France issued an international arrest warrant against Lebanon's controversial central bank governor, Riad Salame, after he failed on Tuesday to attend his trial for money laundering and embezzlement, according to various media reports.

An ophthalmic supply company was ordered by a U.S. federal court on Monday to forfeit US$487 million for paying kickbacks to eye surgeons performing cataract surgeries.

As Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has now cost its armed forces north of 200,000 casualties, recruitment drives for fresh replacements are now turning to migrants to fill the boots of the dead left behind by their prospective comrades.

Prominent U.K. businessman, philanthropist, and Conservative Party donor Javad Marandi received US$230 million from offshore companies that received suspicious funds, according to documents filed by the National Crime Agency in a forfeiture case against a business partner.

Bosnia and Herzegovina's law enforcement dismantled a cocaine gang that was uncovered thanks to the decryption of the covert Sky ECC application - a communication app EU law enforcement managed to crack and get access to conversations between various criminals, including Europe’s drug gangs.

The European Parliament has taken a major step towards creating the world’s first regulations for Artificial Intelligence (AI) that would prohibit the most harmful use of this rapidly advancing technology, including real-time facial recognition in public spaces and the regulation of "generative foundation models" like ChatGPT.

United States Congressman George Santos reached an agreement with Brazilian authorities on Thursday to avoid prosecution for stealing two checks from a deceased person and using them to buy personal items, including a pair of sneakers.

Serbian officials announced Thursday that they apprehended the largest criminal group involved in drug trafficking in the Balkans.

Authorities across the Five Eyes intelligence alliance - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States - announced that a multi-national cyber operation had cut off the head of “Snake,” a global malware and data theft network created by Russia’s principal intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB).

Iran is the world's highest executor, with more than 10 people put to death each week and the number could be even higher due to the lack of government transparency, the United Nations said.