A court in Texas has dismissed Facebook’s appeal to halt three separate lawsuits from underage survivors of sexual exploitation who say the company is enabling sex trafficking.

Because emergency situations like the coronavirus pandemic allow for less transparent procurement procedures, Bosnia so far saw a publishing company purchasing face masks for Central Bank staff, a tourist agency providing equipment to medical institutions and similar, previously unimaginable, combinations.

Malaysian authorities have on Monday asked the public as well as Interpol for help in locating the ex-CEO of Asia Media, Wong Shee Kai, commonly known as Ricky Wong, who is suspected of money laundering and terrorism financing.

Colombian authorities said that they have opened an investigation into the possible involvement of government officials in contract irregularities linked to the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to appoint a close aide to replace former Justice Minister Sérgio Moro, sources told Reuters on Sunday, the newest development in what critics say is a concerted effort by the president to crush several investigations into his family’s criminality. 

US authorities have arrested a former agent with the FBI for accepting more than US$200,000 in bribes and gifts from the Armenian mafia in exchange for sensitive legal information.

Until November last year, Swiss authorities received 7,705 reports about possible money laundering, an increase in reports by 25 percent on the previous year, the Federal Money Laundering Reporting department, MROS, said in its annual report.

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra said last week that acts of corruption committed during the state of national emergency prompted by the coronavirus pandemic will be punished “in an exemplary way.”

Hundreds of COVID-19-related scams, many of which operated from websites that advertised fake vaccines and cures, operated fraudulent charity drives, delivered malware, or hosted various other types of scams, have been disrupted by US law enforcement, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday. 

Authorities in London have frozen more than 1.9 million euros (US$2.05 million) held in bank accounts with alleged links to the Italian mafia.