A recently published investigation into tens of thousands of secret companies registered in Luxembourg caused a social media uproar in Bulgaria when journalists revealed that a Constitutional Court judge and his son owned a company many believe was worth more than the two can afford.

Before even being published, the updated version of the European Council’s tax haven blacklist has already drawn criticism from politicians, academics and civil society organizations for being overly political and failing to serve its purpose.

During an appearance on an Albanian talk show, Tirana’s mayor, Erion Veliaj, downplayed an ongoing investigation into his ties with ‘Ndrangheta’s money laundering apparatus in Albania as just regular electioneering. 

Italy’s four traditional mafias, along with their newer and smaller counterparts, are increasingly uniting during various criminal ventures to form one cohesive group, an Italian anti-mafia prosecutor said in an interview published on Monday.

Anti-corruption protesters said on Tuesday they will hit the streets of Nicosia again next weekend despite police brutality seen last Saturday, when 11 people were arrested and riot units deployed water canons and teargas against the crowd, injuring several dozen peaceful demonstrators.  

As countries all over the world are frantically trying to get hold of COVID-19 vaccines, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is warning EU governments to be “on guard” against - what it described as - very often fake offers.

A politician from Mexico’s green party (PVE) was removed from office after his alleged links to a Romanian gang that skimmed ATMs in several tourist destinations across the Riviera Maya were exposed. 

Like soccer players all over the world, the forwards, midfielders, and defenders of the Gomoa Fetteh Youngsters club spend their days practicing drilling, passing and attacking the rival’s net while keeping the ball away from their own.

Authorities in Colorado have charged 64 suspected members of a drug trafficking group caught with more than 77,000 synthetic opioid pills, just days after a court indicted 19 alleged traffickers following the largest meth seizure ever in the Northern District of California.

An increasingly large, lucrative and often illegal trade in seahorses, sea cucumbers and dried fish bladders is threatening the collapse of marine wildlife reserves across dozens of African countries, according to a report published last week.