A U.K. parliamentary committee has launched an inquiry into dangers associated with crypto assets as the government pushes to turn the country into a global crypto-hub.

Kyrgyz police have questioned two editors from independent media outlets after a former opposition lawmaker quoted their sites in his Facebook post about the government’s intention to increase the country’s foreign debt.

A Swiss court last week acquitted former FIFA and UEFA officials Joseph Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini of fraud in connection with a US$2 million deal they struck.

Gold smuggling, organized by individuals linked to the ruling establishment, deprives Zimbabwe of an estimated 36 tonnes of gold annually – according to a new report by the Center for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG).

After President Biden released last month a memorandum detailing his administration's dedication to fight Illegal, Unlicensed and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, U.S. officials have been speaking out against the scourge worldwide.

Brazilian federal police launched an operation last week against a criminal gang that used crypto tokens to launder money from illegally extracted gold, imposing potentially irreversible environmental damages to the northern region of the country where the extraction site was located.

Despite having spent 540 days in jail, expecting to spend thousands more in his cell, having Russian authorities ban his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) for being a “foreign agent” and an “extremist” organization, Alexei Navalny continues to fight against the Kremlin and is going international.

A new law in Bolivia attempting to curb the nation’s high rates of gender-based violence foresees up to 20 years prison sentences for corrupt judges and prosecutors who favor defendants accused of femicide, infanticide and rape.

The Uganda Government presented in the Parliament last week a bill that seeks a life sentence for individuals found guilty of selling human organs and those involved in conducting the organ removal surgery.

The West African nation of Liberia is entering a period of accelerating vulnerability, threatening to create conditions for a resurgence of organized crime – according to a new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC).