The British Government classified on Wednesday the Russian mercenary Wagner Group as a terrorist organization and made support to the group illegal.

Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, will be banned in the United Kingdom and those caught in possession of the substance could face a prison sentence of up to two years and those producing it, 14 years.

Laos sent 164 Chinese nationals back home on Monday after Chinese law enforcement helped detain them in July as part of a joint effort of the two countries to tackle telecommunication fraud and financial crime.

The British government is initiating a task force of media representatives and legal associations to tackle a concerning trend of lawsuits aimed to silence reporters.

Internet providers in Kyrgyzstan started blocking the website of the local OCCRP partner, Kloop, on Wednesday, after editors refused to delete an article that authorities claimed contained false information.

Venezuelan non-governmental organizations focusing on press freedom have denounced the arrest of journalist, political activist, and LGBTIQ+ advocate Luis Alejandro Acosta, who, in recent months, covered the military operation against illegal mining in the state of Amazonas.

Just shy of 70% of criminal networks active in the EU employ some form of money laundering to fund their operations and conceal their assets, according to a European Financial and Economic Crime Threat Assessment released by Europol on Monday.

The United States has urged financial institutions to pay attention and recognize an infamous virtual currency investment scam known as "pig butchering," believed to have cost victims in the U.S. billions of dollars.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has urged member states to stop misusing the argument of national security protection to spy on journalists and enable media professionals to carry out their work without fear.

Fiji's government announced on Friday that the local leader of a powerful Korean doomsday sect had been taken into immigration custody after he and several other members of the Grace Road Church were declared "prohibited migrants" based on charges filed in South Korea in 2018.