FIFA have picked leading crimefighters from the United States and Germany to tackle corruption in football's world governing body, and gave them free rein to re-examine the ISL bribery case.

Former FIFA president Joao Havelange and fellow Brazilian sports chief Ricardo Teixeira pocketed millions of dollars in bribes from a collapsed marketing company, documents released by a Swiss court Wednesday revealed.

The owner of Chelsea football club Roman Abramovich is set to play a crucial role in a bitter dispute between two oligarchs over the ownership of a stake in the world's largest aluminium company.

The whiff of corruption used to hang like a fog over French politics - but are things not supposed to have changed?

The Vatican bank, one of the more secretive institutions of the secrecy-obsessed Vatican, opened itself up to a little external scrutiny Thursday.

Romania’s former prime minister underwent surgery today following an apparent suicide attempt, hours after being told he will be jailed for corruption.

Opposition politicians claim officials defrauded Ukraine of up to $4bn by awarding no-bid contracts for Euro 2012 infrastructure

A German banker in charge of selling Formula 1 has admitted in court that he took bribes from Bernie Ecclestone in exchange for selling the motor racing group to private equity firm CVC.

An investigation by the BBC and the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has uncovered documents which cast serious doubt on plans for the tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro to join the European Union.

Bulgaria's Specialized Prosecutor's Office has charged well-known businessman Grisha Ganchev with running an organized crime group specialized in tax fraud and with issuing a murder threat.