An American man on the run has been charged with 11 counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering for allegedly defrauding investors of millions in a Ponzi scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

The U.S. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged SAP, a multinational software company, with violating  the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing government officials at least in seven countries including  South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Indonesia, and Azerbaijan.

The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Wednesday sanctioned a former Guatemalan official for allegedly exploiting his country’s mining sector through widespread bribery and corruption.

Four Afghan nationals have been arrested in Sarajevo and charged with kidnapping three other foreigners and holding them for ransom.

A 41-year-old woman was charged Wednesday with allegedly helping to fly more than 70 kilograms of methamphetamine from Papua New Guinea to Australia,  the Australian Federal Police (AFP) reported.

Spanish police have dismantled an organized crime syndicate, arresting seven individuals dedicated to the distribution of counterfeit sneakers in Spain, the Interior Ministry reported on Tuesday.

Spain’s National Police raided a ritual celebration and dismantled a criminal network performing phony shamanic ceremonies in different parts of Spain, authorities said Wednesday.

Myanmar authorities have sentenced filmmaker and journalist Shin Daewe to life imprisonment, marking the harshest sentence given to a journalist in Myanmar since the military junta took power in 2021, as reported by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday.

Last year, nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants crossed into the European Union (EU), continuing a multi-year surge in migration from war-torn and poverty-stricken nations to the south.

Hong Kong Customs reported early this week the seizure of approximately 444 kilograms of suspected liquid cocaine hidden inside boxes of wine and grape juice, a record haul for the anti-smuggling agency.