The European Union is investing millions of euros into the creation of a next-generation cybersecurity platform that could identify, fix and analyze cyberthreats quickly.

Cutting down on the newest Illegal trade, New York authorities brought charges against the  suspected leaders of a criminal conspiracy devoted to forging vaccination cards and falsifying the city’s vaccine records, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in a statement on Tuesday. 

After having been criticized for being a tax haven, Luxembourg’s Ministry of Justice will put forward a draft bill aimed at allowing authorities to sanction those who use the country’s financial system for money laundering and tax evasion.

South African police arrested seven suspects in connection with the murder of a woman who blew the whistle on fraudulent contracts made during the pandemic, the provincincial government of Gauteng announced. 

With the support of Interpol, French police has this year started cracking down on a Russian-speaking mob, the so-called Vory v Zakone or “Thieves-in-Law,” which often controls groups committing drug trafficking, extortion, contract murder and money laundering. 

The United States will pay up to US$5 million for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese national connected to a transnational drug trafficking organization, the U.S. Department of State said on Monday. 

Peruvian authorities arrested nine suspected members of a crime group believed to have trafficked explosives to illegal mining operations.

Prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina charged 16 people for helping some 850 migrants illegally enter the EU by secretly crossing into Croatia, the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.

U.S. authorities returned to Pakistan 104 artifacts that were among thousands of antiquities looted from Asian countries and seized from New York art dealer Subhash Kapoor, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said last week.

A jury in San Diego has indicted eight individuals for defrauding elderly victims of over US$2 million by convincing them that a close relative - often a grandchild - had been arrested, or was in dire legal trouble, and needed their help.