Italians Find A Ton of Cocaine Hidden Among Bananas
Italian authorities seized a record amount of cocaine, worth an estimated €250 million (US$277 million), hidden among cases of bananas.
Italian authorities seized a record amount of cocaine, worth an estimated €250 million (US$277 million), hidden among cases of bananas.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), a successor agency to the Soviet KGB, could be involved in the disappearance of some US$450 million in cryptocurrency from one of the world’s largest online exchange platforms in the world, the BBC reported last week.
Lebanon’s authorities are employing defamation laws to silence journalists, activists, and other critics of their policies and corruption, as the country’s anti-government protests entered the fifth week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday.
A former Russian minister charged in a major fraud case has lost millions of dollars in assets that have been seized by authorities who have taken legal actions against him since his March arrest, Russian-language online news outlet the Bell reported Thursday.
Norwegian DNB bank is investigating information in documents released by Wikileaks raising questions about how a leading Islandic fishing company Samherji gained access to fishing grounds off the African coast, Reuters reported Wednesday.
An OCCRP investigation into payments going from Ukrainian political Serhiy Lovochkin via former Trump campaign director Paul Manafor to senior European politicians should prompt creation of a formal investigative unit, Transparency International (TI) said in a Wednesday statement.
Danske bank offered gold bars to wealthy clients to help them hide illicit Russian funds, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.
Russian authorities may seize the assets of relatives and friends of those convicted of corruption if not provided proof that the assets were lawfully obtained, the Russian state news agency TASS reported Tuesday.
A Mexican general indicted for abetting billions of dollars in oil theft from the state-run petroleum company Pemex has, not for the first time, failed to appear at his own court hearing the Washington Post reported Sunday.
The FBI has opened an investigation into possible corruption related to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration’s issuance of permits for construction on a multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline project, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.