Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained for questioning over allegations of misusing his influence.
A sex tape of the former head of GlaxoSmith Kline (GSK) in China is believed to have been the catalyst for the ongoing corruption investigations into the company.
A footballer and two businessmen have been found guilty of attempting to fix the results football matches in the English lower leagues.
FIFA has provisionally banned German World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer from all official football-related activities for 90 days for failing to cooperate with the corruption investigation into the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid.
The former chairman of the Football Association (FA) has accused FIFA of behaving like a “mafia family” amid escalating allegations of corruption in Qatar’s successful bid for the 2022 World Cup.