Mexican avocado growers ran ads in national newspapers on Friday begging the government to help protect their produce from organized crime as it’s sent for export around the world, local media reported.

The sister of former Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari was arrested Friday on corruption charges relating to an investigation into fake bank accounts and money laundering, according to the Nation.

Prosecutors on Thursday requested former French mayor of the affluent Paris suburb of Levallois to be put behind bars for seven years and his wife for four, claiming the two were corrupt, evaded taxes and laundered money, according to Le Parisien.

Bimini police announced the arrest of 24 drug and arms traffickers on Saturday as part of a joint operation with US law enforcement.

Israeli courts have convicted the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of misusing public funds to pay for US$100,000 worth of private meals.

It will be harder for terrorists in the EU to build home-made bombs and authorities will now be able to check the bank accounts of suspected organized crime figures, the European Commission announced on Friday.   

Bulgarian authorities appear to be striking back at journalists whose investigations led to the “ApartmentGate” scandal that saw several members of the Bulgarian government resign, including its justice minister and the head of its anti-corruption commission.

The Sudanse prosecutor’s office charged Former President Omar al-Bashir with corruption on Thursday, a month after he was charged over his involvement in the death of protesters who plagued his administration before his overthrow.

The Guatemalan electoral court forced a mayoral candidate to give up his reelection campaign because of cocaine trafficking allegations, according to Reuters.

Switzerland improved its anti-corruption measures over the past few years but still has to work on the political independence of judges, the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) said on Thursday.