The CEO of Sweden’s telecom giant called the bribery scandal shaking Ericsson “unacceptable” as the firm vowed to overhaul its compliance system as well as pay more than US$1 billion to settle a corruption case.

A member of the Kyrgyzstan Parliament is proposing further government investigation following reports by OCCRP and its media partners that the country has harbored money laundering that is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and has cost the lives of currency couriers crossing its borders.

As many as 629 women and girls from Pakistan were sold as brides and taken to China, according to a list obtained by The Associated Press.

Two customs agents and a man were charged with drug trafficking in what authorities are describing as Australia’s largest-ever seizure of methamphetamine after investigators discovered the drugs hidden inside a shipment of stereo speakers.

Namibia’s state-owned fishing company has suspended its chief executive following media reports that government officials had taken bribes in exchange for the multimillion-dollar fishing rights to horse mackerel, Reuters reported.

The UK National Crime Agency has reached a 190 million pound (US$248.33 million) settlement with a Pakistani real estate tycoon following a “dirty money”  investigation that may have involved bribery and corruption, The Guardian reported.

A powerful former ally of Gabon President Ali Bongo was fired from his post and arrested on suspicion of graft, the latest fallout in the investigation into the more than USD $100 million missing from a state-controlled oil company’s coffers. 

More than 200 people have been arrested in 31 countries following a three-month global investigation into money laundering, Europol said Wednesday.

Slovak authorities have charged two employees of the state-run Tipos national lottery on charges of violating their duties and money laundering, the Slovak Spectator reported. 

A California Republican congressman says he will plead guilty to one count of misuse of campaign funds during a federal court hearing Tuesday in San Diego.