Europeans Spend €30 Billion A Year On Drugs
Europeans are spending at least €30 billion (US$33 billion) on drugs a year, according to an EU Drug Markets report.
Europeans are spending at least €30 billion (US$33 billion) on drugs a year, according to an EU Drug Markets report.
Financial corruption exists in the Vatican, admitted Pope Francis who described it as a “scandal,” but he also pointed out that the Vatican has taken necessary steps to deal with it, the Vatican News reported Tuesday.
Cypriot outlet Politis on Wednesday published a list of 26 foreign investors and their family members from outside the EU whose Golden Visas it says are to be stripped by the Cyprus government. Earlier reports noted the nationality of the investors, but did not name names.
Chilean photojournalist Albertina Martinez Burgos, covering violence against women during protests, was found dead in Santiago last Thursday, El Comercio reported.
Mexico’s foreign affairs minister is calling for talks with the United States about President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he wants to list Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups.
Sweden’s SEB bank admitted billions of euros were funneled by “low transparency” customers in its three Baltic state branches, ahead of an investigation by five news organizations.
A Portuguese criminal gang wound up under arrest Sunday, but not before it had managed to empty 15 safes of cash, jewelry and other valuables worth up to €200,000 (US$220 000), reports weekly newspaper the Portugal News.
Seven months after the NBC News’ investigation, the UN launched a probe into allegations of corruption among its staff at a Ugandan refugee camp, the news outlet reported on Sunday.
The chief of staff of the Maltese Prime Minister resigned Tuesday after a major suspect in the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta two years ago, mentioned his name, the Times of Malta reported.
German police need to treat the Monday theft of items worth €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) during a heist at Dresden’s “Green Vault” as a hostage situation if they are to get the artifacts back intact, an art recovery expert advises.