A luxurious estate on the French Riviera, Sardinian villas, mansions in London and Paris, and a billion-dollar offshore trust –– these are some of the more than two dozen assets that Russian oligarchs have managed to keep secret until now.

Lebanese authorities arrested on Thursday the brother of the country’s embattled central bank governor on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment, according to the state-run National News Agency.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), Italian police seized 10 luxury cars and 45 luxury and vintage motorcycles from a man who allegedly smuggled them into the EU, evading the equivalent of US$275,000 in customs duties and VAT.

U.S. authorities in Florida said they arrested 108 suspects, including four employees at Disney, a former judge, and several child predators, during a week-long operation targeting human and sex trafficking.

Armenian authorities said they are investigating whether former President Armen Sarkissian purchased a St. Kitts and Nevis passport a few years before being elected president in a possible violation of Armenian laws.

International art dealers are frustrated with assumptions that the art industry is a marketplace for trafficking, money laundering, and terrorism financing. The art world says there is not much evidence to support such claims and wants a review of policy making.

Russian police released on Tuesday a journalist who a day earlier had jumped into the frame during the live broadcast of a pro-government TV channel’s prime-time news holding a banner that urged viewers not to believe the outlet’s “lies.”

Western countries joined forces on Wednesday to track down the assets of the political and financial puppet masters in Moscow and seize or freeze their properties as part of ongoing efforts to help Ukraine fight the invasion.

Lithuania froze on Wednesday the bank accounts of a company linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, effectively blocking the firm’s 2.9 million euros (US$3.19 million). The move came after OCCRP’s Lithuanian partner Siena revealed UAB PhosAgro Baltic’s links to the Kremlin.

The United States dished out another wave of sanctions against Russians deemed to be facilitators of the regime in Moscow, in an effort to disrupt Russia’s ongoing military campaign against Ukraine, the U.S. Department of the Treasury reported on Friday.