More than a year after investigative reporters revealed how Belarusian timber is making its way into the European Union despite sanctions, they revisited the story and found - it still does.

Montenegrin authorities detained on Wednesday a lawyer for his alleged involvement in laundering 2.6 million euro (US$2.82 million) linked to the country’s infamous criminal rings.

More than a dozen individuals, including judges, police officers and lawyers, were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly running a criminal network within Ecuador's judicial system that helped dangerous criminals to get out of prison through shady legal maneuvers.

Spanish authorities recovered 191 trafficked archaeological pieces that were offered for sale on social media networks in Seville. Among the recovered objects were prehistoric, medieval and modern pieces, as well as pre-Roman and Roman artifacts.

Ukrainian authorities have arrested four suspected members of a criminal group involved in manufacturing and distributing amphetamines in sophisticated drug laboratories situated in the western region of Ivano-Frankivsk.

A convicted murderer serving two consecutive life sentences received an additional 40 years in prison  for fraud and money laundering, which stemmed from his theft of millions of dollars from his clients during his time as a U.S. personal injury attorney.

A year after the so-called ‘foreign agent law’ was ditched after massive protests, the ruling party of the country of Georgia announced on Wednesday that it will again try to push it through the parliament.

A new U.N. report has revealed how countries across Southeast Asia are exploited by the illegal trade of waste via black market dumping operations and the exploitation of legal loopholes that allow criminals to circumvent regulations altogether.

Unknown assassins have killed the mayor of a municipality in the southeastern Mexican province of Michoacán, where several criminal cartels operate and seven of the nearly 50 political candidates countrywide have been murdered over the past year.

A Turkish drug trafficker with alleged ties to Hezbollah has been found living under a false identity in a Brazilian prison after escaping incarceration in neighboring Paraguay more than six years ago, police have told OCCRP.