The so-called “Princess of Orange,” heir apparent of the Dutch Monarchy, was forced to return home to the Hague, just months after heading off to the University of Amsterdam, due to threats from organized criminal groups, her parents said at a press conference, during a state visit to Sweden.

Indian officials have dismissed reports that it purchased the Pegasus spyware in 2017 as “sensationalism.” Trade data shows a hardware shipment to its main domestic intelligence agency was made matching specifications in a Pegasus brochure.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Monday a woman for allegedly defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of US$156 million by falsely claiming to have provided 30 million meals to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017.

A Pakistani court acquitted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son from a money laundering and corruption case filed against them in 2020, Radio Pakistan announced.

An Interpol-led operation involving 14 countries across the world netted 75 individuals believed to be linked to a Nigerian cybercriminal group that stole millions from its victims, according to a statement released Friday.

Just days after Peruvian lawmakers accused top prosecutor Patricia Benavides of belonging to a criminal organization, she filed an official accusation with the Congress against sitting President Pedro Castillo, demanding an investigation into potential graft in public works.

Credit Suisse has agreed to pay US$495 million to settle a case related to the sale of mortgage-backed securities in the U.S., which contributed to the 2008 financial crisis.

An investigation by Iraq’s finance ministry discovered Sunday that US$2.5 billion dollars were stolen from a government tax commission account by five companies, in what amounts to one of the largest corruption scandals in the country’s history.

Former chief executive of the controversial Israeli spyware company NSO Group, Shalev Hulio, has partnered with Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s ex-Chancellor who was forced to resign following a corruption investigation last year, to launch the cybersecurity startup “Dream Security”.

Three children were electrocuted on Thursday when they climbed into a newly renovated city fountain in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi to ​​retrieve a ball. The fountain has been refurbished by a company whose owners have previously been convicted for corruption.