Moscow continued this week to silence media and journalists known for their critical or investigative coverage of political and social issues in the country, cracking down on all those whose reporting does not reflect the Kremlin’s narrative.
The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a shipping vessel carrying US$20 million worth of narcotics in the Gulf of Oman, the U.S. Navy informed.
Italian authorities arrested nearly 200 'Ndrangheta-affiliated suspects, including a local mayor, politicians and businessmen, in the province of Cosenza, a part of ‘Ndrangheta's native region, Calabria, Italian state media reported.
Authorities in Saudi Arabia said they seized 46 million amphetamine pills hidden in a flour shipment in what is believed to be the country’s biggest drug bust, according to a Saudi Press Agency announcement released on Wednesday.
Israel's defense ministries levied sanctions Wednesday against 20 individuals and companies who have facilitated Hamas’ money laundering network.
An audit by Swiss financial authorities revealed that the country is presently ill-equipped to properly investigate and deter cases of money laundering across multiple economic sectors.
The government’s initial silence about the export of a record amount of gold to an undisclosed client last year raised eyebrows these days in Kyrgyzstan, where the gold mining industry has been shrouded in secrecy and the largest mine is rumored to be rife with corruption.
As feared by Western governments, Russian oligarchs have begun using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions brought in response to the war in Ukraine.
Democratic and Republican senators crossed the aisle in Washington to introduce a bill aimed to cut down on illegal, unregulated and unlicensed (IUU) fishing.
A court in Kuala Lumpur sentenced on Thursday the wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to 10 years in prison for receiving bribes in exchange for granting government contracts.