Massive Drug Network Dismantled from Albania to Germany
Authorities arrested 59 people in Albania, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom in an operation conducted on Monday and Tuesday against a criminal network involved in drug smuggling.
Authorities arrested 59 people in Albania, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom in an operation conducted on Monday and Tuesday against a criminal network involved in drug smuggling.
Brazil's Federal Police seized six helicopters and several helicopter parts in an operation that targeted clandestine workshops where aircraft used for transporting drugs were constructed and maintained.
Two Americans were sentenced Monday for defrauding bankrupt individuals of their vehicles, in a scheme where they promised the proceeds of the sales would provide the financial lifeline needed to save their victims from destitution.
The Prosecution Office of the country of Georgia announced the arrest of seven suspected members of an organized crime group operating transnational fraudulent call centers and laundering “large amounts of money” made through criminal activities.
Spanish police arrested Monday seven members of a Bulgarian-based car theft ring, whose members were good enough to get in and out in under 60 seconds.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) called on Friday for the arrest of Šarūnas Stepukonis in Lithuania, suspected of misappropriating 27 million euros (US$29 million) from BeltCap, the leading Baltic private equity firm where he held a partnership.
A Kyrgyz court rejected on Monday the appeals of seven investigative journalists who were detained last month after authorities accused them of inciting riots. The move is seen by human rights advocates as an attempt to silence government critics.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported on Thursday the seizure of more than five kilograms of tianeptine, commonly known as "gas station heroin" - an illegal lab-made chemical antidepressant that has similar effects to opioids if consumed in high doses.
No less than 35 political activists, journalists, and human rights lawyers in Jordan have had their mobile devices infected by NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to a joint investigation published by Access Now.
The United States announced the disruption of a botnet made of hundreds of U.S.-based small office or home office (SOHO) routers that were hijacked by state-sponsored hackers from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in order to be used to attack U.S. infrastructure.