A former chief executive of the construction company KBR Inc. pleaded guilty to federal bribery and kickback charges in connection with work done in Nigeria from 1995 to 2004.

A German court convicted a former manager at Siemens of misuse of funds in the first verdict stemming from a bribery scandal at the company.

A German court convicted a former manager at Siemens of misuse of funds, in the first — but probably not the last — verdict stemming from a bribery scandal.

Nduka Obaigbena, a Nigerian media mogul — part Bono, part P. Diddy — has been challenging his country’s often brutal kleptocracy for decades.

Zach Scruggs, son of the Mississippi lawyer Richard F. Scruggs, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his part in a scheme to bribe a judge.

Federal prosecutors dropped criminal charges against David B. Pinkerton in connection with a supposed scheme to bribe Azerbaijan officials.

An ex-manager at the European engineering company testified on Monday that his role in an intricate system of slush fund and bribery at the company was an open secret.

Reinhard Siekaczek, a former manager at the ICN fixed-line telephone network division, is the first to go on trial over alleged corruption and bribery charges.

A series of bribery investigations at leading European companies has helped to accelerate compliance with global anti-corruption standards, legal analysts and international regulators say.

Closing arguments will begin in Anthony Pellicano’s Hollywood wiretapping case after a federal judge rejected a defendant’s call for a mistrial.