The United States put another foreign law enforcement official in their sights Monday as they designated Guatemalan Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras Argueta de Porres ineligible to enter the U.S. due to her involvement in significant corruption and for obstructing criminal investigations for personal gain.

A Swiss-based think tank has called for increased international cooperation on cryptocurrency regulation and enforcement to combat black market activity and ‘regulatory arbitrage.’

Non-governmental organizations dedicated to the protection of wildlife and the environment welcomed the new guidelines that the UN-affiliated International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted for its member states to help cut down on the prevalence of wildlife trafficking in the global shipping industry.

First someone bugged Bolot Temirov’s apartment. Then police raided his office and allegedly planted drugs on him.

Now, Kyrgyz law enforcement has gone even farther: On May 17, the journalist announced that the interior ministry had declared his passport invalid, potentially stripping him of his Kyrgyz citizenship.

The United States has climbed to the top of a 2022 financial secrecy index which ranks countries most complicit in helping individuals hide their wealth and is followed by the likes of Switzerland, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates and the British Virgin Islands.

United States federal investigators seized almost a tonne of cocaine, arrested six individuals and uncovered a tunnel connecting Mexico’s Tijuana with Otay Mesa in California and completely bypassed the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported Monday.

The latest commodity being trafficked out of Southeast Asia and on to lucrative markets in China is neither wildlife nor drugs or arms but rather brides, according to a new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC).

Spanish National Police, in a joint operation with France's Anti-Drug Office (OFAST) and Colombian National Police, dismantled a transnational drug trafficking operation that planned to smuggle in no less than 22 tonnes of cocaine concealed in sugar.

About two weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Portugal thwarted Roman Abramovich’s intention to sell a lavish mansion in the south of the country worth nearly US$10,5 million.

Following revelations of how criminals, sanctioned Russian oligarchs, and corrupt officials are big property investors in Dubai, European Parliament members have suggested that the United Arab Emirates should be blacklisted in the same manner as North Korea, Burkina Faso and Iran.