Italian police say the Sicilian Mafia Cosa Nostra is allegedly collaborating with a Nigerian organized criminal group called the Vikings, which is now controlling drug and prostitution rings in Palermo, media reported Wednesday.
Australian model Miranda Kerr has handed over US$ 8.1 million worth in jewelry purchased for her by Malaysian financier Jho Low with allegedly misappropriated government funds, the Guardian reported Tuesday.
Prosecutors filed corruption charges Monday against Brazil’s President Michel Temer, claiming that he planned to receive a total of 38 million reals (US$ 11.5 million) in bribes from the country’s largest meat processing company.
German newspaper Bild claimed Tuesday it obtained the top-secret “Garcia Report” that led to the arrest of five FIFA officials suspected of taking bribes for awarding the 2018 and 2022 football world cups to Russia and Qatar.
Mexican officials said Monday they found at the bottom of a ravine the charred remains of journalist Salvador Adame, who was missing since he was kidnapped six weeks ago.
New UK legislation goes into effect Monday regulating Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs), a unique corporate structure that has been increasingly abused by money launderers.
French authorities charged the daughter and son-in-law of Congo’s President with “money laundering and misuse of public funds,” as part of a larger investigation into the assets of three African presidential families, media reported Sunday.
Martin Shkreli, the so-called ‘Pharma bro’, goes on trial on Monday for defrauding investors by a more than US$ 11 million in what prosecutors call a Ponzi Scheme.
The Bulgarian nominee for EU digital minister is expected to be approved by the European Parliament on July 3 despite reports that she received a politically-facilitated deep discount on the rent of an upscale apartment in Sofia.
Federal authorities charged 11 people Wednesday for laundering more than US$40 million worth of drug money to Mexico through metro-Atlanta area money transfer services.