Facing a sharp decline in income due to the global absence of public sporting events like soccer, basketball or hockey, Russian gambling sites are now offering enthusiasts the opportunity to bet on coronavirus-related issues.

Investigators with the US Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are probing possible COVID19-related insider trading among several high-profile US politicians, according to a report on Monday from CNN.

An online petition urging the US Department of Justice to shut down porn site PornHub for hosting videos of sex trafficking victims has reached on Monday nearly 600,000 signatures after the website made its premium content free during the COVID-19 lockdown.

As the coronavirus is keeping the world locked down, some governments are using the pandemic as an excuse to crack down on press freedom and access to information. 

The European Commission has been slow to enforce reforms necessary to complete its stated mission of curbing money laundering and other illicit financial flows that fuel organized crime and corruption, recent reports show. 

Belarusian authorities have detained an investigative journalist who has criticised the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, accusing him of taking a bribe to write a story about corruption in the health system.

Mozambican authorities have discovered the bodies of 64 migrants who died in a sealed shipping container, with fourteen ‘deeply traumatised’ survivors being treated for severe dehydration and exhaustion.

A United States Federal court charged Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Thursday with drug trafficking, narco-terrorism and firearms possesion, claiming he and 14 current or former Venezuelan officials had floodded the U.S. with cocaine.

Counterfeit coronavirus testing kits. Fake home disinfection services. Fraudulent adds selling face masks and hand sanitizers. Phishing emails. Cyberattacks.

Many countries have introduced fines, even jail terms for those who violate lockdowns and curfews in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic. But Chechnya’s leader has suggested a far more radical measure: Execute anyone who breaks an isolation order and spreads the disease.