The finance director of FTSE 100 mining giant ENRC has been dragged into a row over corruption allegations, after parts of an internal probe were leaked.

Aliyev subject of interest to German federal intelligence Former Kazakh diplomat Rakhat Aliyev subject of interest by the German federal intelligence service.

Transparency International has published a corruption perceptions index for 2012 in which Uzbekistan ranked 170th among 174 countries, which is only better than Myanmar, Afghanistan, North Korea and Somali.

The Commentator has published an exclusive report about Issam and Devincci Hourani brothers involvement with Palestinian Authority corruption. Issam Hourani is married to Gulshat Aliyeva, a younger sister of Rakhat Aliyev, who is a former Ambassador to Austria, a former high-ranking Kazakhstan official and the ex-husband of Dariga Nazarbayeva, the eldest daughter of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Am Mittwoch den 28. November wurde der maltesische Außenminister Tonio Borg, trotz anhaltender Kritik, zum neuen EU-Gesundheitskommissar ernannt.

Angaben zufolge soll sich Tonio Borg, trotz Bedenken der maltesischen Polizei, für eine maltesische Aufenthaltsgenehmigung für den von Interpol wegen Mordes gesuchten Rakhat Aliyev (Shoraz) eingesetzt haben. In diesem Zusammenhang wurde eine angebliche Zahlung von 150.000 Euro genannt.

Le ministère public genevois a ouvert une procédure pour blanchiment contre la famille Khrapunov, domiciliée à Genève, a appris la RTS. Confiée au procureur Jean-Bernard Schmid, l\\\'enquête porte sur l\\\'origine des fonds investis en Suisse par la famille kazakhe.

Imagine that a gigantic corporation privately informs the government that it won an important deal overseas that might have involved the bribery of foreign officials. Journalists discover a confidential document written by the company itself that highlights its concerns. But they can't write about the story because the corporation hires a white shoe law firm that threatens legal action against media outlets that make inquiries about the document.

ASTANA -- Kazakh financial police have launched a criminal investigation against a former top official who is currently living in Switzerland, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.