Investigators in more than 15 countries have seized almost 36 million units of medical drugs in a coordinated sting on European groups trafficking black market and counterfeit medications.  

The head of an elite Iraqi counter-terrorism force declared that his unit would be best purposed fighting corruption, but an expert claims this may be an uphill battle.

Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrested on Tuesday six people suspected of belonging to an international gang that smuggled drugs from Albania to the European Union over Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

US prosecutors charged on Thursday the former president of the United Auto Workers, UAW, union with embezzling more than US$1 million in union funds, furthering racketeering activity, and evading taxes.

Moldovan authorities accused two current, two former officials of the National Bank of being involved in a US$1 billion theft from three banks, the Office of the Prosecutor General announced.

The new Malaysian Government, led by a graft-dogged party, appointed on Monday a new head of the anti-corruption commission after its former boss resigned.

Canada’s financial watchdog found that many real-estate companies are violating money laundering rules as they are neither checking the identities of their clients, nor are they reporting large cash deals to the government. 

The European Parliament accused the prime minister of the Czech Republic of hate speech on Friday after he called EU lawmakers who led a corruption investigation against him “insane.” 

The Ukrainian Parliament approved a new government after President Volodymyr Zelensky who came to power on an anti-corruption campaign fired the old ministers, saying they performed poorly and that the country needs “new brains.”

Experts have warned that Brazil’s decision to remove checks on timber exports will drastically exacerbate illegal deforestation in the Amazon.