UK Jails Two Men in the "Premier League" of Arms Trafficking
Two men described in court as the "premier league" of firearms suppliers were jailed Monday for selling weapons from the dark web to organized crime gangs across the UK.
Two men described in court as the "premier league" of firearms suppliers were jailed Monday for selling weapons from the dark web to organized crime gangs across the UK.
A retired Norwegian senior police officer was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday for taking bribes in exchange for helping a “hash baron" smuggle 14 tonnes of drugs into the country over a decade.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a new resolution intended to escalate the crackdown on illicit trafficking in wildlife, media reported Sunday.
Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs suspected of corruption are among hundreds who have acquired EU passports under the “golden visa” program - a bourgeois shortcut to European citizenship in exchange for cash investments, the Guardian reported Sunday.
The wife of Pakistan’s former prime minister won his seat in the parliament at Sunday’s local elections after the court recently ousted him over corruption allegations revealed in the Panama Papers.
German authorities will launch an investigation into media reports claiming the US flew weapons for Syrian rebels through the Ramstein air base behind Germany’s back.
Few hours after French newspaper Le Monde on Thursday revealed “a vast influence-peddling scandal at the heart of Monaco institutions,” the Principality’s Justice Minister announced his premature retirement.
Following anti-corruption protests on Thursday, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court provisionally cancelled legislation that would allow individuals charged with corruption to evade a prison sentence in exchange for a monetary fine, media reported.
Corruption accusations against Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children are mounting, with judges summoning the family to appear in court on September 19 in cases related to revelations from the Panama Papers.
Egyptian authorities detained a human rights lawyer who was involved in the investigation of the murder of an Italian student, presumed to have been murdered by the Egyptian government, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.