The multinational supplement company Herbalife agreed to pay over US$123 million in penalties for its “extensive and systematic corrupt payments to members of the Chinese government,” a prosecutor said in a U.S. Justice Department statement on Friday.

Prosecutors in the US have indicted dozens of members of a Mexican cartel, including a leader who shares a namesake with one of America’s best-loved wrestlers, on drug trafficking charges after they allegedly laundered their proceeds through a Western-wear store in Texas.

After facing criticism for corruption associated with pandemic-related public procurement spending, South Africa’s government announced on Wednesday that it has published a full list of companies that have been awarded contracts.

Maritime and fishing communities around the world are particularly vulnerable to organized crime which threatens an economy that globally puts 17% of protein on the table, says a new report released by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. 

Authorities in the U.K. have confiscated properties worth an estimated 17 million pounds (US$22.4 million) in what marks the end of an eight-year investigation into one of the country’s most prolific drug trafficking groups.

After allegations were made that some of them were involved in a bribery scheme, Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador proposed on Monday that a referendum should decide whether former presidents should continue to be protected from prosecution in corruption cases.

Columbian authorities said they intercepted on Sunday a submarine transporting more than one ton of cocaine believed to be destined for one of the most powerful Mexican cartels. 

Citizens collecting pensions in the United Kingdom have lost at least 31 million pounds (US$40.75 million) to scammers since 2017, and this figure likely only scratches the surface given that it includes only reported cases, the country’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and The Pensions Regulator said in a press release on Tuesday. 

An independent government watchdog revealed on Monday that businesses belonging to a Ukrainian billionaire linked to Russian interference in U.S. elections received a total of US$21 million in small business loans from the U.S. government. 

Drug dealers in Scotland are using the homes of disabled, mentally ill and otherwise vulnerable people as ‘nests’ from which to sell their product, according to a recent study.