The complete breakdown of law and order in the Democratic Republic of the Congo two decades ago has given birth to local youth gangs, which have taken over neighborhoods of all major cities in the country and are often colluding with law enforcement, according to a recent report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC).

Belgium launched a platform through which the government and banks will scrutinize suspicious accounts together and share information on money laundering risks, criminal activity, and protection practices.

Whistleblowing is one of the most effective ways to detect and prevent corruption and other malpractice, and people who dare to speak up need to be properly protected, Transparency International (TI) said, marking the June 23 — World Whistleblowers Day.

Five Chinese banks and a payment firm have vowed to toughen measures against crypto-related transactions after the People's Bank of China (PBC), the country’s central bank, issued a new regulation banning the trading of virtual currencies within financial markets.

Ukraine imposed a “full package of sanctions” on tycoons Dmytro Firtash — accused of selling titanium products to Russian military enterprises — and Pavel Fuks, alleged to have stolen millions from the country.

The semi-independent government of the Kurdish region in the north of Iraq has since March 2020 been harshly cracking down on critics, arresting and even disappearing journalists and activists, Amnesty International claimed in a report last week.  

A Turkish businessman at the center of an OCCRP investigation into Trump-era backchannel diplomacy has been arrested in Austria and now faces extradition to the United States, the Department of Justice announced on Monday.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) in Mexico condemned the recent murders of two local journalists who were gunned down in separate attacks last week.

Human rights campaigners urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday to take steps to ensure a three-year loan for Cameroon is not squandered due to corruption.

Authorities in 35 countries arrested 12 people and seized more than 1,200 tons of counterfeit and illegal pesticides that can be extremely dangerous for the environment and human health, Europol announced on Thursday.