The European Commissioner for Justice, Vera Jourova, spoke out against EU members on Monday who may oppose linking European funds to rule of law, according to Politico.

The commandant of the US Coast Guard wants to combat Colombia’s cocaine trafficking by focusing on the rivers used to get the drugs out to sea, Business Insider reported Sunday.

An Italian businessman who was exposed for his connections to the ‘Ndrangheta mafia and initially held for the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak will be extradited to Italy for drug trafficking, Il Fatto Quotidiano reported Friday.

Authorities across the European Union arrested 58 suspects and seized cars, documents, and US$477,000 in cash during a Value Added Tax, VAT, fraud investigation that damaged the EU’s economy by over $70 million.

Brazil conducted on Thursday one of the country’s largest anti-corruption operations ever when authorities cracked down on a money laundering network of politicians and businessmen accused of moving US$1 billion to accounts in over 50 countries, Reuters reported.

Taiwan said on Thursday it arrested 310 known criminals, including several organized crime bosses, while China vowed to crack down on gangsters who have been terrorizing the countryside and manipulating village elections.

A gangster who ruled the Indian underworld in the 1980s was sentenced together with eight accomplices to life in prison on Wednesday for the murder of crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey, Times of India reported.

The United Kingdom will force companies in its territories to join public registers in order to combat corruption and tax avoidance, the government announced Tuesday.

The European Parliament overwhelmingly adopted on Thursday a resolution that calls for member states to promote and safeguard a pluralist and free media independent from political and economic pressure.

The Malaysian board game Kleptopoly has emerged before elections in the country on May 9th in hopes of getting people to talk about corruption, reports Agence France-Presse.