A federal court in Brazil acquitted former president Michel Temer (2016-2018) on Wednesday after finding there wasn’t enough evidence to support the prosecution's claim that he had led a criminal organization which facilitated bribery.
A French journalist who went missing beginning of April appeared on Wednesday in a video that surfaced on social media in which he said that he was kidnapped by the Al Qaeda affiliated Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) in Gao, Mali.
A global treaty tackling cybercrime threatens to put freedom of expression and other human rights at stake in many countries as governments could abuse the pact to silence dissidents and undermine privacy, Human Rights Watch said.
Italian and German law enforcement agencies arrested 31 suspected members of the ‘Ndrangheta mafia in a joint operation assisted by Eurojust and Europol, the European police agency said in a statement on Wednesday.
With pressure mounting on international institutions to cut all ties to Myanmar’s junta, the World Bank Group has refused to say if it is considering moving out of the office it rents in a complex on military-owned land.
Three anti-corruption organizations have filed legal complaints in France against several people including Lebanon’s central bank governor, Riad Salame, whom they have accused of corruption and money laundering.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Russia to “repeal its draconian ‘foreign agents’ law,” stressing that labeling a media outlet in Russia as a “foreign agent” is a “serious violation of media pluralism.”
A non-governmental organization working on trade in wild animals and plants suggested that customs officials should be provided with 3D printed shark fins in order to learn how to detect the contraband.
Spanish law enforcement agencies said that in two separate operations they arrested 11 people and seized 12 tons of hashish that came in from Africa by boats.
The son of the leader of Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa Cartel pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to drug trafficking and agreed to forfeit US$5 million in proceeds, a statement from the Department of Justice said. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April next year.