A Greek court gave the green light Wednesday for the extradition of Russian bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik to the United States, Reuters reported.

Sun-seekers have been flocking for decades to the tranquil beaches of the Croatian island of Krk but this year more than a dozen times the roar of cargo planes had tourisis jump up from their towels thinking a war broke out.

Canadian authorities have issued a warrant to arrest a Vatican diplomat who is suspected of having accessed and spread child pornography on social media during a stay at a Church in Windsor, Ontario, the Catholic Herald reported on Sunday.

Federal judge Sergio Moro noted Monday that Brazil’s largest corruption probe codenamed Operation Car Wash is in its final stages, Reuters reported.

A new law aimed to reduce money laundering in the United Kingdom came into effect on Sunday, in effort to decrease the amount of illicit money entering the country.

An Ecuadorean judge on Monday ordered the pre-trial detention of Vice President Jorge Glas while he is under investigation for graft involving Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, Reuters reported.

Slovenia has launched an investigation into allegations that its biggest state-owned bank laundered nearly €1 billion (US$ 1.17 billion) from Iran between 2008 and 2010, Euractiv reported Monday.

Vietnam sentenced the former general director of one of the country’s major banks to death on Friday following a lengthy trial of 51 officials and bankers involved in misappropriating US$ 69 million, according to Reuters.

Responding to an investigation into concealing millions of his fortune, the Philippine President accused on Saturday the heads of the Supreme Court and the anti-corruption agency of being corrupt themselves and challenged them to resign with him.

Russian officials have asked OCCRP’s Armenian partner www.hetq.am to remove an online report about Ruben “Robson” Tatulyan, an alleged thief-in-law or organized crime figure, on the grounds that the report violates Tatulyan’s rights under Russian law to protection of his personal data and family life.