By Bojana Pavlović, Nataša Marković
A Serbian court ruled that ten hectares of land illegally acquired by Belgrade’s mayor and his father 12 years ago must be returned to the state, KRIK reported Monday.
Indian investigators searched over the weekend the home of former environment minister who is suspected of having violated the law by leasing land allotted to an elephant reserve to a mining company, media reported.
The son of a Russian lawmaker, who sold personal information and credit card data which he obtained through online identity theft, pleaded guilty on Thursday to racketeering and bank fraud, the US Department of Justice said.
In a surprise move, Azerbaijani authorities released on Monday 16 people from custody, including the director of the only independent news agency in the country and an Israeli blogger.
Paris-based carmaker PSA Group allegedly used a fraudulent software on almost two million vehicles to manipulate diesel emissions tests, French newspaper Le Monde revealed on Friday.
New York’s authorities said Thursday they fined Pakistan’s largest bank with US$ 225 million for repeatedly failing to comply with anti-terrorism and money laundering laws and that the bank has agreed to close down its only US branch.
The son of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to drug trafficking charges, the US Department of Justice said.
Czech lawmakers stripped Andrej Babis - the leading candidate for prime minister in the upcoming October election - of his legal immunity Wednesday, allowing police to charge him with financial fraud.
The trial of US Senator Bob Menendez who was charged with accepting lavish bribes from an affluent Florida eye doctor began Wednesday, the New York Post reported.
Europol called Tuesday for tighter money laundering control saying in 2014 banks had reported one million suspicious transactions to authorities but only 10 percent of them were investigated.