In a global operation spanning 19 EU member states and eight other countries, authorities cracked down on the illegal and counterfeit medication market, arrested hundreds of suspects and seized nearly US$100 million in fake drugs, Europol stated Thursday.
Financial authorities in the United States have slapped one of the world’s largest energy suppliers with a US$200 million penalty to settle charges over public-disclosure failures.
Transparency International’s Government Defence Integrity Index found that half of all countries in the Central and Eastern European region (CEE) face high risks of corruption in their defense and security sectors, the non-profit group revealed in an updated index released Wednesday.
In a massive operation throughout 35 different locations in Sarajevo and central Bosnia on Wednesday, authorities detained 14 people suspected of organized crime, money laundering, fraud and business fraud, as well as abuse of power.
As the likely passage of a landmark piece of legislation appears to be on the brink of ending the incorporation of anonymous companies in the United States, several organizations and economists are now encouraging the United Nations to make this a global standard.
In a speech to mark International Anti-Corruption Day – December 9th, the United Nations’ most senior official said that governments must incorporate anti-corruption initiatives into their plans for recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
Fish and other sea creatures are far from the only victims of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), Interpol found after a decade of focusing on the crime around the world.
The chairman of Ukraine’s parliament, Dmytro Razumkov, on Monday signed a bill to reimpose sanctions on officials who declare misleading details on their assets, after the parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, overturned an earlier ruling of the country’s Constitutional Court last week.
The European Council established on Monday a global human rights sanctions regime which will allow the bloc to impose travel bans and freeze funds from individuals and entities that are involved or associated with serious human rights violations.
A French court has sentenced a Russian national believed to have masterminded a fraudulent cryptocurrency operation that allegedly laundered more than US$9 billion for international organized crime groups.