Marine Le Pen is set to learn whether she can contest France’s 2027 presidential election as a Paris appeal court delivers its verdict on her electoral ban. Le Pen was convicted in 2025 for embezzling more than €4 million in European Parliament funds and received a five-year ban from holding public office. She has denied […]
Former Scottish National Party (SNP) chief executive Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison after admitting to embezzling more than £400,000 from party funds over a 13-year period. The court heard that Murrell used the money to purchase vehicles, a luxury motorhome, and high-end consumer goods. Murrell, the estranged […]
Former Peter Murrell has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party over a 13-year period. Prosecutors said the funds were spent on cars, a motorhome, and luxury purchases from brands including Harrods and Estée Lauder. Murrell, the former husband of ex-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, admitted diverting party money between 2010 […]
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has begun a critical appeal in Paris that could determine her eligibility to run in the 2027 presidential election. She was banned from holding public office in March after being convicted, along with eight former National Rally (RN) lawmakers, of misappropriating over €4 million in European Union funds. The […]
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former trusted adviser to Pope Francis, has been handed a five-and-a-half-year jail sentence by a Vatican court, marking a historic moment as the most senior Vatican official ever to face such charges. The trial centered around a controversial London property deal that resulted in substantial financial losses for the Catholic Church. […]
A thirty-nine-year-old Italian woman has been booked on the charges of embezzlement over the complaint filed by Vatican. She was an employee of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a senior Vatican official who was recently demoted over a similar charge. The arrest has been made after an Interpol warrant was issued against her in connection with this […]





