The Mexican National Guard seized almost 84,000 fentanyl pills and nine kilos of crystal meth in what began as a routine traffic stop in Ahome, Sinaloa, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday.

The Swiss financial regulator is pursuing a case against high-ranking employees at a private bank for violating anti-money laundering measures in respect of Venezuelan state oil funds.

Some 48 hours after he was arrested in Moscow, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny fired back at the Kremlin, publishing Tuesday a shocking video titled “Putin Palace” (Дворец для Путина), where he accused the Russian president of outrageous corruption.

Interpol warned that investment scammers may exploit vulnerable users on dating apps, the international law enforcement group said in a statement Tuesday. 

Hong Kong police arrested seven former bankers on Tuesday who were allegedly responsible for laundering US$813 million of illicit funds into numerous local banks, the Commercial Crime Bureau confirmed to OCCRP in an emailed statement. 

Many American presidents have released pardons on their final day in office, but the slew announced by Trump on Wednesday included some particularly questionable figures from his controversial term as the country’s leader.

Authorities in Spain arrested four accused of a money laundering, debt collection and murder-for-hire entreprise with ties to South American drug cartels.

A U.S. court sentenced Tuesday a former New York construction executive to three years in prison for evading taxes on US$1.4 million in bribes.

Amnesty International has criticized Facebook for ultimately caving in to what the NGO considers a draconian set of amendments to Turkey’s internet laws. 

Long considered one of the world’s most secretive financial jurisdictions, responsible for concealing hundreds of billions in illicit wealth coming in from abroad, the British Virgin Islands is now facing a wide-ranging probe into allegations of corruption within its own institutions and government.