Nearly 200 looted antiquities that were recovered from the collection of a disgraced New York art dealer were returned to Pakistan last week, Manhattan’s District Attorney announced in a statement.
Australian lawmakers have proposed a bill that would force large multinational companies operating in the country to disclose their foreign earnings and tax payments. If passed, the law would be a major hit against the proliferation of the use of tax havens for evading financial requirements in Australia.
A significant amount of Mexican wildlife trade happens on social media and “has a direct and irreversible impact on ecosystems,” says a report published by the Center for Biological Diversity, a U.S.-based non-governmental organization protecting endangered species.
The European Parliament’s Inquiry Committee into Pegasus and other spyware met Monday for a hearing on the situation in Germany, after a study revealed that a number of EU countries had been utilizing the infamous Pegasus malware.
According to the latest tabulations, the U.K. has now frozen over £18 billion (US$21.2 billion) in assets belonging to Russian businesses and oligarchs in response to the Kremlin’s ongoing war against Ukraine.
European authorities this month launched a coordinated action against hundreds of suspects accused of running a massive investment fraud network that was exposed by OCCRP in a 2020 investigation, Eurojust and Europol announced.
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoev appointed on Monday his eldest daughter to his administration, continuing a tradition observed by almost all Central Asian leaders of placing their relatives to high government positions.
Two former Panamanian presidents and other high-profile figures will be standing trial for alleged money laundering and bribery offenses totaling nearly US$59 million linked to the Brazilian-based Odebrecht S.A. corruption scandal, Panama’s top prosecutors said.
Hong Kong Customs seized over seven tonnes of suspected smuggled meat and fish, including thousands of kilograms worth of Chinese hairy crab, also known as Chinese mitten crab, a delicacy in Chinese society.
Italian authorities arrested this week dozens of suspects and confiscated millions in assets as they stepped-up operations against mafia-like groups in the country.