Italy’s finance police have seized €23m held by the Vatican in an Italian bank while Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, the pope’s top banker, has been placed under investigation for suspected money laundering

The recent IPL controversy where Shashi Tharoor, minister of external affairs in the UPA government was forced to quit has once again underscored the point that wherever there is money, competition or power involved, corruption is a constant threat. In this case all the three ingredients were present, enough to force the minister to quit office

The choke-hold that online gambling sponsors have over soccer was writ large this week when Olympique Lyonnais complained that its sponsor, BetClic, was unfairly treated in a Champions League match

Police across Europe are carrying out dozens of arrests of suspected members of a Russian mafia network dedicated to extortion and violent crime in numerous countries, Spanish police confirmed today