The U.K. government announced Monday its intention to raise civil penalties by 1,000-fold for the country’s water companies who pollute the environment, from the current £250,000 (US$286,733) fine up to a proposed £250 million ($286.7 million) penalty per violation.

As Israelis prepared for the holy day of Yom Kippur — when believers pray to know “who will live and who will die, who will die after a long life and who before his time?” — the alleged leader of the Shlomo crime family was gunned down at a gas station just outside of Tel Aviv on Monday, local media reported.

Turkish police arrested more than 200 suspects in a massive operation against organized crime and smuggling groups that spanned over 20 of the country’s 80 provinces, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

A court in Pakistan quashed last week the conviction of Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of  former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, after she was sentenced to seven years in prison for taking part in the purchase of luxury flats in London with money she couldn’t explain how she earned.

An American rancher was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in prison for defrauding two meat processing companies of over US$244 million by raising 265,000 bovines for them that never in fact existed.

In the Philippines, one of the world’s deadliest countries for reporters, media groups and press freedom activists called for justice for journalist Percival Mabasa, who was gunned down on Monday night.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) urged Nicaraguan authorities to free 45 political prisoners detained during what has been described as a time of deep social, political, and human rights crisis that erupted in early 2018.

U.S. authorities designated on Monday Fadil Novalić, the prime minister of one of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s two semi-autonomous regions, for his alleged involvement in corruption, as well as “divisive and destabilizing activities in the Western Balkans.”

U.S. socialite diva Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay a US$1.26m fine for advertising EthereumMax on her Instagram page, U.S. authorities said on Monday.

An Ecuadorian judge rendered guilty verdicts last week against three people for trafficking protected species from the Galápagos Islands, including the critically endangered giant tortoise.