Slovakia’s no. 4 bank, CSOB, was fined EUR 3.18 mln by the anti-trust watchdog, the PMU, for allegedly colluding with other banks to oust a Czech broker from the market, the local media reported, Nov. 12. ...

Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov launched an investigation into financial and tax fraud allegedly committed by the former parliament deputy speaker and deputy chief of the Turkish ethnic minority party, the PDS, Histro B., the local media reported on Nov. 7. ...

Poland saw its largest internet scam to date as clients lost a reported few million zlotys on fake designer shoes, the local media reported, on Nov. 6. ...

Romania’s corruption watchdog, the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA), announced the details of a large tax evasion scam in the meat sector, which it is investigating together with the Public Prosecutor’s Office. ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a meeting of the government Anti-Corruption Council urging members to come up with a plan to combat the common occurrence of bribe taking in the state sector, the local media reported on Oct.30. ...

Miroslav K., the mayor of Kovacica, located in the Vojvodina province, was arrested by police on suspicion of abuse of office leading to illegal remuneration totaling some RSD 80 mln, the local media reported, on Oct.29. ...

The Prosecutors’ office in Kosovo has launched an investigation into the alleged illegal border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo-Metojiha by Serbian Minister Aleksandar Vulin, the local media reported, on Oct.25. ...

Polish authorities have charged nine highly placed hospital employees and U.S. pharma concern bookkeepers with corruption in one of the largest investigations into tenders in recent health sector history, the Polish media reported, Oct.23. ...

The number of criminal investigations that involve money laundering increased almost six-fold within the last eight years, the Polish media reported Oct. 18. ...

A new bill forged by the Russian Duma, which puts the Federal Security Service (FSB) in charge of dealing with cyber crime, effectively means that it will be able to monitor internet traffic without a formal mandate ...