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Kenyans are angry with a parliamentary speaker after he visited women's lavatories to understand how legislators received bribes. (Tuko)

The trial in an NCAA men's basketball bribery scandal is nearing its end. (KUS, WP, CJ)

A former telecom executive in China took bribes, according to a recently released verdict. (CG)

Voice of America fired 15 employees amid a Nigerian bribery scandal. (Quartz)

A former official in the Pentagon's internal watchdog office is on trial for allegedly taking bribes. (WP)

A former energy company executive was sentenced after pleading guilty in a bribery investigation involving the convicted former top aide to the New York governor. (press release)

Fraud

A former Finnish politician is on trial for benefit fraud. (YLE)

Money Laundering

The Nordic region's largest bank, Nordea, said it is aware of allegations from hedge fund Hermitage Capital Management that it violated anti-money-laundering rules, and that it had reported suspicious transactions to authorities. Swedish authorities say they received documents from Hermitage that make the allegations. (YLE, Reuters, FT, Bloomberg, CPHP, CNBC, AP, Reuters)

A Ukrainian who allegedly had forged a death certificate to evade authorities was found alive and arrested by French police. He was identified by Europol as "King of the Castle" and authorities recovered millions of euros worth of assets, including a castle, a vintage Rolls Royce, jewelry and works of art by Salvador Dali. (OCCRP, Bloomberg, BBC)

The European Central Bank reached a preliminary decision to revoke the license of a Maltese bank after its chairman was charged in the U.S. with money laundering and sanctions violations. Legal hurdles remain, however, before its implementation. (Reuters)

A small firm of wealth advisers became known as the "passport kings" for their ability to secure what are known as "golden visas." The OECD released a blacklist of countries that offer citizenship-for-investment programs. Golden visas threaten European security, said a European commissioner. Cyprus reversed its program, but is it too late? (Guardian, Guardian, Guardian, Forbes)

Pakistan postponed hearings until November in a money-laundering case involving a former president. The ex-leader denies the allegations. (ARY, Nation, PO, News)

A Nigerian politician who was convicted in the U.K. of laundering millions of dollars lost his appeal. (Reuters)

Bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair was fined 2.5 million euros after allowing a gambler to place bets using money stolen from a dog home. (II, Metro, Guardian)

Six people were charged with helping New York brothels manage websites and launder money. (NYDN, NYP)

A real-estate project in Kenya is under investigation for money laundering and tax evasion. Separately, a Canadian gambling company is accused of laundering money from betting Kenyans. (Tuko, Tuko)

Enacting anti-money-laundering legislation in Iran is part of a longer struggle. (AC)

Maltese authorities are trying again to move forward with a money-laundering case against the daughters of a former EU commissioner. (TOM)

Sanctions

The disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi could disrupt the plans of the Trump administration to isolate Iran. (NYT)

A Russian high-tech project has floundered due to U.S. sanctions. (Reuters)

The U.N. put sanctions on three vessels. (ES)

Transparency

So-called "dark money" groups didn't follow a court order to disclose their donors. (Politico)

Whistleblowers

A former prison officer said she was fired for blowing the whistle. (Guardian)

General Anticorruption

A Department of Housing and Urban Development political appointee was moved to the Interior Department to handle ethics investigations run by that department's internal watchdog, in a case that has alarmed good-government groups. (Hill, WP, Politico)

Federal authorities raided offices in San Juan, Puerto Rico, amid a corruption probe. (NBC)

Ministers of island nations say organized crime and drug trafficking are rampant in the fishing industry. (Guardian,

A New Zealand opposition lawmaker accused his party's leader of corruption, throwing the party into turmoil. The leader said the allegation was baseless and that the party had voted to expel the lawmaker making the accusation. (AP)

The U.S. Justice Department labeled Hezbollah a transnational crime organization, freeing up further resources to target it alongside drug cartels. (National, AP)

China expelled two former generals for corruption, one of them posthumously. (Reuters, Express)

A former Sri Lankan cricket captain responded to corruption allegations. (BBC)

Romanian prosecutors said they feared for their jobs after work requirements were increased.