Colombia’s ambassador to Uruguay resigned on Monday after his country announced he was under investigation after authorities found a narcotic production facility on one of his properties, the Colombian Foreign Ministry announced.
Transparency International (TI) and dozens of civil society groups on Monday called for the protection of whistleblowers during the COVID-19 crisis and urged citizens to make sure governments and corporations are held accountable for their actions during the pandemic.
Ventilators Russia sold to the US last week to help fight the coronavirus pandemic have been produced by the subsidiary of a Russian company that has been under US sanctions since 2014, reports say.
Family members of top government officials are involved in South Sudan’s corrupt gold mining sector which is booming and threatening the fragile peace that ended the five-year-long civil war, warned a new report by The Sentry.
A former soldier has received a 23 year jail term on Monday after a court found him guilty for the murder of Slovakian journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée.
The Tor-hosted darknet site Monopoly Market has banned vendors seeking to use the platform to promote fraudulent coronavirus vaccines and cures.
Around the world, governments are facing difficult decisions about how to address the spread of COVID-19 throughout their overcrowded correctional facilities, with many electing to or considering the option of releasing large portions of their non-violent inmates.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercrime has grown more than any other criminal activity, a Europol report revealed on Friday.
Two Italian businessmen accused of fraud have obtained state contracts for the supply of protective equipment to public authorities amid the crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 in the country, IrpiMedia reported on Thursday.
Belgian authorities working in partnership with Europol have convicted four suspects as part of an ongoing international probe into a paedophile ring that abused children just a few months old.