U.S authorities in Seattle arrested two men from the Democratic Republic of the Congo for smuggling several small packages of ivory into the country to strike a deal with a buyer to bring over a much larger load. 

Authorities in Germany arrested four people suspected of forming a criminal organization and evading taxes, which is believed to have resulted in 23 million euro (US$26.57 million) in tax loss in Germany, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), said in a statement last week.

The administrator of the infamous Silk Road, which at one time served as the dark web’s largest black market, has been ordered to turn over more than US$660,000 worth of bitcoin last week, the U.K.’s National Crime Agency revealed in a statement. 

The Kyiv Post, Ukraine's independent English-language daily newspaper, has “ceased to exist” after its owner notified its entire staff force on Monday that they had been fired “effective immediately,” its newsroom said in a statement. 

When thieves plundered one of the U.K.’s swankiest jewellers last month, they didn’t take any diamonds or other precious gems. They stole data.

Police in several European countries have dismantled two criminal groups that were smuggling migrants from Asia into Europe via the Balkan route, Europol said on Thursday.

A Tennessee man known as “Creep,” or “Creeper da Reeper,” who worked as an enforcer for the Chicago-based prison gang, the Gangster Disciples, was convicted of murder in aid of racketeering activity, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement last week.

Experts revealed on Monday that spyware produced by the scandal-ridden Israeli NSO Group was found on the cellphones of Palestinian activists, some of whom work for organizations accused by Israel of terrorism shortly after their infection with the Pegasus spyware was detected.

As world leaders meet in Glasgow to address the ongoing climate change at the UN’s 26th Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), a U.K.-based NGO is calling for inclusion of anti-wildlife trafficking measures as an important part of the discussion.

The European Union, the United States, and Japan joined forces to boost Indo-Pacific cybersecurity cooperation, the European Commission said in a statement on Wednesday. In the EU, the Commission imposed new rules for producers of wireless gadgets designed to boost cybersecurity at home.