long investigation.

Headquarters of Lahav 433 – The National Crime Unit in Lod, pictured August 6, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in the hallways of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, November 3, 2025

Prosecution highlights Netanyahu's contradictions between court and police statements

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is flanked by fellow Likud members, Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, in the Knesset.

Police examine links between Histadrut corruption probe and senior Likud ministers – N12

 Arnon Bar-David, Chairman of the Histadrut, speaks at a press conference attended by heads from the Israeli commerce sector attend a press conference at the Histadrut Union in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2023

Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David among labor leaders arrested in alleged public corruption scheme


Netanyahu’s trial hearing shortened due to ‘security developments’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial was abruptly halted in Jerusalem as Hamas sent more hostage remains to Israel, prompting a high-level security meeting.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, October 28, 2025.

Netanyahu's attorneys request release from representation as court expands testimony schedule

The attorneys argued that the expanded schedule would hinder their ability to provide effective representation.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in court for his corrpution trial hearing, September 17, 2025.

Palestinians caught between corrupt leaders, Israeli settlements as hope for statehood crumbles

Many Palestinians say their dreams of statehood are disappearing between a corrupt Palestinian Authority and Israeli settlements.

An Israeli flag flies on a highway in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank on August 4, 2025.

Holy war: How Russia recruited Orthodox priests to sway Moldova's voters

Moldova’s Orthodox clergy, after all-expenses-paid pilgrimages to Russia, spread anti-Western messages online, influencing the country’s pivotal elections with Russian backing.

Archbishop Marchel celebrates Mass at a church in Slobozia-Magura, Moldova, September 6, 2025.

Former French president Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term in stunning downfall

Nicholas Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from Libya during the rule of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy talks to journalists after the verdict in his trial with other defendants on charges of corruption and illegal financing of an election campaign, at the courthouse in Paris, France, September 25, 2025.

The rabbinical courts: Sick system at the heart of society - opinion

The courts are staffed by judges who rule on momentous matters within a system that lacks proper training, transparency, and oversight.

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef attend a ceremony inaugurating new judges in the rabbinical courts at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in June.

May Golan's mother completes interrogation process after returning to Lahav 433

Golan’s mother is allegedly connected to the current investigation into fund deviations towards the Haeer Haivrit (The Hebrew City). Her daughter, May Golan, initially smuggled her out on Thursday.

Minister May Golan seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, January 8, 2024

May Golan storms Lahav 433, takes off with her mother during interrogation

The Israeli Police is now looking into the possibility of arresting Golan over this incident, even if she still has immunity as a member of the Knesset, according to Israeli media.

 MK May Golan visits at MK Itamar Ben-Gvir's makeshift office in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 14, 2022.

Bribe-proof official: Albania appoints first AI minister to tackle corruption

Prime Minister Edi Rama said the AI official will manage and award all public tenders in which the government contracts private companies for various projects.

A member of parliament from the Democratic Party, Albania's biggest opposition party, sets off a smoke flare as the parliament gathers for a vote on whether to lift the immunity of opposition leader Sali Berisha so he can face corruption charges, in Tirana, Albania, December 21, 2023

Netanyahu trial to end early after PM receives sealed envelope

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial resumes amid US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit, and the IDF's invasion into Gaza City.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testifies in his trial, December 10, 2024 (illustrative)

Protesters burn Nepalese Parliament after social media ban, curfew

The protesters set fire to tires on some roads, threw stones at police personnel in riot gear and chased them through narrow streets.

A demonstrator reacts at the Parliament complex during a protest against Monday's killing of 19 people after anti-corruption protests that were triggered by a social media ban, which was later lifted, during a curfew in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9, 2025.