Cultural property crimes, such as the theft and illegal exportation of paintings, ancient coins or other objects linked to a culture’s heritage, have been on the rise worldwide since the coronavirus pandemic broke out, Interpol said in a report published last week.

A court in Tennessee sent last week a physician for two decades behind bars for illegally prescribing opioids and causing the death of a patient, the Department of Justice reported. 

The Assad regime in Syria has been diverting millions in aid from foreign agencies through currency manipulation, making an estimated US$100 million in 2019 and 2020 alone, according to new research by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). 

A New York man was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison for trafficking exotic African cats, selling the dangerous animals as pets, the Department of Justice said.

The CEO of a major defense contractor who has been charged with bribery and arrested in Malta, arrived in the U.S. to face trial, while two former executives of another pleaded guilty to rigging bids, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed in two separate statements on Monday. 

Portuguese and Spanish police intercepted on Saturday a sailboat off the coast of Portugal, seized 5.2 tonnes of cocaine and arrested the three-member crew, in what police are calling the largest drug bust in Europe in several years.

Amnesty International condemned Cambodia's recent conviction of an activist who was protesting against illegal logging interests in the country’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, saying that the move “marks further repression of environmental defenders.”

Saudi authorities said they have arrested 21 people accused of corruption and fraud, the kingdom’s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced in Twitter thread titled No_place_for_corrupts_amongst_us.

Authorities in Cyprus announced on Friday that they are potentially revoking the citizenship of at least 45 people after a probe found that more than half of those who were issued passports through a now terminated citizenship-for-investment program should never have been granted one.

Contrary to many Hollywood depictions, the main victims of cybercrime are seldom the wealthy and powerful with deep bank accounts ripe to be emptied by clever hackers and digital grifters.