Instead of a great opportunity to express love, care or passion to someone, Valentine’s Day may lead to “heartbreak, embarrassment, and financial loss,” the FBI stressed on the eve of the popular holiday of love.

An examination of the top companies on the London Stock Exchange revealed “system-wide failure” to incorporate thorough reporting of climate change related information despite legal obligations, a report by ClientEarth said.

On request of German authorities, Interpol on Tuesday added a New Zealand banker to its list of most wanted criminals for his alleged role in a complex tax fraud scheme that deprived European taxpayers of millions of euros.

A Russian-led, German medical firm issued a certificate to Olga Bondarenko, leader of the Ukraininan Party of Shariy (Партiя Шарiя) claiming she was medically unable to reside in Ukraine prior to running for elected office because she had been receiving continuous treatment and was not recommended to travel.

Colombia is losing billions of dollars every year to the illegal mining and smuggling of gold, according to a report published on Wednesday, as criminal groups, unscrupulous multinationals and desperate miners bleed the economy and environment.

After a long struggle, a court in Budapest has finally succeeded in shuttering Hungary's last independent broadcaster, Klubradio, after it ruled against the station in an appeal case this week. 

Mexican steel tycoon Alonso Ancira Elizondo on Tuesday agreed to pay US$219 million in damages to state oil company PEMEX to avoid trial for money laundering and corruption.

An appeal against a 700-year-old corruption conviction, fake IDs featuring Sylvester Stallone, and the ever-inventive smuggling ploys of international cocaine traffickers — welcome to OCCRP’s semi-regular round-up of oddities from the world of corruption and organized crime.

A district court in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital, ordered Raimbek Matraimov, the former deputy chairman of the Kyrgyz customs service to pay a US$3,000 fine after he pleaded guilty on Thursday to orchestrating numerous corruption schemes and agreed to testify against his accomplices.

In a landmark ruling hailed by human rights activists, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the death sentences of two prisoners with mental illnesses after they spent decades awaiting execution.