A financial police force to investigate tax evasion and financial crime, an anti-money laundering watchdog and the phase out of the notorious Golden Visa scheme are now on the cards after a European Union (EU) Parliament committee adopted a report on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance on Wednesday.

In The Hunger Games’ dystopian nation of Panem, a small act of rebellion triggered a revolution against a tyrannical regime, launching Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence, to be an unwitting hero of the resistance.

Brazil needs to enact wide-ranging reforms in its political and judicial systems and “move beyond purely punitive initiatives” to combat corruption, Transparency International Brasil said over the weekend.

Former Australian Taxation Office (ATO) employee turned whistleblower, Richard Boyle, has been charged with 66 offenses and could face up to 161 years in prison for exposing unethical practices in one of the country’s most powerful government agencies.

A former Brazilian politician charged in the Lava Jato investigation has admitted to accepting millions of dollars in bribes while governor of Rio de Janiero, in what could be the first sign of his cooperation with officials.

Cambodia has been placed on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) anti-money laundering and terrorism financing watch-list, the inter-governmental body announced on Friday.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has established a special tribunal to expedite prosecutions and recover the proceeds of corruption amidst an ongoing state capture inquiry that has dominated South African politics for two years, the Office of the President announced in a statement. 

An Italian court convicted a former Rome mayor of corruption and illegal financing on Monday, following revelations of his role in the infiltration of organized crime in the nation’s capital. He was sentenced to six years in prison and a lifetime ban on holding public office.

For the third time this month, Montenegrins took to the streets on Saturday demanding an end to the 30 year long rule of their president as well as an end to rampant corruption in the country. Organizers of the ‘97,000 Resist’ movement told OCCRP on Monday that the mass protests were triggered by the so-called “Envelope Affair.”

The UK’s National Crime Agency seized property related to the home of an alleged senior member of a Northern Irish paramilitary group, the agency said Friday.