U.S. Recovers $30M from North Korea-linked Crypto Heist
The U.S. seized over $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from the online game Axie Infinity by North Korean-linked hackers, blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis said on Thursday.
The U.S. seized over $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from the online game Axie Infinity by North Korean-linked hackers, blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis said on Thursday.
Mexico extradited to the United States a suspected drug trafficker who is believed to have been part of a vicious cartel responsible for violent murders.
A shipment of 7,000 donkey penises, which were to be smuggled to Hong Kong, was seized last week at the Lagos Airport after a suspicious smell attracted the attention of export officers – the Nigeria Customs Service reported.
Illicit economies, most notably arms trafficking, cattle rustling and kidnapping for ransom, are a major factor behind West Africa’s growing instability – says a new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and Corruption (GI-TOC).
Azerbaijani authorities arrested on Sunday the editor of an independent outlet and a lawyer known for defending journalists, activists and political prisoners, accusing them of bribery. Both have denied the allegations but will remain detained during a four-months-long investigation period.
An unknown attacker killed on Thursday the head of one of Montenegro’s two most violent criminal clans that have been fighting each other for years, the Serbian investigative outlet KRIK reported.
A former Puerto Rico legislator was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for engaging in a multi-year bribery and kickback scheme, announced the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday.
A court in Paraguay has sent a member of a criminal bank card cloning gang behind bars for eight years for taking part in the theft of more than US$1 billion from tourists visiting Latin America.
Montenegrin authorities seized in the Port of Bar more than 5,000 packages of illegal tobacco products bound for Serbia and estimated to be worth some three million euro (US$3 million), the country’s Revenue and Customs Administration announced on Wednesday.
A judge in Liechtenstein is investigating money transfers between companies owned by Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salame and the brother of Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, a leaked document seen by OCCRP shows.