In the 1980s, ‘Freeway’ Ricky Ross built a crack cocaine empire that extended from his Los Angeles base to over 40 cities around the country. ‘I was one of the richest guys in LA,’ Ross said in a new documentary. Reportedly a millionaire by 23, Ross was raking in so much cash – about $900 … Read more
French prosecutors tonight called for a four-year prison sentence for former President Nicolas Sarkozy following a corruption trial. The sensational request on Tuesday included a demand that the 65-year-old should spend two years in a cell, with the remaining part of his term suspended. This would make Sarkozy the first head of state in French … Read more
Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela have been found guilty of corruption charges and sentenced to between eight and 13 years in prison. Washington has repeatedly asked Caracas to release the so-called Citgo 6, who are employees of Houston-based Citgo refining company, owned by Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA. They had been … Read more
France’s former leader Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on corruption charges today, becoming the first French president to stand as an accused in the dock. Sarkozy, 65, appeared in the Paris courthouse wearing a face mask and surrounded by lawyers and bodyguards today as he prepared to contest the charges of bribery, which he denies. … Read more
Nicolas Sarkozy corruption trial begins as he becomes first French president to appear in court accused of crimes committed while in office Sarkozy, 65, appeared in the Paris courthouse wearing a face mask on Monday Prosecutors claim he offered a favour to a judge to influence a separate inquiry His mentor Jacques Chirac was convicted … Read more
This was corruption on an industrial scale. Here were European Union freeloaders claiming vast expenses for conferences they had not attended and for flights they had never taken. Others were submitting false documents to secure fat contracts for friends. And all of this would be paid for by the European taxpayer without a murmur — … Read more
Thank you very much. Good evening. I’d like to update the American people with our efforts to protect the election. If you count the legal vote, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. If you count the votes that came in late, we’re looking … Read more
Social media giants are accused of ‘politically motivated censorship’ after they blocked stories alleging corruption involving Donald Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden Twitter and Facebook stopped users from linking to Biden corruption stories The sites claimed the article needed fact checking and violated hacking rules New York Post reported Biden’s son allegedly offered to introduce … Read more
Former Spanish King Juan Carlos’s hideaway is a £10,000-a-night presidential suite in one of the world’s most expensive hotels in Abu Dhabi, it was claimed today. Respected right-wing Spanish daily ABC reported the 82-year-old dad-of-three checked into the Emirates Palace Hotel on Monday evening, around the same time his letter to his son Felipe VI announcing … Read more
Spain’s former king Juan Carlos, 82, announces he is LEAVING the country amid corruption scandal Spain’s former monarch, King Juan Carlos I, says he is leaving Spain It comes after corruption allegations about him had surfaced in recent weeks Spain’s PM recently said he found developments about Juan Carlos ‘disturbing’ By Gerard Couzens for MailOnline … Read more